Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-17
AWARD PRIZES IN
W.C.T.U. CONTEST
PUPILS oF SEVENTH GRADES OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS READ IS
SAYS BEFORE SESSION.
Thirtsea cs-oositiens sgsnitfes O.
sssl-st 60 Abstinence A-sns
Enpfsyes

Pupns of ths seventh Trades Of ne
Ioax,-IioW Hawthorn. Horace Marr.
Crart and frvinE schools recrufiy par
ffeiDafs6 o. an essay writing cpufest
und@r the auspices % tle woman 3
Chrtsciaa Temperance unlOu for tvo
FIRST prires % s. earn aaf two aecouf
prizes % a. each These essays we're
passed on tr committee ron t1e
uaI0u and FIRST prizes Vers awarded
90 Sylvia Bennett pf frslas school and
Culver Masters % hawthorne school.
sscord prize going to Margaret Ho--
ney % Horace Mann school and Roe
Wilson % Hawthorne school ~ "a
loinf meeting % tle Cerfraf. West End
AID Hiu gni11s helf yesterday .u rsr
81 n g. =. the wfurers - prizes read
their essays before a large number ~
TIE member % the uu.ol. Mrs
~ Wilson % f1s West End union read
the Tweutietl chapter of Proverbs
and yfra W q Orfevee Ted in prayer.
Mrs - " Reed. Chairman % the con
rnittse on awarding prizes. fin opening
the program spoke Ga praise q me
manner tn which the teachers % che
various zrudes assisted rhc children ir
preparing the essays. The subject %
the essay was Why Business Men
Demand Abstinence on the part Of
Their Employes." Thirteen essays
we're sgbm.tted on the contest
Sros-a-, % Essreis.s-
The f1l0EiuE program was carried
out.
vioua and Piano dast--Bere-uss.-
schubert
Misses Elizabeth CLANCY ana Grace
Lone
Reading first prize essay f1- girls
sylvia Bennett
vocal solo--Tbe Little Red Rose
Alice J0uruy.
Reading first prize essay for boys
culver Masters
vocal solo Daisy Sfaplsy.
Reading second prize essay flr
girls Margaret Horu-y.
Vocal soio-'Lest 2 Go Astray.'
Daisy Stapiey.
Reading second prize essay f1r boys
Roe Wilson
Dr. r. W Reed il presenting tine
winners With their prizes said. q
want 90 congratulate the winners OF
the prizes but 7 also want to con
graduate the nine who lost for they
a
They had taken an abstract subject
and had thought Do through 90 q IpEi-
cal conclusion thereby gaining mental
strength. These conclusions formed
convictions % be enforced. These
convictions became firmly fastened fn
the minds % those who evolved them
and are factors In the formation %
character and course % life. All who
women because o. tho work that
they have done Dr. Reed facetioIsIy
suggested that they form an engage
meut 20 meet him az the g. N. O.. A.
90 years from now and hs VIII prove
20 them the truth OF his assertion
The two essays that Won first
prizes are here given
BY SYLVIA BENNETT.
why Business Men Demand Abb
stiusuce on the Part OF Their Em-
ployes
The synonym Of abstinence f. ten I
perance. yet there H. a great difference .
20 the two words. Abstinence IS shown .
IN RETAINING from. while Temperance |
f. n moderate and guarded use %. al I
coholic drfnks
10 f. estimated that 70 per cent o.. .
the ricuIturalists. 81 per cent % the +.
manufactures. 50 per- cent of the
trades. % per cent % the railways. dis
crtmiuatc azHiust wcrkmsn who drink
This being true. there must BE- good I
reasons for this discrimination by bust
ness men IN favor o. ~mployes who are
abstiusut.
Liquor par4lyzes the whole body. We