Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
DoDD WINNEE
 OF SAFETY ESSAY PRIZE

According to an announcement made in Washington Monday by the highway and highway transport education com rnittee, under whose auspices the na- tienai safety campaign was held, Miss Margaret M. Dodd. s5 Rockwell street, this pity, pupil in the Broadway Gram mar school, won first honors for Connec- ticut in the national essay contest on safety conducted last falA
 A gold medal and a money prize ol s15i will. be presented Miss Dodd as first prize fer the best essay from this state on the subject, How I Can Make the Highways More Safe" In addition her essay now represents Connecticut before the national essay committee of which Mrs Warren G. Harding is honorary chairman, for consideration in the award of three grand national prizes. Tn the teachers contest the best les- son designed to instruct pupils in safe behavior on the highways was prepared by Miss Flora Bohrer s4 Williston street. Bridgeport, teacher in the Hall school No state prizes were offered teachers but Miss Bohre--s lesson now represents Connecticut before the na- tional lesson committee which will award three grand prizes the first of which Is five hundred dollars and a trir 1 to Washington.
 Second honors for Connecticut went | to an essay prepared by Austin Phelps West Haven. who will receive a silver medal and ten dollars.
 | Pupils winning third prizes bronze medals and five dollars are Francis o. Neill. North Canaan; Annie Ciruzzi Hartford Esther Parker. New Haven
 and Francis Howe Manchester. Tn announcing the result of the con I test in this state. in which thousands. oi l pupils and teachers participated. the
 committee also made known the person nel of the two national committees t I grade the best essay and the best les. son respectively from each state. : l Members of the national lesson com
 mittee are: William Phelps Enc. Wash lngton. D. C.. president the Enc Foun.
 dation for Highway Traffic Regulation chairman; Dr. Thomas F. F'inegan, liar 1 r1sburg Penn., state superintendent o1
 public instruction for Pennsylvania, ant W. J. Funk, New York city. vice pres ident Funk and WagnaiIs, publishers o the Literary Direst.
 Members of the national essay com
 mittee are Mrs. Warren G. Harding l honorary chairman; Senator Coleman
 du Pont, Delaware. chairman Mrs
 Iohn D.. Sherman. Estes Park, Colorado chairman applied education committee l lEtliSI di feuPfdI1On shOIlenS- -NsIHDS and pr. William T. Bawden Washing
 ton, D, C.. assistant to the commissions Iof education
 The lesson committee will consider
 one lesson from each state and terri tory. and will award three grand na tionai prizes. consisting of $500 and trip to Washington. s300 and s200 re tspectively. The essay committed vii
 read the hest essay from each state ant l territory. and will au,ard three nationa
 prizes. the first a. gold watch and tril to Washin"ton. the second a rold- lovin eup and the third silver loving cur All prizes offered in tho contest are giv
 en hv the National Automobile Chambe Of Commerce
 It is estimated bv the comroitt~e tha
 more than Ana.o0A students. and annroxi
 mately 50.0oO teachers narticinated il
 the campaign. similar campaigr havin~ for its aim the reduction of au tonohile accidents. will be undertake next faile