Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-05-30
SUNSHINE STATE
PUPILS WIN IN
ESSAY CONTEST
Special Correspondence to The journal, /,

Ncpc"tti Correspondents u luc JouFunI.j
Washington, D. c, May 29.--
Miss Elsie Russell, Library build-
ing, Albuquerque, and Miss Ethe!
NJ. Underline, sos Park avenue,
Albuquerque, won state honors re-
spectively in the national essay and
lesson contests conducted last year
under the auspices of the highway
and highway transport education
committee, it was announced here.
Miss Russell will receive the first
state prize offered in the pupils
contest, q gold medal and fifteen
! dollars, and her essay represents
New Mexico before the national
board of review named by the
United States commissioner of
education to award three grand
prizes. Likewise the lesson BY
Miss Underline, designed to teach
children safe behavior on the high
ways, is before the national lesson
committee for consideration in the
award of three other national
prizes. No state prizes were Of
fered teachers.
In addition to the first prize Of
fered, a second prize of a silver
medal and ten dollars was won by
Miss Florence McClanahan, Dem
ing. Third prizes, bronze medals
and five dollars, were won by Miss
Louise Newman, Dona Ana county,
and Miss Jane Wolfe, Alamagordo.
All checks and medals have been
sent to the recipients. 1t was saiC/
Il ffnnusnTr sf1 "a Na,.f.~
tendent, granted permission 10
pupils and teachers to participate,
in the belief that it would result
in a reduction of accidents AMI
fatalities.
In announcing the result of the
contest in this state, in which
thousands of pupils and teachers
participated, the committee also
made known the personnel of the
two national committees to grade
the best essay and the best lesson
respectively from each state.
Members OF the national lesson
committee are: William Phelps
Emo, Washington, ID. c., president
OF the Emo foundation for highway
traffic regulation, chairman: DR..
Thomas Z. Finegan, Harrisburg,
Pepn., state superintendent of pub
lie instruction for Pennsylvania,
and w. J. Funk, New York City
vice-president Funk and Wagnalls,
publishers Of the Literary Digest.
Members of the national essay
committee are: Mrs. Warren G.
Harding, honorary chairman;
Senator Coleman du Pont, Della
ware, chairman; Mrs. John d.
Sherman, Estes Park, Colorado,
chairman applied education COM
mittee, General Federation Of
Women's Clubs, and DR.. William
7. Bawden, Washington, d. c., as
sistant to the commissioner of edu-
cation.
The lesson committee will con-
slider one lesson from each state
and territory, and will award three
grand national prizes, consisting Of
$500 and a trip to Washington,
$500 and 5000, respectively. The es-
say committee will read the best
essay from each state and terri
tory, and will award three national
prizes, the first gold watch and
a trip to Washington, the second q
gold loving cup and the third n
silver loving cup. All prizes Of
fered in the contest are given by
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce.
1t is estimated by the committee
that more than 10000 students,
and approximately fifty thousand
teachers participated in the CAM
paign. A similar campaign, hav-
ing for its aim the reduction of
automobile accidents, will be un-
dertaken next fall,