The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-24
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

The Florida high school student who
win write the best essay on How
Good Roads Are Developing My Com
munity" will have chance to win a
$4,000 national prize and one of the
state prizes in contest just an
nounced by the General Extension di-
vision Of the University of Florida,
The national prize is $4,000 schol-
arship, good at any American univer-
sity, and given by Mr.. Harvey s.
Firestone through the highway and
transport education committee, Of
which Hon. j. Tigert, commissioner OF
education, is chairman.
The general extension division, in
cooperating with the committee, will
offer the several state prizes for the
best essay written by Florida high
school boys and girls who enter the
contest. Principals of high schools
will be asked to urge as many high
school students as possible to write es-
says on this subject. From the total
number, each local principal viii Sc
Ieot the three best essays written by
his Students These essays will be for
warded to the general extension di-
vision and entered in the state contest.
In the state contest the essays will be
considered individually in competition
with every other, essays entered for
first, second and third place. Students
winning these places in the state con-
test wiz be awarded medals given by
the general extension division. The
essay winning first place in the state
contest will be entered in the national
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from other States for the national
scholarship prize.
In addition to the contest among in
dividual students in the state, the high
school whose three essays entered in
the state contest are judged to be the
three best entered by any one school,
will be awarded first place among the
high schools of Florida, and viii be
given trophy cup by the General
Extension division.
The prize offered to the individual
students and the individual high
school in the state contest are to be
given entirely independent of the out
come of the national contest.
In speaking of the contest, Ruth Ri
ley, of the General Extension division
said: Last year Miss Garland John
son. of Bridgeport, w. Va, won the
national prize. Certainly, whatever a
West Virginia high school girl can do,
any Florida boy or girl can attempt to
do just little bit better Florida high
school boys and girls have won an en-
yiable reputation in athletics, and it
is believed that they can do the same
in this contest.
The following comment on the con-
test will appear in Golfers Weekly for
March 9TH: Again great prize is
offered by highway and highway
transport education committee. This
year, as last year, Golfers is glad to
tell you about this contest. Boys and
girls who carefully consider the pre-
scribed title, and then write clear, in
formative essays based on their own
observation and study. viii profit by
their work. such study is useful to
anyone.
THE final winner--the boy or girl
whose essay stands out clearly above
the essays of hundreds OF others who
viii compete-will earn one of the best
prizes life can offer"
All communications concerning the
contest should be addressed to the
General Extension Division, Gaines
vile, Florida.