The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
SCHOLARSHIP
OFFERED FOR
ESSAY

An offer of four years at college
with all expenses paid is contain
ed in the announcement made in
Washington this week, by the High
way Education board of the sixth
annual good roads essay contest.
IN which all high school students
are eligible to participate.
In line with administration pol
icies tending toward economy, stu
dents are being requested to write
essays on the subject Economies
Resulting from Highway Improve
ment," having in the two preced-
ing years written papers on sub
jects dealing with highways and
religion and highways and home
life.
The contest in the various states
usually is sponsored by one of the
leading universities or the state de-
partment of education. In Arizona
the cooperating agency is the
University of Arizona, at Tucson,
which will aid in the announcement
of the contest, and at it's termina-
tion will name competent judges
to determine the best essay from
that state. The best three essays
from each high school are to be
sent there for review.
The principal prize is a four
years university scholarship, offer
ed by H. S. Firestone of Akron,
Ohio, a member of the highway
education board, of which the U. S.
Commissioner of Education, DR.. J.
j. Tigert, is chairman. This
scholarship, which in the past five
years has been won by three young
women and two young men, pro-
vides that the successful contest
ant may attend any college or uni
versity in the United States, with
tuition, room, board, books and
special fees paid by the donor. 1t
is said to be the largest single edu-
cational award offered in this coun-
try, and it's estimated value to the
winning student is approximately
1000 annually, or at least $4,000
for the four years.
Many state awards are offered by
the cooperating organizations in
Guiding tuition scholarships, cash
prizes, loving cups and medals.
BY educational authorities this
annual competition among high
school students, started in 1920, is
declared to have been the first es-
say contest to assume national pro-
portions. 1t annually attracts ap-
prOXimately quarter of a million
contestants, the number who sub
nit essays depending upon the ma
ture of the subject. Entire high
schools often participate as part
of their school duties. Essays are
received from every state in the
Union, while many of the best come
from outlying territories and pos
sessions, such as Alaska, Hawaii,
the Philippines, Porto Rico and the
Canal Zone.
The award in 1914 went to John
Liska, Wisconsin high school stu
dent, whose subject was "The Re-
lation of Improved Highways to
Home Life" The first winner,
Miss Katharine Butterfield, of Weis-
er, Idaho, was graduated last year
from Northwestern University, near
Chicago. Other successful students
were Miss Garland Johnson, Bridge
port, West Virginia, 1921; Karl G.
Pearson, District of Columbia and
Lindsborg, Kansas, 1922, and Miss
Dorothy Roberts, Harlan, Kentucky,
1923. With the exception of Liska,
all of these students are in college,
and he will enter when he has
completed his high school course.
Rules of the contest do not limit
participation to high school seniors,
but provide that any student at
tending high school may submit
an essay No other conditions, ex-
cept those governing the prepara-
tion of the paper itself, are pro-
vided. Essays must not exceed 700
words in length and must be hand
ed school principals or teachers
not later than May /, 1925. Sc
lection of the best essay is by a
process of elimination
Complete information will be for
Warded each person who inquiries
of the Highway Education Board.
Willard Building, Washington, d. c.
The best essays of previous years
have been collected in pamphlet
form and are available for distri-
button. These booklets may be
found in most Libraries, or had
upon request to the board.