Arizona republican., 1921-05-22
SCHOLARSHIP
 C0NTEST WILL
 CLOSE JUNE 15

WASHINGTON, May 21-All pu- pils of high school grade are eligible 10 compete in the new good roads highway transport national essay con- test announced sometime ago by the highway and highway transport edu cation committee.
 Details of the plan, upon which the committee has been working for sev eral weeks, have been approved. and include many local and state prizes, and a four-year university scholar ship offered by H. S. F'irestone as a national prize.
 The closing date of the contest is announced as not later than June 15, and arrangements are being perfected now by the committee to have the es- says graded by a process of elimina- tion by local, state and national com mittees- According to these plans the best essay in each community or city will be submitted to the state or territory committee. This committee in turn will chose the best essay from the state or territory. award the state prizes if any, and certify the best essay to the national committee 10 be named by the United States commissioner of ecucation.
 Essays must be not more than 500 words in length, it is said, and must be written upon the subject, Good Roads and Highway Transport
 Announcement of the contest is be- ing made by various government and national agencies to states superin- tendents of public instruction, 10 highway commissioners, city and county superintendents of schools and others. in order that pupils everywhere may learn of the contest as quickly as possible.
 The contest is a renewal of the ship by Truck Good Roads, essay contest held last year, in which more than 100000 high school pupils par ticipated- This contest was won by Miss Katherine F. Butterfield, 16- year-old pupil at the Weiser. Idaho, high school Miss Butterfield is at lending a celebrated eastern school -1sfTer the terms of the scholarship which she won.
 An added incentive is expected to be found by pupils in the honors which were paid Miss Butterfield re- gently by President Harding, who : ceived her at the White House and presented her with the certificate of scholarship during exercises on the White House lawn. MT. Firestone, donor of this scholarship. also, and members of the highway and high
  together with others. were present. A group of pretty high school girls from the nations capital were spons- Ors for Miss Butterfield during these exercises and had her as their guest dinner and theater party after
 Among the organizations working to make the contest a success are mentioned the bureau of education, x@f Ie- tionai automobile chamber of com merce. the Americsn Automobile as- socia ton. the National Grange, wom ems clubs. chambers of commerce and many others
 The purpose of the contest is to ac- quaint high school pupils and theii parents with the need for highway Improvement throughout the nation and the economic value of good roads as aids in production and distribu- ton.
 Members of the highway and high way transport education committee which has headquarters in the Will lard building, Washington, are: Dr P. P. Claxton. United States commits sioner Of educati chairman: T. H Macdonald. chief United States bu resa of public roads: Col NJ. NJ. Pat rick. corps of engineers. United States army; Roy D. Chaplin, nation al automobile chamber of commerce w. $. Keller, American Association o State Highway officials: H. s. Fire stone. Rubber Association of Ameri ca: Dean F. l.. Bishop, Society fo Promotion of Engineering Education Dr. Walton C. John, United State bureau of education, secretary. am Prof. C. J. Tilden, professor of en gineering mechanics, Yale university director.