The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-03-26

ton Ragana Fjeseth of Conrad VOL
second place and Edward Skoog o
Great Falls, Dorothy Dowler of Han
over and Nora L. Mayer Of Winnett
all ted for third place. The title o.
the essay was my conduct on Street,
and Highways"
The first award in the contest con.
sists of gold medal and SIS. the
second, silver medal and $40. and
the third prizes are bronze medal
and 50 each. The judges in the final
contest, conducted at Helena, for the
state were Mr.. Cunningham of Helena
Blanche Newell, English instructor of
the Helena high school, and Rose K.
Brandt, state rural school supervisor.
The award of first place in the state
contest qualities the essay to be en-
tered in the national contest and it
mas been forwarded to Washington. ID.
u, to the Highway Education board
for final comparison with the success
full essays submitted from the other
states.
This is the fourth consecutive wear
that the Highway Education Board of
Washington, ID. c. has conducted this
safety essay contest in the public
schools in every state. Last year the
rules and outlines for conducting the
essay writing were not received
here in time for the children to enter
This year however the material was
received early and all children in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades took
part. AT the Roosevelt school Miss
Harriet Schimming who teaches Eng
lish had charge of the preparation and
writing of papers in the eighth grade.
Mrs. Morrow supervised a similar
work in the seventh grade. The pupils
were enrolled primarily for the indi-
viduai benefit to be derived from a
study of the best methods of conduct
ing ones self on street and highways
FOR safety's sake. Posters from the
Highway Board were hung in each
room and the children were encour-
aged to make careful and first hand
Observations of their own and other
peoples conduct upon the streets and
% make notes of their conclusions
n addition two talks were made to the
'upils, one by 0. ]. Simmons and one /
" Roy Lair. In addition a copy of 4
he essay winning second place in the {
National Contest in 1922, written by {
edwin Hull Of Frontier, Wyoming. {
vas studied by the classes. After this
preliminary preparation each pupil
unlimited an essay for the instructors |
In accordance with the rules /
few of the best papers were selected u
y the teacher and given to a Judge q
Inside the school for final selection. o
'laf Bue, city editor of the Picket r
ournal, rendered this service for the
Ighth grade and selected the state
inner. =
Olga Karhu is the daughter of MIR. !
nd Mrs. John Karhu of North Haggin /
venue and is Red Lodge girl, hav- !
been born here fourteen years ago I
st February. She is a product of i
ed Lodge schools where she has al I.
avs ranked high in all her work. I
er essay was written last December +
nd consisted Of about five hundred !
ords. 1t was Illustrated with a pic Z
ire cut from current magazine. +
The awards both state and national /
e given by the National Automobile Z
namber of Commerce and the essay
riting campaign is approved by the i
nited States Commissioner of Edu- I
tion. The safety essay and safety I
sson contests, have to do with con- +
let particularly on street and high I
ay, They teach good citizenship and Z
refulness, without interfering with I
e regular school work. Safety edu- i
ton is at once practical and
hool problem. Experience indicates I
at instruction in safety adds zest +
class room work while the pupil is !
thering information relative to his Z,