White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-03-14
HIGH SCHOOL sTUDENTs
TO CONTEST FOR $1,000
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

A $1,000 scholarship to q senior high
school student of any accredited four
year high school in the state will be
awarded in May through the Office
OF the State Superintendent of Educa-
ton by the acceptance OF Mrs. jose
Prime Corliss Preston, state superin-
tendent. OF the offer of the Northwest
Power & Light Company to establish
such fund.
Essays are to be written on the
topic of State Regulation of Public
Utilities" and the winning contestant
will receive four annual awards of
$3.50 each year. Similar scholarships
will be awarded each year to some
member Of new senior classes.
The essays will be Judged by COM
mittes headed by Mrs. Preston as
chairman; e. V. Kuyendall, Depart
ment Of Public Works, Olympia; G.
H. Fisher. president Bellingham State
Normal School: Dean Howard T.
Lewis, University of Washington, and
H. G. Cordell, State College of Wash
ingt0n.
Contests Close April 1
All essays must be forwarded to the
principal of the high school in which
the student attends before April /.
The principal will appoint three judg-
es who will select the best essay from
his school. The school judges will
forward the winning essay to the
county superintendent of schools, who
will appoint three judges for his re-
spective county who will decide on
the winning county essay and forward
1t to Mrs. Preston, state superinten-
dent Of schools, chairman of the state
committee.
Essays should be typed, or written
in pen and ink on one side of the pa
per only. They should contain no
marks Of Identification. Each con-
testant should prepare a letter to be
sealed and to accompany his essay,
telling the name and address of the
writer, the name Of his school and the
name Of his principal. Each manu-
script will be assigned number when
turned over to the local judges, with a
corresponding number placed on the
sealed letter from the contestant. The
same plan shall be followed in sub.
hitting winning essays to the county
committee and to the state committee
The sealed envelopes containing the
names and addresses Of contestants
will in no instance be opened until
the winning number has been selected
} and announced by the state commit
tee. The winner will be announced
May Is.
A list OF suggested references car
be had by students planning to ente,
essays by applying to Mrs. Josephine
Preston, State Superintendent of Edu
cation. Olympia, Washington.
To Stimulate Study
THE offer Of the scholarship is will
two objects TN mind" said Capt. N. w
, Brockett of the Northwest Power 4
, Light Association, First, to help som,
boy or girl to obtain college educa
. ton, and second, to stimulate stud,
Of the manner in which the publ.
utilities are regulated In the state.
1T Is the desire Of the companie.
!, to stimulate an interest on the part O.
, the public in learning more about tn.
light and power business and publ,
utilities. We desire to be judged b,
the facts. The truth should not hur
anyone.
About Is years ago the people de
cidsd that the public utilities shouls
be regulated and passed laws puttini
this regulation in effect. This ha,
!. been settled law and policy ever since
"The utility companies conduct theil
business just as any other corpora
tion. except that the service they Civ.
and the rates they are permitted K
charge are both regulated by the stat.
: through the Department of Publ,
Works.
"The industry considered that thu
: giving Of an annual scholarship would
be Of material assistance to some boy
or girl obtaining higher education
and would be Of constructive benefit
We realized, however, that the sub
tsct OF this essay must be removed
from any controversial matter. The
: subject chosen was Estate Regulation
: Of Public Utilities" and the essay 1,
: based on the study of existing laws
and the best manner in which this
!. regulation can be effected"
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