Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-19
RECEIVE MANY ESSAYS
IN GOOD ROADS CONTEST
Committee Answers Many Inquiries
From Pupils, Teachers and
Parents.
ENTRIES FROM EVERY STATE
"Strny" Contributions, Received in
Washington, Will be Rrdircctcd
10 Their Respective State Com
mittccS.

WASHINGTON. d. C. June Is
Thousands OF inquiries from pupils.
teachers and parents regarding tho
Good Roads and Highway Trans
port" national essay contest have
been answered since carly III APRIL
when the contcs, was announced, ac-
cord!ng to the highway transport cdu-
cation committee here today.
In many states, /; was said. IL is
believed 90 per cent OF the hrh school
pupils will submit, essays. Will. in
all states and even territorial pos
sessions the in,ercs, has been in
tense No estimate Of the number
OF essays hcinr written could ~
made hy the committee.
hundreds oC STRAY" essays al
ready have been received mt head
quarters in Washington. These VIII
hc rcdircctcd To their respective stat"
committees In order To assure every
essay written Of careful reading,
the committee recently announced
that pupilS might submit essays direct
~ the committee II no arrangements
had been made by local high school
principals to grade them. Tn" ma
jors,y OF state suDcrin;"ndents al
ready have named state committees.
IL WAS said.
nnsi> "f Final Examinations.
Many schools have written that
thcv are making essays tn. basis of
final examinations. requiring pupils
in Encl!Sh for instance. To writ"
co,npoSiticns OH Good Roads and
Highway Transport ~ part "t tN"Ir
school work /, is believed this
method will he largely followed in tn"
contcs, next year one school with
l.sOo pupils recently wrote in that tn"
catir. student body was competing
In other schools entire classes, mo-
tahly seniors. are competing.
The committee gave out a letter re-
ccivcd from Miss Katharine +. But
,.rficid. Wcis.r. Idaho, winner OF
last years scholarship. in which she
wrote Of her emotions when She first
learned OF her success
1T was almost unbelievable then"
writes Miss Hu'tcrhrld and ovc7
now The wonder does not cease Even
with tho delightful yea" in tn" Fast
which has been given me, still can
not get used Ia IT. And when ! try
10 realize thcr. are thrcc more years
Of college ahead of mo. II seems ] am
a most fortunate person indeed. thus
year ann sure high school students
will respond to an even greater de-
croc because the problem is ono OF
such nationwide concern"
Oncr E"ur Years scholarship.
In addition 10 winning tho four
years scholarship offered by H. :.
Fircsionc, Akron. Ohio. also donor
OF tho scholarship this year. Miss
lutterfcld was given trip to Wash
inGton last surinC. whore she was
received by President Harding aud
honorcd aud fcicd by young high
school pupils who had competed with
nor for the national prize. She was
awarded her scholarship certificate
ny Prcsidcn; Harding during formal
exercises on the White House
grounds. and 1t is h"licv"d 10y the
committee the President again viii
consent 10 receive the winner Of this
years prize.
Miss Buttcrhcld chose 10 spcna tn"
nrSt year of her scholarship at a
celebrated Eastern school. coming
from her home In Idaho To matricu-
late. Recently. with the close OF
school. she returned home, stopping
al Akron 10 visit Mr. l'ir"stonc.
She has not announced where she
will attend school next year ON"
featur" * the scholarship offered is
that the pupil may choosr any college
o- university OF his choice.