The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-23
SUGGESTIONS

This column VIII DC tuIhou 49,
today TO a story OF the recent Wis
itafion day" OF The Times, and some
OF It's results. - -.
When the plan Of inviting the
school editors TO visit homes IN thelr
school districts where The Times was
not taken and urge them to do so, We
had more than q purely mercenary
. motive In view.
Through the school department
more than 500 boys and girls had
been given an opportunity 10 TAKE up
= practical, effective study or Eng.
lixh and composition, the value OF
which Is conceded by teachers and
pupils alike. Not school editor VIII
DENY but that they have been greatly
benefited. ...
Then, when the management OF
The Times decided to extend the use
fuIness Of clean, wholesome news
paper through a visitation day., II
was decided that here was another
opportunity for the school editors TO
ssshow their mettle," and secure a
little more practical experience In do.
ing the ordinary things OF life and
speaking up for themselves"
suit of the experiment Is that not all
the editors grasped the opportunity
and many OF them failed to respond
to the call entirely. However, we are
NOT "sorer on this point at all, as
the benefit TO The Times is really
greater than we expected, and only
regret that SO few of the editors
shared In the splendid amount OF
prize and commission money The
Times handed out as reward Tor en-
terprising effort .... .
TO the boys and girls who did get
out and hustle" We wish 70 express
not only appreciation OF their effort
to further the interests of"The Times,
but 10 congratulate them on such
fine showing OF courage, enterprise
ana thrift and the substantial reward
they received. ,.-
There are excuses why larger
number Of the editors did not take adj
vantage Of the chance offered them
to earn a little spending money for
the holidays, and we have no quarrel
with them because of an apparent
lack of interest or enterprise, Tor
many of them did not understand
what was wanted fully, and the plan
was not made entirely clear.
Some great big surprises were dis
closed when the final results were
made known, and now that the In
cident is closed, several hundred boys
and girls declare the summing up
would have been quite different had
they realized how 1t was going to
turn out. sf.
Central high, for instance, won
third team prize and only two of the
editors worked. 1t Is now clear to
all of them that the first prize could
have been won with the greatest ease
with concerted action. ......
BOYS and girls who expected no re-
ward other than the satisfaction OF
knowing that they had performed a
pleasing duty, have several dollars
extra spending money, while those
who made no effort at all, are disap-
pointed for allowing the opportunity
to alp by without effort.
\ But of all the surprises and eager
delight with which the results OF the
contest were received, that out at
little Firnane school eclipsed them
all. Miss Cousins, the principal, was
called up on the telephone and told
that little May Monte had won the
capital prize $500, and the joy II al
forded her to know that the editor
in-chief of her school, tiny girl OF
II years, had won such distinction,
was Indicated by the hesitating,
trembling voice that responded TO the
message. Indeed, I will tell her at
once. and the entire school besides,
she said, and while we were not pres
ent 10 witness subsequent proceed
ings, we can easily imagine how they
s.carried on over their little heroine.
Not far behind the stirring events
at Ffrnane were those at Palmer,
where Wendell Maske, a lad or IL
wears, and editor-in-chief, attends
school. John N. Mead is principal OF
Palmer, and, OF course, a man Is not
expected TO show emotion when an
announcement of unusual interest Is
made, but when he was called on the
phone and told that Wendell was win
ner OF the second individual prize in
the contest $3.50, the dignity in the
voice that responded to the message
was strangely mixed with other emo
tons.
Stanton Palmer, winner OF the third
prize (S15), attends school at Palmer,
and Is an associate on the editorial
stan. No other editor entered the
contest from this school. so Stanton
had the field all to himself He said,
when bright, new ten and fve-dol-
lar bill, in addition to his commits
sion, were handed to him: ~ hadn't
any idea OF winning even two-dollar
prize, but thought II was my duty
to get out and show appreciation OF
what The Times was doing for us
school kids. and maybe make few
r dimes besides. II the other editors
had joined In, ] am sure we would
have captured the first team prize
4 also"
Stanley Bnrbridge is not an editor
at Highland Park high, but he saw
an opportunity and grasped it. With
the consent of the chief editor and
the associates, he organized a work
ing team and started out for the first
prize for team work (s25), and got It,
A pretty thing In connection with his
efforts is that he was working, not
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