Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-24
SCHOLARSHIP WON
BY SWEDISH LAD
IN BIG CONTEST

Karl G. Pearson, 17-year-old |
student in Eastern High school. |
Washington, District of Colum-
bia, won the Harvey s. Firestone
-Four Years University scholar
ship offered in connection with
the 1929 National Good Roads
Essay contest, according to an
nouncement from the offices of
tho Highway Education board. !
Pearson is a native of Lindsborg,
Kansas.
His essay entitled "How Good
Roads Are Developing My Com
munity" was chosen as the best
of approximately 100000 papers
submitted in a contest conducted
with the cooperation Of extension
divisions Of state universities and
state departments of public in
struction. The scholarship, given
annually by II, S, Firestonc,
Akron, Ohio, for the best essay
on subject pertaining to good
roads, provides tuition and all
reasonable expenses during four
years at college, and is the great
est single educational award Of
fered in the United States. 1t is
valued at not less than $4,000.
A distinguished editor has re-
! forred to the winning of this
scholarship as zone Of the best
prizes life can offer"
| Pearson's essay was chosen by
a process of elimination, the
three best from each high school
in the United States and terri
torial possessions being submitted
| to the respective state organiza-
tions conducting the contest in
cooperation with the Highway
! Education board. These institu-
tions chose the best essays from
| their respective commemorative,
! awarded state prizes of their own,
and submitted the best essay
from each state to the board in
! Washington, DIR. John ]. Tigert,
United States commissioner of
education, and chairman Of the
/ Board, named three national
Judges to review the state manu-
scripts and to award the schol-
arship. The national judges
were: Honorable Henry c. Wal
lace, secretary Of Agriculture;
George Horace Lorimer, editor of
the Saturday Evening Past, and
DIR. John Grier Hibben, president
of Princeton university.
Honorable mention in the con
test was given the essays pre-
pared by Harold O. Beach, Dun
dee, New York. and Miss Lorene
Hobbs, Cheyenne, Wyoming,
Young Pearson with his parents
came to the District of Columbia
in 1920. from Lindsborg, Kansas
He is of Swedish parentage,
When his essay was written he
was sixteen years old and a
junior in Eastern High school.
He completes his high .ehool ed
ucation this year and will enter
college next autumn under the
terms OF the scholarship, which
provides that he may attend any
college or university in the
United States. He is editor of
The Easterner, his high school
paper, and for two years has re-
ceived one of the annual medals
for scholarship. lie says his am
bition is to complete a course IN
political science which viii pre-
pare him for the bar and that he
has hopes of making q success
of myself as a lawyer and ulti-
mately serving the aountry as q
clean politician"
In commenting on the selection
of Pearson's essay, George Hor-
ace Lorimer, editor Of the Sat
urday Evening Post, says: 81
feel that. all factors considered
| the essay by Karl G.. Pearson is
the best of the series. The OBJ
vious facts that are stressed in
all the essays are. in this one,
, presented in more interesting
fashion. It shows less outside an
fluence and more originality"
The fourth annual offer of the
scholarship is now being made by
: the Highway Education board
i Willard Building, Washington, d.
c., which will send particulars
| upon request.