Evening journal., 1918-04-02
interest CHILDREN
N Liberty loan
Committee Offers Money
Prizes for Best Essays on
Bond Subject
ELKS TAKE $1,000
OF NEW ISSUE

Combining the efrort 70 interest the
$1,000 boys and girls attending the pub
lie schools here in the Liberty Loan.
with regular class work in English. A
Rae nuBeu. executive secretary OF tie
Liberty Loan campaign for wilmington
and New Castle county, has arranged
with Clifford ]. Scott. city superuten-
dent Of schools, to give prizes 10 ulc
students writing the best composlllon
on the Liberty Loan.
The contest will be open TO an pu-
nils from the fourth grade, and the
work will be counted a part OF the
regular course. the pupils DeinS siNeh
credit for their effort
Mr.. DuBen has also arranged for an
esssv contest among the students Of
delaware College and Of the Women
Coiiere OF Delaware. on the subject OF
.,NNhv I Should Buy a Liberty Bond
Tho terms and details OF the contest
were completed by Or. Samuel g. Mil
chell president of Delaware College,
AMI Mr.. DuBeu some time ago, ana
have now been announced to the stu
dents There viii be three prizes at
lelaNare College of s20, $40 and $40, re-
fneciiyelv. for the mems college ana
,6e samo prizes for the womens coll
lace The essays must be handed In
before ( o'clock, April 9. and VIII he
Judged by Professors h. v Vaughn q
Z Counts. +. r. Clark. X. r. Greenfield
@. q. Dutton. J, r. Moore. +. NJ. X. Fos-
ter and w q Sypherd.
In tho high school in this city there
VIII also be three prizes OF Si5, $40 and
f5 resnectiyely ln each of the hNe
grammar schools there viii be three
prizes of $40 50 and 81, respectively
and in each OF the twenty-five primary
schools there VIII be three prizes ol
a.. 50 and 81
THO prizes viii be given tn War saw
ines and Thrift Stamps and the money
given bv puhlic-spirited citizen OF
Wumineton. when the matter was
plsced before him by Mr.. DuBell.
Tomorrow Mr. DuBcN VIII confer
with members OF the Women's Liberty
Loan committee and explain the SCHOOL
contest II Is expected that the womens
committee will cooperate TO the nut
esi extent In the matter Of stirring up
interest among the school children In
fhe contest.
Elss Subscribe $1,000.
At a meeting OF Wilmington Lodge
~. 3J7. B p. o. Elks, held last night
n was decided to withdraw $1,000 from
The funds Of the order and purchase
liberty Bonds to that extent with th'
reserve money. Frank Turner was
chosen as chairman Of workers com
,nittee that would solicit sales o
bonds among the Elks and he VIII ap
point his subcommittee later this
week An effort viii be made TO haN
the Individual subscriptions 10 the loa
among the Elks surpass all prior e
forts
Liberty Loan workers for st. GeorgI
hundred are preparing for an enthus
astic opening OF the campaign on So
lrday. At a meeting held at the hcaC
quarters OF the committee at Middle
town last night plans were complete
Tor a big automobile parade on Satul
day afternoon.
Starting from Middletown at
o'clock. close TO one hundred aut0mc
biles will tour the hundred. There wi
be a band. school children 20 sing pa
trlolic airs and each mother OF bo
who has gone 20 war Will be honore
guests on the trip stops VIII be mad
at Mt Pleasant, Fort Penn, M5Donoug
and Odessa, while short meet ngs ar
held. rapid-nre orators explaining ti
need for the loan and how the bond
cen be bought, returning TO- Middle
town In time for a meeting at o'clocl
At z o'clock In The evening there WI
be q meeting in the square and late
the orators VIII explain the loan b'
tween reels at the movies.
During the campaign the women WI
make a hOuse-tO-house canvass OF On
entire hundred. having mapped OF
every home throughout the hundre
Business men, fnanciers, churches an
all branches Of society have promise
70 do their bit in making This Joan @
most popular ever.