, 1924-03-06

proved Highways to Home Life" &C
2ording to a statement today by the
Highway Education Board.
Announcement of this proposal is
being made to all state, city, and
'ounty school officials as promptly
as possible. The offer is in the
'orm of a contest, in which all stu
tents of high school grade are
eligible to compete. The four years
It college constitute a scholarship
given annually by II. S. Firestone,
Akron, Ohio, for the best essay on a
subject pertaining to elementary
: highway economics. The contest is
he fifth conducted in as many sue.
,escive years under the auspices of
the highway organization.
In the conduct of the contest the
board will have the active assistance
Of extension divisions of the leading
universities in each state. or of the
state departments of education, as
yell as the almost unanimous en-
lorsement and support of city and
county school authorities.
The rules of the ontes are sim
pie. Any student of high school
;rade is eligible to enter. Essays
to be written must not exceed seven
hundred words in length, and the
losing date on which essays must
be presented to school principals is
April 81, 1924. Aside from the
usual statements that essays must
ne written on one side of the paper
only, must be the original work of
The writer's, and that the decision of
he judges is final, there are no
other conditions. A statement re-
pinyrinU thn ,nat htotNr,, - tLa x~n
ests, said:
For the fifth consecutive year
high school students of the nation
win what is perhaps the larges single
educational award offered in the
United States.
The award is known as the H. S.
Firestone Four Years University
Scholarship. which will be given to
he high school student writing the
best essay on The Relation OF In
nroved Highways to Home Life Es-
says must not exceed seven hundred
lords IL length and must be written
n accordance with the simple rules
II the contest.
Altogether it is estimated that
more than eight hundred thousand
pupils have submitted essay in the
our previouss contests, probably the
most sustained educational compe-
tition. according to the records of
the board, in the United States.
"four students are now in college
rs the result of their participation.
The first successful pupil was Miss
Katharine F. Butterfeld, Weiser,
Idaho. She will be graduated this
wear from Northwestern University
evanston, Illinois,. The second to
vim this national honor was Miss
Garland Johnson, Bridgeport. West
Virginia, now attending the univers-
'ty of West Virginia at Morgantown.
\ young nan was the winner of the
bird contest, Karl G. Pearson, of
Kansas and the District of Columbia
being the successful contestant. His
essay was written on the subject
How Good Roads Are Developing
My Country He is a student at
George Washington L it y.
Washington. ID. C.
The last winner was Miss Dor
othy Louise Roberts. Harlan. Ken
lucky. located in the heart OF the
Kentucky mountains. Miss Roberts
The daughter of a Methodist preach
err, wrote the best essay OF approx
mately one hundred II nfty nous
sand submitted in the 1929 compe-
tition on the subject The Influence
of Highway Transport upon the Re-
ligious Life OF My Country She is
attending school at Marietta College
Marietta. Ohio. where her father
has been transferred as pastor of a
church.
Thus sixteen thousand dollars al