Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-04
u. |. l.. ESSAY
CONTEST RULES
MADE KNOWN
Students in Texas Schools VIII Have OPP
pOrtunity TO Compete in Contest Which
Will Cover Almost the Entire State.
Rules for Entrance.


Austin. Feb. AZ. u. >%hurter. chair
man. gives out the iuIlrwing letter con
ccrning the Prize E~~al t"uic-t Tor Texas
Schools under the u%u-IIrr- ri The Uni
lvcr~ity lntrr~chula~iIr League:
"a ir~t. Second amt third prize. NJ 80.
SO and so Ia amounts. respectively, l.
offered a. the winner NJ nr-;. ccuud and
third place. respectively. ~ uu cay con
Test among -rluul- BELONGING IN 'hc league.
subject "a the following rule and rc.ula
itiuu~:
"a. Eligibility The coulc~t shall TO-
open a. any student. either boy ~ .irl. ~
" ~rhouf that l. 4 member 81 the UulVcr-
silly lutcr-chula-tic league. provided \ com
l%tc-tant can qualify under the eligibility
rules a. contained ID the constitution aud
mlr~ ~ the league.
-. Nature uf thr Cumpu~ltluu-Thc
essay offered III the composition must ~
tan I'm original production; thl net more
than 1000 words III length. tc) the sub
.Icct must Pa 4 personal experience IA the
writer VA some such topic ~ The Worst
Scare ever had ~ An rE
Scare | Ever Had. ~ I'm Embarrassing
Moment IN My Life tdl must bc written
III ink Tor typcwriltcni on one side 1T
paper : - hy II iurhc~. signed h, the real
name NJ the author. with s,huri Nv VI ~hc
represents. the post office address. and
certified w bv ih, principle WI The school
~ provided IN Rule ,.
~. Ccrtitiratiuu uf Original Work -
The principal 81 the school must certify
that thc r-~a, W tue work NJ the Individual
student IN each ease. and that such student
T. eligible IN the contest pursuant ~ NV
provision If Rule !.
~. Cuuuy Cuntr-t>-Earh school be-
longing 10 the league MAY submit not more
than three essays NJ this contest. The pa
pcr~ submitted shall first BE- sent 10 the
count, superintendent NJ ~rIu"l- not later
than March Il. The county superintendent
shall art l~ chairman MI the committee MI
iudgc~. and shall. Ia Conference with The
county director general ~ thr lulcr-rhu-
la~tIc league, select two other Iud.c~ re
siding ai ur near the county seat. hut
teachers whose ~choui~ are represented III
thr essay contest Shall mot hr eligible
Such committee shall select to- three b,-t
ESSAYS submitted. and forward the same
r"t latter than April I ~ the director gen
rnl ~ thy district ~ which 'hr ruuutN IN
-uuatrd.
}. District t"ntc~t--Thr r-~ay~ ~r
lc,tcd a> y result NJ the county contest
within 4 gwen district shall hr Judged hy
" committee 81 three IL ~ selected IN the
district executive committee ~ thc league,
bat teacher whose -ch"ul~ arc represented
III the essay contest shall u"t hr eligible.
such district committee shall select the
best three "i tho ESSAYS submitted and
forward th, same not later than April m
q" v H. ~hurtcr. Austin. Texas.
~. Final Coutc~t-Thc essay sub
united an provided in Tie preceding see
ton shall w. Judged TN Y committee NJ three
to BE- selected hy the prc~idcn- Of the uni
'ycr~ity. and the author NJ thc paper highest
~ rank shall receive the cash prllc of
-. thc author WI thr Second best. ~lj. and
the author "t the tlnri best. siO.
~. ruhlIratiuu- The name WI thr win
ncr- -hall be- announced ~ the annual
State meeting pl thr Iutcr~rhola-tir league
ou May and :. and the c~~av- or short
stories shall wv published w ihr NIuy uum-
beer ut the University uf Texas Magazine"