Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

granted and the school children viii really be competing for prizes that were provided by the maimed and in- Jured soldiers patients at the Walter Reed Hospital, who were wounded or the battlefields of France. There is nc age limit in this contest and the little eight or nine year old girl or boy in any school in this city has the same chance of winning prize and taking the trip to Washington, along with their parents, as has the zig girl or boy away out in California. Contest ants may either be red or brown, black or white, American or foreign born, and is open to all schools in the country, with the exception of colleg- eS and universities.
 Essays are te be written on Friday. February 20. 1920 in the class rooms from notes if desired and no essay is to be more than four hundred words in length. Pencil or pen and ink may be used but the essay VII be writer only on one side of the sheet or pa per. Essays will be judged strictly on a basis of originality, expression and sincerely.
 Each school will be the judge of ifs own product. The pr!ncipalNpf eaek school will appoint a hoard If three judges to select one ess 4 as the entry | from his school. He wiz then forward | the entry. not later than February | 27, 1920, to th" army recruiting sta4 l tion. nearest his school. In the case. | o[ this locality all essays will be sent 1 to the Springfield recruiting station, IT Hampden street, Springfield Mass. <. The district recruiti~g officer will | then appoint a board z three judgess made up of promineh citizens of l Springfield. Mass, to select oRe essay submitted by the schools in his dis frict. This one best essay will then he. forwarded to Washington as the dis. | tricts entry. There are frty-six army. recruiting districts inc the United
 States, and the best essay from each district will be sent to Washington.
 and from these ffty-six entries. Sec retary Baker and Generals Pershing
 and March will select the three na- Honal winners.
 Little girls or boys who had a big
 brother in the service during the late war. should ask these big brothers to tell them something about the new,
 democratic peace time army or Uncle
 Sam's. Corporal Sullivan at the re-
 cruiting station, post office building,
 will also be very glad to answer any
 questions and to give out literature
 and information to any boy or girl that
 may call at the station. Each student
 will receive a copy of the Come Back
 newspaper and they will find great
 many pointers from which they can
 take note to help them in writing their
 essays.
 Mothers and fathers should interest
 their little boy or girl. in this con-.
 test as it may mean a free trip to
 Washington with all expenses paid.
 Also there will be moving pictures
 taken of the event at Washington and which will be shown in the different
 places all over the country where the contest was held. l. Corporal Sullivan has interviewed ; Superintendent of School E. J. Gra- } ham and has succeeded in getting his
 approval and cooperation in this con
 test and the principals of the differ ent schools will be notified MT. Gra- } ham is to appoint committee with Captain Tarbox as chairman to pro- mote the contest.
 Numerous other prizes are being !, contributed by American Legion posts , throughout thesstate and also from To-
 cal and state authorities for the best essays from different cities. The mem. . bers of the Springfield district re-
 cruiting party have also contributed prizes amounting to. forty dollars : for the best essays from the state of
 Connecticut.