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Committee Perfecls
Essay Contest Plans

Washington, D. c., April 18th
Various government agencies and ma
tlonal organizations 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
four year scholarship in the uni
Verslty or college chosen by the sue
cessful contestant. 1t is offered by
H. S. Firestona, Akron, Ohio.
The contest will be conducted tv
the Highway and Highway Trans
port Educational Committee, DR.. P.
+ ClaXton. United States Commits
sloner OF Education, chairman who
announced today rules governing the
corle:t.
Essa. il is said, must be not
mor" ian 500 words in lel;sl. ana
must G written on the subject.
Good Roads and Highway Trars-
r mt All essays must be III IT,
hands of local committees not later
than tr,.e Is, when local ANA State
Committees will begin tie tax of
gra 'l.e tie m4cy thousands Of es-
says expected
Many local and State Prizes are to
b" announced soon, but according %
the committee, ESSAYS winning first
kCnCts il. local and State cCltests
will be eligible to compete for the
four years university scholarship
whether local and State prizes are Of
fered or not
Among government agencies and
national organizations cooperating
to make the contest successful are
the Bureau of Public Roads of the
Department of Agriculture; The
Bureau of Education, 7t The Depart
ment of the Interior 1.-THE National
Autom obile Chamber of Commerce;
the Firesto1e Ship by Truck Bureau:
the National Grange; Women's Clubs
Chambers Of Commerce and Auto
mobile Associations everywhere.
The contest is a renewal Of the
Ship by Truck-Good Roads essay
contest held among high school stu
dents last year, in whicI moro tran
100000 essays were submitted
Miss Katharine F. Butterfield,
pretty Is year old higk school pupil
of Weise', Idaho, was the victor in
this contest and is enjoying the
scholarship at a famous eastern
school. AS result o. Ter conquest,
Miss Butterfield will receive a four
year college education.
In addition to the scholarship.
Miss Butterfield recently was paid
high honor when she was called to
Washington to receive at the hands
of President Warren q. Harding a
certificate of the scholarship during
formal exercises on the White
House lawn. Mr.. FirestOne and
members of the Highway ard High
way Transport Education Committee
of which he is & member, were pres
ent for these exercises. which were
photographed and filmed by news
papers and moving pictures news
weeklies and shown to hundreds of
thousands of parents and pupils
throughout the country.
Back of the idea of the essay con-
test is the wish of the Highway Trans
port Committe and cooperating or
CARNATIONS to bring TO the attention
of the high school pupils of the
country the urgent need for immedi-
ate improvement in the national
highway system.
Members of the Highway and High
way Transport Committee are, DR.. P.
P. Claxton, United States Commits
sioner of Education, Chairman; T.
H. Mcdonald, Chief. q. S. Bureau OF
Public Roads; Col. NJ. NJ. Patrick,
Corps of Engineers, United States
Army; Roy D. Chaplin National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce;
W. S. Keller, President, American
Association Highway Officials; H. S.
Firestone, Rubber Association of
America; Dean F. L. Bishop, Society
for the Promotion of Engineering
Education; DR.. Walton c. John, U.
S. Bureau of Education, Secretary,
and Prof. C. J. Tilden. Yale Univer-
sity, Director The officers of the
Committee are in the Willard Build
ing Washington, D. c.