Republican farmer., 1920-03-12
SON
 WINS PRIZE IN
 ESSAY CONTEST
Several Others Are Given Awards For Good
 Work.

Announcemen ent is made of the win ners of local prizes on best essay, United States Army school contest, What Are the Benefits of an Enlist entm in the U. s. Army?
 American Legion prize, $25 in gold
 Y. M. c. A. boys prize: Full mem- bership in Bridgeport Y. M. c. A. for one year: To Charles Wheeler, son of Police Captain Wheeler. pupil of Lin coin school.
 Y. w. c. A., girls prize, gold medal, suitably inscribed: To Marion Der land, Bridgeport High school
 A. E. Lavery's prize. $500 in gold, to the pupil writing the best essay in the Barnum school: To Ellen Ruziak. Barnum school.
 Connie Lewis Prize: s5 in gold. to the pupil writing the best essay in the Columbus School.
 To Ethel Harvey-Columbus school.
 No essay was received from the Maplewood school, for which prize of a five pound box of candy, value $5 was offered by the Lane Confec- tionery.
 The Essays were judged by a com mittee appointed by MT. Moore, prin- cipal of the Bridgeport High school, and have been forwarded, to the chief of the Army Recruiting Service, this district, 17 Hampden street, Spring field, Mass, with a view of judging the same at that station, as entrees for the District Loving Cup, given by the members of the General Recruit ing service, for the best essay written in the schools of the district.
 Appended is Charles Wheeler's Es- say:
 "The paramount benefits derived from an enlistment in the United States army can, in my opinion, be re- duced to three subjects, namely:
 Tt teaches physical and mental de- velopment.
 ''It teaches submission to recogniz- ed auth ority.
 "It teaches self confidence.
 "About these three subjects vo1um es could be written; but, brevity being a principal in army ethics, I will adhere to that policy.
 'fThe work in drills, gymnasiums, rifle practice, calisthenics and march ing as given by army instructors, are the best exercises for body develop ment known to medical science. The school system. travel, experience and world wide education, as given by an army enlistment in the army is, in my opinion, the best mental development outside of college education. To live and talk and move among people of different climates and countries and to study their ways and customs is an education that even college does not afford.
 '"Submission to recognized author ity is the foundation of every success i ful industry. enterprise and business i in the world, and without it confu- l sion, chaos and ruin will soon follow, without it no army could be victo- l rious, and it is. indeed, one of the paramount benefits of an enlistment. "Self-confidence is one of the l strongest props in life without it we l are towards. without it we lack pro- | gressiveness, to have self-confidence as taught by an army enlistment, is tc care for ones self under any condi- tions. to be ones own gen eral in any emergency; such as for instance, if 2 i person was marooned on an island, to set about imm ediately to procure foot and shelter To know that you have se.f-confidence is to know that vol can live anywhere.
 .sThese three subjects are of para mount benefit, and are obtained by aI enlistment in the United State! Army" -.