The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-26
ESSAY CONTEST
PLAN PERFECTED
Highway and Highway Transport
Education Committee To Conduct
Contest Among High School
Pupils.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April U.s.
Various government agencies and ma
tional organizatiins are announcing
today the new Good Roads and High
way Transport national essay con-
test, to be open to all pupils of high
school grade. The national prize is a
four year scholarship in the univer-
sity or college chosen by the success
full contestant. 1t is offered by H. S.
Firestone, Akron, Ohio.
The contest will be conducted by the
highway and highway education COM
mittee, DIR. P. p. Claxton, United
States commissioner of education.
chairman. who announced today rules
governing the contest.
Essays, it is said, must be not more
than 500 words in length, and must be
written on the subject, Good Roads
and highway Transport" All essays
must be in the hands of local commit
tees not later than Jnne Is, when To-
cal and state committees will begin
the task of grading the many thou
sands of essays expected.
Many local and state prizes are to be
announced soon, but, according to the
committee, essays winning first hon
ors in local and state contests will be
eligible to compete for the four years
university scholarship whether local
and state prizes are offered or not.
Among government agencies and ma
tfonal organizations cooperating to
make the contest successful are the
bureau of public roads, of the depart
ment of agriculture; the bureau of
education, of the department of the
interior; the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce; the firestone
ship by truck bureau; the national
grange: women's clubs, chambers of
commerce and automotive associations
everywhere.
The contest is a renewal of the ship
by-truck-Good roads essay contest
held among high school students last
year, in which more than 100000 es-
says were submitted
Miss Katharine F. Butterfield, pref
ty 16 year old high school pupil of
Weiser Idaho, was the victor in this
contest and is enjoying the scholarship
at a famous eastern school. AS re-
suit of her conquest, Miss Butterfield
will receive four years college edu-
cation.
In addition to the scholarship, Miss
Butterfield recently was paid a high
honor when she was called to Wash
ington to receive at the hands of
President Warren G. Harding a GER
tificate of the scholarship during for
NAL exercises on the White House
lawn. Mr.. Firestone. and members of
a h cr6x LII
education committee, of which he is a
member, were present for these exer-
cises, which were photographed and
filmed by newspapers and moving pic
ture news weeklies and shown to hun
dreds of thousands of parents and pu-
pills throughout the country.
Back of the idea of the essay contest
is the wish of the highway transport
committee and cooperating organiza-
tons to bring to the attention of the
high school pupils of the country the
urgent need for immediate improve
ments in the national highway system
Members of the highway and high
way transport committee are: DIR. P.
P. Claxton, United States commission
er of education, chairman; T. H. Mac
Donald chief, U. S. bureau of public
roads; Col. M. M. Patrick, corps of
engineers, United States army; Roy D.
Chaplin, National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce; w. S. Keller president
American Association of State High
way Officials; H. S. F'irestone, Rubber
Association of America; Dean F. L.
Bishop, Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education; DIR. Walton c.
John, U. S. bureau of education, sec
rotary. and Prof. C.. J. Tilden. Yale
university, director. The offices of the
committee areAin the Willard building,
Washington, D. C.