The border vidette., 1923-11-17
PUPILS GET CHANCE FOR $4,000
IN PRIZES.


IN PRIZES.
Phoenix. Nov.-Prizes aggre.
eating $6, 500 have been offered
by the highway education board
of the United States for the best
essay on the subject Highway
Safety Habits I Should Learn"
in the third annual safety cam
paign of the board, according to
an announcement received re
Gently by G. 0. Case, state su.
perintendent of public instruc
tion. Prizes also have been of
fered to the elementary school
teachers of the United States
for the best papers on safety
lessons.
Mr.. Case replied to the high.
way education board, assuring
it of the hearty co. operation of
the Arizona department of edu
cation and his office. Mr.. Case
also sent the board list of the
names of all county and city
school superintendents in the
state. together with their ad
dresses.
The highway board in extend.
tending an invitation to the
school children and the element
ary school teachers in the state
through Mr.. Case to participate
in the safety essay and safety
lesson contests, states that the
object of the contests is to es
tablish safety habits among the
school children of the United
States relative to the highways.
The prizes to the school child
rem are divided into state and
national, each state being award.
ed prizes for the best three
essays from it, while three prizes
are to be offered to the best
three essays chosen from the
state prize essays. No state
prizes are offered for the lesson
contest of the teachers.
The writer of the essay chosen
by the board for the best in the
United States will. get a trip to
Washington all expenses paid
and a gold watch. The state
prizes will consist of a gold
medal and SIS for first prize. a
silver medal and $40 for second
prize and a bronze medal and $5
for the third prize.
The contest for the school
children is open to all pupils of
the fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades. IA years old and
under. The essay must be on
the subject, Highway Habits I
Should Learn" and must not
exceed 500 words in length. 1t
must be submitted no later than
December 4, 1923, to the school
teacher, who will in turn for.
ward it to the city or county su
perintendent, to be forwarded to
Mr.. Cases Office at Phoenix.
The essays must be written on
one side of the paper only with
pen and ink or typewriter, and
must bear the name, school and
home address of the writer in
the upper lefthand corner of the
first page. Each essay must be
illustrated by an original draw
ing, appropriate photograph or
clipping for magazine or news.
paper.
Mr.. Case, in accordance with
a request from the highway edu
cation board. will appoint a board
of judges to review the essays
submitted from the state and
select the three best essays as
the state prize winners. These
three essays will be forwarded
| to the highway board to compete
with the three best essays from
the other states for the national
prizes.
Mr.. Case urges all of the
teachers and school superinten.
dents to nrge their pupils to en-.
ter the contest and compete for
the prizes offered. Arizona, he
declared, has more than an equal
chance to win at least one of the
national prizes.
The national prizes offered for
the best safety lesson paper from
the teachers are: First prize,
$500 in cash and a trip to Wash.
ington, all expenses paid; second
prize, $500 in cash; and third
prize, 5000 in cash. The lesson
must be on the subject, Train.
ing Children 10 Habits of Safety
and the Highways" 1t must be
not less than 1000 nor more than
5000 words in length. The con
test is open to all elementary