The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-04-04
WILL Be ONE MINUTE MEN
Artists Are Asked to Tell Their Story
In Glance - Pictures Will Exploit
War Savings - Offer State and
National Prizes.

Uncle Sam has new army, armed
with brush and pencil. They are all
ready for a big drive with paint, a
drive that the American public will be
unable to resist Artists Of all ages
are joining this army from graded school
children to professional designers who
have volunteered for Uncle Sam s ser
vice. They are working now to make
posters which will tell, as the Four
Minute Men are telling in the theaters,
all about the governments plan of in
creasing our savings. The posters how
ever will be one minute men, telling
their story in a moment, and appealing
to the eye instead of to the ear.
Grade school children, high school
pupils, and Art School students, are
competing for prizes which are offer
ed for the best designs made in each
section Of the country. Three hundred
dollars in War Savings Certificates will
be distributed in prizes among young
artists in the middle west. Besides
the section prizes there will be ma
tional award of ribbon, decoration,
to be given to the students in the
grades, high schools, and Art Schools,
whose designs are judged to be the
best in each class. Professional design
ers are not included in this contest.
They are eligible to competition
which the Graphic Arts Publishing
Company of New York is conducting
for War Savings Posters.
Every artist in the country, young
or old, is urged to submit drawings in
these competitions, for Uncle Sam
needs posters that will appeal to both
children and old folks. The art tea
cheers in charge of this competition
know that young people know best
what kind Of posters will make young
people save their monay and lend it to
Uncle Sam. That is why they ask child
artists to enlist for this service.
Every boy who makes poster telling
a good reason for buying Thrift
Stamps, and shows it to the other boys
and girls in his school, will be helping
sell Uncle Sans War Bonds, whe-
Their or not his poster is a work of
art.
The kind of posters that the gov
eminent wants are effective drawings
which show how thrift will help via
the war, and how glad the thrift IA
triots will be when their ships which
are launched in the fleet of Uncle
Sam s War Savings Stamps, come home
in 1925. The posters also will show
why good citizens of the United
States should not buy Injuries, but
rather save the money to lend it to
the government, and not encourage in
dustries which are using labor that is
needed in necessary work for the war.
In the middle states the contest is
directed by the Western Arts and
Manual Training Association. Miss
Emma Church, President of the Church
School of Art in Chicago. is chairman
Of the middle group. In Wisconsin
Miss Madge Anderson of West Divis-
ion High School is State Chairman of
the National War Savings Poster Con-
test. Each section of the state has
chairman directing the contest in his
neighborhood. Miss Lucy Dorret Hale,
of the Milwaukee Normal School is
chairman of the southeastern section of
the state, which includes Milwaukee,
r. he other section chairmen are: Miss
Jane Rehnstrand, of Superior High
School; Mrs. r. A. Zimmerman, SUI
pelvisor of Drawing, Public S,hcols.
Nenomonie: Miss May Mouiton, of
the Oshkosh Normal School; Mr.. Will
liam Varnum, Professor of Drawing
and Design, University of Wisconsin;
Mr.. D. O. Coates, President of the La
Crosse Art Association.
Mr.. William G. Bruce, Bruce Pub
fishing Company, is Vice Chairman of
publicity for the special committee.
Mr.. Dudley Crafts Watson, Director
of the Milwaukee Art Institute, is
Chairman of the Jury. He will appoint
judges to decide what posters are
worthy to represent Wisconsin in the
National Contest. Miss Charlotte
Partridge, Teacher of Art, Milwaukee
Downer College. will take charge of
exhibiting the posters so that the Mil
wavkee public may know what the
Eatrietic art students have done in
Wiscosin. Miss Miriam Polacheck IS
secretary of the state committee. The
contest is conducted in cooperation
with Mr.. J. Ell. Puelicher of the War
Savings Office