The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-12

Six Young Essayists Awarded Prizes Out
Of Total of SO Contestants in
Peoples National Bank
Contest.

Six youthful essayists, competing in
the composition contest conducted by the
Peoples National bank, were to-day des'
ignated as the winning competitors by q
board of judges consisting of Miss Eva
G. Smith, teacher OF English at Spauld'
ing high school, Judge II. w. Scott OF the
municipal court, and Supt g. J. Seager
of the Barre Town schools. The subject
assigned by the bank was National
Banks and the contest, limited TO chill
dren 10 years old and under, began in
mid December, ending Jan. D. The win
ners' names appear below:
First prize of $40 in gold, Harold
Blackmore, aged Ia, "a Eastern avenue,
Barre.
Second prize, So in gold, Orlo II. Spear,
aged Ii, q Park street, Barre.
| Third prize, So in cash, Miss Helen
Rossi, aged u, 81 Brook street, Barre.
| Three prizes of 81 each, Aldo c. POI
lett, aged IA, 0 George street, Barre;
| Marjorie p. Smith, aged ID, Trow hill,
Barre Town; Max Miles, aged -, ~
South Main street, Barre.
Children under the age limit defined by
the bank officials responded to the chal-
lenge much more spontaneously than the
sponsors for the contest had anticipated.
All told, 50 compositions were submitted,
several of them from contestants living
out of town Although the girl contest
ants outnumbered the boys in the ratio
of 5s to 81. it viii be noted that two
thirds of the prize winners are boys, the
Youngest successful contestant being
Miss Rossi.
Competitors for the $50 in prizes which
the bank has awarded were obedient to
certain rules, the most important OF
which was the rule which limited each
composition to $50 words In the matter
of judging the 50 compositions submit
ted, absolute fairness was a feature. As
a matter OF fact, the anonymity of the
contestants prevailed, so far as the
judges were concerned, until after they
had designated by process OF elimina-
ton the six essays Eost deserving OF
the prizes. A number attached TO each
composition correspondent with the num-
Der assigned the author of the compost
ton when it was received in the mail of
the Peoples National bank Nothing on
the composition paper indicated the iden |
tity of the author 1t may be said IN
passing that the compositions submitted, /
on the whole, surpassed in excellence |
the expeetat ions of the bank people.
Almost invariably the contestants I
stuck to prose in their compositions on
'The National Banks" but one of the /
prize winners Max Miles introduced a
novelty in the form of verse. His orig
nalitv was recognized bv the judges, as
The awards show. The Times reprints in
the order of their coming the first, sec
md and third and the next three prize
winning compositions.
National Banks by Harold Blackmore,
lst Prize Winner,
The national banking system was or
sanized February 25th, 1868. Ii stands
or strength. security, and service in Fl
financial matters; strength through !
Conservative investing, security through
he large capital and surplus, govern
nent control and membership in the
federal Reserve; and service through !
ourteous, competent officers and clerks;
nd modern equipment. {
The government requires each bank TO ,
ave certain capital and surplus, and I
sep certain cash reserve with the !
federal Reserve, that the public may be
n
Uncle Sam sends expert examiners at
East twice year to each bank. If they Il
nd any Serious discrepancies, they take t
way its charter and close it, this saw a
Y depositors possible loss.
The working class takes special inter b
st in the savings department, knowing
hat their hard Learned money viii be Sc q
IRE.
Our government offers the maximum
safety and efficiency in the Federal
eserve, by which every national bank
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