Evening star., 1922-02-11

Rules for The Stars $1,000
Prize School Essay Contest
The subject of the essay is e Arms Conference and
Its Significance"
and parohia schools Of the District Of Columbia who are
included in the two following classes
Senior clasStudents in the senior high schools and the
ninth grade of the junior high schools; students in the pr
and parocha schools between the ages of fifteen and
eighteen, inclusive. FL,
Junior class-Pups in the seventh and eighth grades of
the junior high schools and similar grades Of the elementary
schools pupils the private and parocha schools between
the ages of twelve and fourteen inclusive.
htyeight cash prizes, aggregating ST. 600, will be
awarded winners of the contest There will be fortyour
prize amounting all to $780, for each of the two classes
The Star will award grand prize Of 500 to the winner
in each of the two aforementioned classes The grand
prizes will thus be two, aggregatng $2oo
The second prize in each class will be $780, making
total of $1oo in second awards.
There will be two prizes of SIS each in each class for
essaysts whose work adudged third best Therefore,
total of 500 will be awarded as third prizes
The fourth prize group will consist of FIVE prizes of SIS
to $15o
There will be twenty prizes of $40 each awarded as
fifth prizes ten prizes in each class, making total of
$500.
Fifty prizes of S. each will be awarded as sixth przes
twenty-five prizes in each class, amounting $780,
General rules for the essay contest follow:
Participants be bona fde pupils in the schools out
lined above and be certified such by their respective
teachers.
The section teacher shall certify the in the
high and junior high schools In the other public schools
the teacher certifying shall be the regular teacher of the
In parochal and private schools the principals
shall certify
Essays must be written side Of the paper only,
preferably with typewriter, else in ink in and
legibe manner.
A nomdeplun'e must be chosen by the contestant and
written the upper left hand of the essay together
<ho nf fhoc choo1 rhcp
and age if in private or parochial school.
The contestants must not be written the
The of the contestant together with the
plume and of the school and class if in public
school and if in private parochia school, must be
separate envelope and sealed This envelope must be sub
mitted with the essay pinned to the first sheet
Entrants in the contest should follow this form:
Write at the top OF the first page OF the essay
Norn-de- plume
ocnool.. ..........................
Class Gf in public schooD. Observation-Disclosures.
Age (f in private parochial schooD ............
Write separate sheet ncosed sealed envelope
and the envelope pinned to the first sheet of the essay
Name. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Nomd plume. .............................-
Class Gf in public schooD. ooD.......................
Age (if in private parochal schooD. D............
Contestants will be put on their honor to receive no
urged consult the daily press libraries on the
subject and any other available of reference.
fixed s e date og e
be in the hands of the editor that date
in the mails posmarked before midnight of that day.
In sending bringing the essays to The Star Office,
contestants should address them follows:
ESSAY CONTEST EDITOR,
The STAR
Washington
D.
Special rules for the classes outlined above are as
follows:
Senior cass-Essays not be more than 1000 words
in length.
Junior classEssays must not be than GOO words
in length.
The board of judges will be composed of Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas, chairman of the joint congressional school
investigating committee Alexander T. Stuart director of
intermediate instruction of the public schools and former
superintendent Associate Justice Wendell Stafford of the
District Supreme Court Mrs Lyman Beecher Swormtedt