Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14

peen AWARDED Dy the washington humane
Society to students in the public schools
Of the District who have sent In the best
essays on Kindness to Animals
The Humane Society has fund which
provides $50 annually for this school COM
petition. This year Walter Stilson
Hutchins, president of the society, con-
tributed an additional S45. This was d.
vided SO that $45 was offered in the white
schools and $50 in the colored schools.
The competition for first prize in the
High School was 30 close that two first
prizes were given Of SIS each These
were won by Howard Wilson Coombs of
Central and Miss Virginia W. Sargent of
Eastern. Three years ago Miss Sargent
won a IS prize as a seventh grade pupil,
and last year in the ninth grade she was
such close competitor for the IS prize
that she was named as first honorable
mention.
Get Honorable Mention.
Those receiving honorable mention in
the high school contest this year are
Dorothy Boyle. Franklin Cummings,
Valerie D. French, John c. Irwin and
Beulah e. Harvey, all of Central High
The second prize Of SO in the eighth
grade was won by Frederick W. Doer-
mann Of the Grover Cleveland School
Those receiving honorable mention were
Alice Watts Of Force School, Mar
guerite Murphy of Force School, and
Preston Weeks Of Peabody School
The third prize of SIS in the seventh
grade was won by Atillio De Guiliani
OF the Arthur School These received
honorable mention: Paul Crosby, Nor
gan School; Alexander Walton. Force
SCHOOL and Lena Rothschild. Morgan
In the colored high school the first
| prize of SIS was awarded to Ruth
Kemp. Those chosen for honorable
mention are Frederick Parker and Ruth
v. Smallwood, all of M street High
School.
Receives Second Prize.
The second prize Of SO in the eighth
grade (coloreO was won by Marzelis
Rocks Of Birney School. Honorable men.
ton is given to Louise Mckinney of Love.
joy School, and Lucille Denny of Slater
School,
The third prize in the seventh grade
(colored) was won by Sumner X. Fletcher
Douglas School; with honorable mention
to Alice Stokes, of Deanwood and Ira
Delaney of Douglas School.
Most of these prizes already have been
awarded at closing exercises of the
schools. The prize in the colored high
school will be presented at the joint
graduation exercises in Convention Hal
Tuesday. Presentation for the seventh
grade white schools will be made at
mckinley Manual Training High School
Wednesday, and for the. eighth grade
white schools in the Thompson School,
also Wednesday.
Miss sargent's Essay.
Miss Sargent in her essay reminds
the public of the Injuries they enjoy
without giving thought to the suffer-
ing OF the animals that furnish the
furs worn or the tidbit eaten. She
says that folks must learn to think of
the feeling of animals. and that chill
dren must be taught kindness toward
dumb beasts, and that all should exert
their influence for the furthering Of
humane doctrine. Her essay is as fol-
lows:
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things. both great and small:
For the dear God who loveth u.s.
He made and loveth all.
Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. "-Coleridge.
within the limit of these 1000
words I wish to say a little about the
tnjustices done to our little wild
brothers OF field and forest. injustices
dpOut Which, nave DccH thinking a
great deal. These creatures are our
brothers, for the same good and wise
God made them who made us. Should
not we consider His works with loving
regard?
who know about the steel trap. who
know that 1t is one of the cruelest
and most wicked devices ever invented
by the mind of man. Only think Of
it, by man. who is recorded as being
q little lower than the angles and
crowned with majesty and glory by
his Creator. And yet some Of the men,
bers Of mankind stoop 80 low as to
invent this Internal instrument to tor
ment creatures over which their Creator
has given them charge. How are they
fulfilling that trust? And they do this
simply to satisfy their own greed for
what? Fashion.
Unacceptable Happiness.
How can any one who knows about
the steel trap wear the skins of its VIC
Tins? Do the wretched scenes of the
snow covered woods filed with the
cries of tormented creatures, have to
be brought before the eyes of civilized
men and women to make them realize
their sin? How can furs. II the manner
of their securing were known, be a
pleasure to ally one? The good God
wants his people to be happy, but He
does not approve Of happiness secured
through the tormenting of animal
life.
"I believe that at the last day when the