The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26
COUNTY UNION
OF W. G.. T. i.
OFFERS PRIZES
Contest on Various Phases of
Alcohol and Tobacco Open
TO Members of Grade
and High Schools.
MINIMUM OF $50 WORDS
At Least Three Schools Must
Compete and All Essays
TO Be Turned in by
May Is.

The county union Of the w. c. T. L
is offering prizes to pupils in the count,
schools for the best essay on different
phases Of The questisn of the use Of alco
hol and tobacco. The following prizes
are offered:
$40 for the best essay written by q
member of the senior or junior class
Of the county high schools, on the sub.
ject, What a Year of Prohibition Has
Meant to Our Country" or alcohol as
a Menace" The essay is to be between
. 700 and 1900 words.
$40 for the best essay written by a
member Of the sophomore or freshman
class on the same subject.
S. for the best essay written by a
pupil in the seventh or eighth grade. on
one Of the following subjects: Are Beer
and Wine Harmful?" or The PHYSICAL
Effects Of Alcohol or ~The Physical Ef.
fects Of Tobacco" The length of this
essay will be between 500 and ZOO
words.
S. for the best essay written by a men,
ber Of the sixth or fifth grade. Of not
more than 500 words or less than 200
words, on why the States Make Laws
Forbidding Use of Cigarettes by Bows. '
S2 for the best essay written BY pupil
in the fourth or third grade. Of between
200 and 300 words. on why Alcohol
and Tobacco Should Not Be Used.'
A subscription to the paper. the Cru.
sader. for the best essay written BY a
pupil in the first or second grade. Of be. /
tween Is aRd $50 words, on What !
Know About Tobacco"
For the negro schools in he county. |
the prizes will be as follows: i.
s. to a senior or junior in high school. |
$ to a sophomore OF freshman IN
high school
50 to pupil in the seventh grade.
$3.50 to a pupil in the fifth or sixth
grade.
81 to a pupil in the third or fourth
grade.
A subscription TO The Crusader for
pupil in the firs, or second erade. Il
At least three schools must compete !,
in the contest. In grading the essays for
ihe high school students. three-four;hs
Of the grade shall depend on subject.
matter and one-fourth on style and gram
maiical excellence. Papers in the sew
rnih and eighth grades will be graded
'ne-half on subjoct-maiter and one-half
'n originality, style and grammatical ex-
'cllence. Essays in the other grades will
be graded one-half on subject-matter.
'neiourih ON style and grammar and
on pcnmanship and spelling.
The local union Of the W. C. T. U. Is
ilso offering prizes to students in the
Columbia schools. as follows:
$40 for the best essay written by a
senior or junior in Columbia High
school.
$40 for the best essay by a sophomore
IT freshman in Columbia High School.
IS to a pupil in the seventh grade.
IS to a pupil in the fifth or sixth
grade.
S. to a pupil in the third or fourth
grade
81 to a pupil in the first or second
,radc.
Essays winning prizes in the local
'oniesi will be entered in the county con-
est. Papers must be in by May IS, as
hey are 10 be sent on to the state con- .
est, and those winning prizes there will /,
De sent in TO the national contest.
Prizes offered in the state and national
contests are:
For juniors and seniors in high school
state prize. SIS.
For sophOmorcs or freshmen in high
prize. $40.
For any high school contestant-na-
ional prize, $50.
For pupils in the seventh or eighth
prize, $40, national prize,
S25.
For pupils in the fifth and sixth gradeS
state prize, IS. national prize, $40.
For pupils in the third and fourth
,rades-slate prize, 50, national prize. q
30. 4
For pupils in the first and second :
.rades, state prize. 81, national prize, $40. 5