The evening world., 1916-05-18
BOOMERS
AWARD PRIZES TO
THRIFTY PUPILS
Savings Bank Association Gel
ebrates Centenary in a
Novel Manner.

Nobody used precisely those words
at the centenary celebration of the
Savings Banks Association OF the
state OF New York yesterday, but that
was what all the speakers were get
ting at, no matter how deliberately they
embroidered their themes with oratory,
statistics and prophecy. The mani
fold advantages OF thrift formed the
chief topics of discussion, and its re-
suits were most happily illustrated by
the fact that the members of the as
soclauon were able to hold their ban
quct last night at the Blltmore.
Two OF the speakers at the after
noon session, held in the same hotel.
sounded a warning note to the United
States concerning the probable flnan-
cial aftermath of the European war
Now as never before. they said. 1t be-
check every week where II will work
while we sleep. In their opinion n
war like the present one would not
result in prosperity for any nation in
the long run.
The association has a membership of
l41 savings banks. and most OF them
were represented yesterday afternoon
when James n. Manning President of
the National Savings Bank Of Albany.
and also President of the association.
made his opening address. The taste
Of the delegates seemed to run rather
largely to that symbol OF solid worth,
| the hard, tubular cuff, amplified in
| some instances by the port and star
board whisker and the gold logging
chain across the waistcoat. They fair
ly radiated an atmosphere OF gilt
edged collateral. however, and a glance
was sufficient to satisfy an observer
that what they didn't know about
thrift nobody could teach them, unless
II might be some one In Scotland
where the savings bank was invented
The most interesting event of the
afternoon was the awarding OF prizes
for the five winning essays on Thrift,
| contributed by high school pupils al
| over . state under the terms OF the
| contest inaugurated by the association
last November. Henry A. Schenck
President OF the Bowery Savings
Bank, made the awards as Chairman
of the Essay Committee.
First prize OF 800 went to Thomas
v. Wojciechowski. n tall. purposeful.
looking young man from tho Hutch.
inson Central High School of Buffalo
His parents we're so careless with
their consonants that apparently hi
was impressed at an early age with
the value OF economy.
Miss Jessie Barton OF the Kingston
High School. Kingston, took the s.
second prize. Miss Barton was al
refreshing to look upon as were the
lavender sweet peas at her waist
and 1t was freely predicted yesterday
that when the young men OF King
ston hear that she is also an expo
nent OF economy the fence around hel
house will be fiattened in the rush.
Third prize, S25, was captured b,
Mortimer Burr Williams of tn,
Auburn Academic High School a
Auburn, N. y. who maintained II
his essay that the greatest stimuli.
TO the saving habit was to be borr
In poverty. Hyman Wanderman o
the Yonkers High School took the
SIS fourth prize, n striking phrase
from his essay being "Extravaganc'
invites Failure, and Failure seldom
fails to respond to the invitation
Greater New York would have los
out in the essay contest altogether
IL IL hadn't been for Laura Marie
Noque OF the Bryant High School ir
Long Island City, whose observation!
on the fact that "the thriftless mar
IL the born slave of the thrifty woT
her the $40 fifth prize.
| Each Of the ninety-six contestant
whose essays reached IA reading b.
the associations committee, wa
awarded medal.
Deputy Superintendent OF Bank!
George L. Skinner addressed tn
meeting when the prize winners ha'
| mazda their bows and retired. In hi
best Assembly Chamber manner h
explained the intricacies of the re-
Gently devised Land Bank OF tn
state of New York.
Herbert +. Gunnison. trustee of tn
Williamsburg Savings Bank, VIII
was delegate to the savings banl
centenary celebration in Edinburgh
in June, 1910. told the members abou
the national movement on foot to Gel
ebrata here next November the cen
tennial OF the savings bank In thi
country. He said he hoped it woult
focus the attention of the country oi
tho virtue of thrift as did tho meet
ing in scotland. lie was one of tn
speakers who said that every natioi
will suffer from the present war an,
that therefore il was up to the sav
ings banks to talk thrift, to preacl
1t, and to get the American people L
follow it,"
O. q. Purves of the Philadelphii
Savings Fund Societies, the first sav