The Topeka state journal., 1922-07-22
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A proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of the Kansas department of
the American Legion which would
provide that a years subscription to
the Kansas Legionnaire be included
in the dues of every member this
year. has been mailed to every post in
the state by Kirke Mechem, editor OF
the paper. The proposal came from
Wichita, where it was unanimously
adopted.
The amendment will be taken up
at the Kansas departments annual
convention at Eldorado September IL,
IL and 13.
American Legion posts in Kansas
are checking up on their crack shots
with a view to entering them in the
national rifle meet at the New Or
Indications are that the state will be
well represented in the shoot, accord
ing to State Adjt. Frank E. Samuel.
Details of the event can be obtained
from Capt. Earl c. Nichols, United
States Marine Corps Recruiting Sta
tion, New Orleans, who has formal
entry blanks, the adjutant said.
The national essay contest of the
American Legion, which will award
1900 in cash prizes to boys and girls,
has been extended until October 6
upon the urgent request of state and
county superintendents and commits
sioners of education thruout the
United States. The new date will al
low the children of the United States
and its possessions to participate after
the schools open in September, giving
the teachers an opportunity to present
the subject, "'IIow the American Le-
gion Can Best -erve the Nation"
Cash prizes, divided into $3.50 for
the first, $500 for the second and $3.50
for the third, are to be used toward
scholarships in colleges designated
by the winners. In each state there
will be a first prize silver medal for
the best essay in that state, and
bronze medal for the second best.
other prizes to be announced later
will be awarded.
All girls and boys between the ages
of II and Is, inclusive. are eligible to
whether they are school attendants.
The essay must not be more than 500
words in length and must be received
at a place designated by the county
than midnight, October 6, 1922. Age
of writer will be given due considera-
tfon.
Only a few hundreds of thousands
of persons who have seen the cover
designs on two of the recent issues
of the American Legion Weekly, Of
ficial publication of the American
Legion, knew that one of these de-
signs was painted by q man totally
deaf and the other by veteran whose
left arm hangs limp at his side as a
result of world war experience.
These two men are members of the
Society of Illustrators school for dis
abIed veterans. E. J. Behar, tho a
school teacher before the war and
stricken deaf while with the artillery
in France, won the first prize in a
cover design contest conducted by the
Weekly. The second prize was won
by a former farmer, V. R. Pyles.
whose left arm is paralyzed as a result
of wound by a machine gun bullet.
Behar's cover appeared on the Weekly
issue OF June 80 and Pyles' came out
on the July issue. The judges in
the magazine cover contest were three
of the country's most famous illus
traitors, Charles Dana Gibson, Orson
Lowell and Edward Penfield.
The Society of Illustrators school Is
under the supervision of the United
States veterans bureau. Members of
the society are the schools instructors
The disabled veterans, who followed a
variety OF trades before the war, were
given an opportunity to take art
courses thru the efforts of w. A. Rog-
ers, internationally know illustrator,
and Charles B. Fall, who were inter
ested In the rehabilitation of service
men.