Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-03-31
PUPILS, TEACHERS TO
GET RICH PRIZES IN
SAFETY COMPETITION
AWARDS IN NATIONAL CONTEST
TOTALS $500 FOR THE
BEST ESSAYS

Washington, d. C.-Should chill
dren be taught street and highway
safety at home or at school? This
question, of concern alike to parents
and school officials, is one that hun
dreds of thousands of elementary
school pupils will be asked to solve
for themselves within the next few
weeks in connection with the sixth
annual safety campaign, announced
here today by the Highway Education
Board.
The decision will be made in the /
form of essays by pupils and practi-
cal lessons by teachers, submitted
for consideration in the Boards ma
tional contests, undertaken with the
active cooperation of school officials /
throughout the United States. AS an
incentive to participation in this
phase of the national campaign, the !
Board announces the gift of $4,000
from the National Automobile Cham
Der of Commerce to be expended in
prizes allocated throughout the sever
al states and in the territories, such as
Alaska, the Philippines and Hawaii.
The contests are reopened by the
Board, officials announce, in response
to the demand for this educational
competition, coming alike from the
pupils, teachers, school officials and
parents Children are asked to write
500 word essays on the subject "Why
| Should be Taught Street and High
way Safety at Home and at School"
For their efforts 48 valuable cash
prizes, in addition to the same NUNS,
Der of gold, silver and bronze medals,
will be distributed through the State
Departments of Education, or school
officials. The number of prizes for
each state vary in proportion to the
elementary school enrolment, New
York State, for instance, having
twenty-seven state prizes, with Penn
sylvania next in line with twenty-five.
! Wyoming, Nevada, New Hampshire
and Rhode Island receive three state
prizes, while Ohio will rank seventeen
awards, Texas nineteen, Illinois TWEEN
ty, Massachusetts eleven, Michigan
fifteen, Colorado eight, Maine four,
and so on.
The number of awards, however,
differns only in the third prizes to be
given. A pupil in each state will re-
! ceive one first prize, which consists
of a gold medal and fifteen dollars in
cash. Likewise a pupil in each state
will receive as second prize state prize
silver medal and ten dollars. The
third prizes, which are bronze medals
and five dollars, vary in proportion
to the enrolment.
In addition to these awards, three
valuable national prizes are offered
pupils whose essays finally win out
in the elimination process that is used
| to select the national winners. The
pupil whose essay is considered the
best in the nation will earn, in addi-
ton to the first state prize, a trip to
Washington with all expenses paid,
where the Board officials in the past
have taken the greatest pains to see
that their young charges see every
thing of interest in the historic capt.
differs only in the third prizes to be
national winners receive handsome
gold watches, as does the first ms
tional winner, the timepiece being
presented at exercises at Washing
ton when the trip is made.
Dorothy Jean Utley, Bemidji, Min
nesota, school girl, was the last win
ner to visit Washington, being ac-
companied by her mother as chaper-
one, whose expenses also were paid. |
Another winner, chosen from the
1885 contest, will be announced
in the near future.
One thousand dollars of the prize
money is set aside for teachers who
write the best safety lessons while
their young charges are preparing the
more simple masterpieces In essay
form. The teacher winning first ma
tional honors will receive check for
five hundred dollars, and also will
make trip to Washington, with all
expenses paid, whether she come from
Maine or California, or points in be-
tween. The teachers winning second
and third national awards will be the
recipients of $500 and 5000 respec-
lively, but they will not be invited to
Washington as the Boards guests.
Illustrated literature in the form
of posters and folders, giving the SIM
pie rules of the contest, is now being
distributed to schools, Boy Scout or
CARNATIONS, Camp Fire girls, women's
clubs, safety councils, automobile
clubs and kindred organizations. The
contests close to participants May 6,
leaving only few weeks of intensive
effort for the preparation of papers
by those who are to compete.
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