Evening star., 1921-12-23
HOLIDAYS GIVE TIME
TO STUDY :PARLEY
Leisure Moments Can Be
Used to Advantage in Even
ing Star Contest.

With the inception today of the an
nual Christmas holidays for District
school children. contestants in The
/, Evening Stars prize essay contest on
the subject, The Arms Conference
and Its Significance" will have many
leisure moments before January .,
when the schools reopen. to devote to
an intensive study of the conference
proceedings. Consequently. the home
study of the par1ey developments for
the next ten days. coupled with that
in school during the last month, is
expected to thoroughly familiarize
the children with all the problems
which have confronted the delegates
to the epoch making conference.
No essays should be written until
after the close of-the Christmas holi-
days. BY that time the rules for the
contest. together with the personnel
of the board of judges, will have been
announced.
No Aid In Writing.
While awaiting announcement of
the rules. it is emphasized that the
essayists shall not receive aid in the
actual writing of their compositions.
In fact, this will be the cardinal
principal governing The Stars offer.
The essayists, as a matter of good
faith, will be required to secure the
signatures of their teachers to their
compositions certifying that they
have closely adhered to this specif1-
cation. The contestants are urged,
| however. to gather all data possible
relating to the conference prepara-
| tory to writing. their essays. The
newspapers, school officials have
pointed out, are the best source of in
! formation obtainable.
Superintendent of schools Frank W.
Ballou has described the press re-
ports of the conference as mot only
I complete. but remarkable" He has
children to the summary of the con,
| ference developments as printed
daily in The Star as a valuable me-
| dunn for obtaining information for
discussion of the parley events in the
classroom.
EiEhty-Eight Cash Prizes.
! AS previously announced, eighty
/ eight cash prizes, aggregating $1,000
! will be awarded winners of the con-
test. According to tentative plans. the
f; contestants will be divided into two
! separate and distinct groups. and
! forty-four prizes, amounting to $500,
! will be awarded in each group.
! In one group the contestants will be
| limited to students of the senior high
! schools and the ninth grade of the ju-
nior high schools, and students in
private and parochial schools between
| the ages of fifteen and eighteen, in
| elusive. In the other group the con-
testants will be pupils of the seventh
and eighth grades of the junior high
| schools and similar grades of the ele-
mentary schools, and students in the
private and parochial schools between
| the ages Of twelve and fourteen, in
elusive.
Amounts Of Prizes.
I The first prize in each class will
| be 500, making total of 5000 in
| first prizes.
The second prize in each class will
be $50, making a total of 500 In
| second prizes.
There will be two prizes of $50 each
| in each class for essayists whose
compositions are adjudged third best.
Therefore, a total of 500 will be
| awarded as third prizes.
The fourth group will consist of
five prizes of SIS each for each class,
making a total of ten fourth prizes,
or total of $3.50.
| There will be twenty prizes of $40
each awarded as fifth prizes, or ten
prizes for each class. making total
Of 5000.
Fifty prizes of IS each will be
awarded as sixth prizes, twenty five
| prizes in each class. making a total
of $3.50.