Arizona republican., 1920-01-27

] I-NciS III IiC VI <hii@OiAe' regardless of race, cc!or or creed, who is at present attending public or pri-
 vate school. is going to have an op- portunity to make trip to Washing | ton at the expense of the United States l government, accompanied by his or her 1 parent guardian, whose expense will
 also be paid. This announcement was
 made yesterday by Capt. Friedenthal
 of the United States army, who is in ! Phoenix for the purpose of arranging
 details of an essay contest to be
 staged by the recruiting service of the
 army
 The contest is nationwide in it's
 scope. No one is barred, the only re- quirement being that the person writ | ing the essay must be | member of
 some institution Of learning. On Feb
 ruary 20. 1920, ell those who desire to enter the contest will write an essay under the supervision Of their school teachers committee of judges will | be appointed here who will go over the 1 letters written in Phoenix, select three | winners. whose work will be sent to l the district recruiting officer at Los Angeles, where il will again be judged | in company with the work of the other children from this district. The Los Angeles district, by the way, includes southern California and Arizona, so the children of Phoenix will have an op- portunity to show their ability with Nt There will be one winner from this district. There are 56 other districts in the United States from which one winner will be selected. The essays
 of the 57 winners will be sset to
 Washington, where a committee com
 posed of General Pershing, General
 March and Secretary of War Baker
 will select three national winners.
 The three national win CTS will be given a trip to Washington, D. C., ac- companied by their parent or guardian, all their expenses to be paid by the they will be presented with medals, symbolical of the winning of the na- tional contest.
 The subject upon which the essays are 10 be written is What are the benefits of an enlistment in the United States army?'
 Both Governor Campbell and Super intendent of Public Instruction C. o. 1 Case are very enthusiastic over the contest The school authorities have been requested by Mir Case to CO., operate in every possible manner in having the essays written on the 1 proper day and sent in to be judged |
 And then, in addition to the national | prizes offered by the government in | the way of trips and medals, every | where over the country civilians are l adding prizes to the list until it has | now reached a stage where it is well l worth the time of any school child to | write an essay
 Mack Gardner was the first man in | Phoenix to make offer. As soon | as he heard of the contest he notified l Captain Eriedenthal that he would | give a diamond ring valued at SI25 to | the child writing the best essay in | Phoenix.
 Daniel H. Thompson. Los Angeles merchant who happened to be in Phoe- | nix yesterday heard Of the contest and | at once looked up the recruiting of 1 ficers, and made them an offer of S100 l for the best letter written by any child | in the Los Angeles recruiting district ! lnasmuch as Phoenix is in the Los Angeles district. every child here will | have the opportunity to win that much in cash.
 The letter which Mir Case has sent to the principals of all schools urging them to cooperate with the army in putting over the essay contest is as 
 To Principals of all Arizona Schools: The United States government the army is about to have a 1 national essay contest The govern ment iSto give national, as well as local, prizes to the children and schools the prize essays. The winners of three national prizes will be given a trip to Washington, D. C., accom- panied by their mother or guardian di the expense or tne government where the national prizes will be pre- sented. The essays are to be written on February 20. 1920 and will deal with the following subject: What are the benefits of an enlistment in the United States army?' The army officials will furnish you further details here
 T am heartily in favor of this na- tlonal essay contest for bringing Americanism before the people of our and urgently request that all with the schools of Arizona Cooperate and make this contest a. success and help bring the national prizes home to Arizona
 The Governor yesterday sent let -er to Col. William A. Shunk in charge If recruiting in this district com nending the idea of holding the contest md hoping that some child from this 'tate would win the national prize. His etter is as follows: Wy Dear Colonel Shunk:
 The national essay contest to be by the army is a happy idea md one calculated, in my opinion, to timulate and foster interest in our government. Too much emphasis be laid upon the study of gov rnment a part of the curriculum f our schools. The subject, if proper y handled is most interesting and hould excite keen rivalry among the [ upils for the worth while prizes which I re offered. It is my candid belief { hat there is not a school child in f