Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-28
.DR|SCOLL'S CHEST
ESSAY Wins PRIZE
Paul W. Benninghaven Gets
Second Place, Miss Kath.
arine Jacobs Third.

hundreds submitted for the contest. BY
o process OF elimination the essays were
gone over and the outstanding ones put
aside for second reading by the
judges. In this way all but about q
dozen essays were discarded. The task
OF choosing the best of this dozen was
more difficult. but finally four were
chosen, and then the judges, by the
low-point system OF scoring. rated the
articles '~~
1t is the first time that Mr.. Driscoll
has won prize of this sort, and ne was
overjoyed today He said he wrote the
essay In 10 minutes. MIR. Driscoll Ia
married, and declared. what we are
going to do with the money was decided
by us many times before actually
knew / had won.'
II was sitting reading my paper at
home q few nights ago, when
CHANGED upon the announcement of the
essay contest" Mr.. Driscoll explained
"Then ! got my idea and started to
work. The idea was the main thing
and the writing was easy after that. II
only took about 10 minutes and sent
1t In. Naturally. I'm very much pleased
that mine was the essay to be chosen
by the. board Of editors It makes me
feel that I've done something really
worth while. And. OF course, it does
make one feel good to have done some
thing for the Community Chest cam
paign. That. after all, Is the greatest
reward
Served on Mexican Border.
Mr.. Driscoll Is q captain In the 32Oth
Infantry Reserve and served on the
Mexican order and In the World War
He is a member OF the Biological
Society.
The winner of the second prize, Paul
w. Benninghoven. 20 years old, of 252a
North Capitol street, nearly lost out
In che prize award, for he submitted his
essay under the name Of Up. Williams
and search Of the city directory failed
to furnish q clue TO his identity. He
was traced through the ONCE of Paul
B. Elcan ana willard w. Gatchell, 50a
Colombian Building, with whom he ia
associated at present.
His admiration for the Community
Chest plan. with which he first came
into contact last year while working I'm
Scranton, Pa. caused Benninghoven to
compete In The Star contest MFR. Ben
ninghoyen previously had entered the
contest for the $4,000 Durant prize
on prohibition enforcement and was
classed among the first So
Although he has worked In various
| capacities with the Government at Diff
ferent times, including the Shipping
Board and the Treasury Department
where he was q prohibition agent in
| ~ "a la
ninghoven also was with the George A
Fuller Construction Co. from 1917 to
1923.
AS time keeper and assistant to the
superintendent OF the company, he wat
the first man on the job in the con.
struction Of the Evening Star Annex
and the last man to leave the Job after
its completion.
Mr.. Benninshoven resides with his
mother Mrs. Hattie A. Benninghoven
and brother, Roland.
| Miss Jacobs Is a librarian in the Blu.
! reau of Agricultural Economics of the
Department OF Agriculture. She Ia q
member OF the League of American Per
Women and OF Gunton- Temple Presby.
terrain Church.
II had no idea OF winning a prize,
Miss Jacobs said II was Just writina
TO help along the Community Ches'
drive. The chest Is a wonderful thins
compared with the old system OF hit.
or.miss charity administration, and
wanted to do my bit toward it, in more
than pecuniary way"
Miss Jacobs said today that she hat
planned to give about S2b to the Com.
inunity Chest fund She plans to havt
a photostatic copy Of the check made
to keep as o token Of her literary effort
She has had considerable writing ex.
yerfense In sgmpiaAg Biographies at hal
L once ana In doing personal work IA
which she hopes to gain literary recog'