The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Students Get First-Ha1d
Material for Essays

While work OF perfeCtlng plans
for the school children's essay con-
est, being sponsored by The Wash
ington Times in connection with
the 1881 cleanup campaign, went
forward today at top speed. many
shcool children in widely scattered
sections of Washington bent to
actual labor, getting first-hand in
formation on how to clean up and
beautify surroundings.
At the same time, Frederic A.
Delano, chairman of the Washing
ton Cleanup Campaign Commit
tee, which, with the public school
system, of which DR.. Frank w.
Ballou is superintendent, is CO.
operating, issued statement to
the school children, telling them
how to clean up and improve ap-
pearances of property and urging
them to take their enthusiasm
into their homes.
Judges Are Selected
Stephen E. Kramer. first assist
ant superintendent of schools, and
Miss Rose L. Hardy, another as
sistant superintendent, began the
selection of one group Of judges.
Coincidentally, the cleanup
campaign committee under the di-
rection of George j. Adams, execu-
tive secretary, began picking an
other group, Full details Of the
methods of judging and the names
of the judges will be carried in
The Washington Times at later
date.
The essay contest has for it's
title "Beautifying Washington for
1892" and at Van Ness School,
Benning School and KenilwOrth
School students today were actu-
ally at work getting experience on
the subject.
At Benning School the boys
were working on a garden in front
of the school while at the others
girls and boys Joined in the work.
Prizes To Be Awarded
Work of the students was di-
rected by their respective princi-
pals: Mrs. L. T. Leapley, at Van
Ness; Miss G. E. Kelsey, at Ben
ming, and Miss M. E. Bannon, at
Kenilworth.
The contest will begin next
Monday and will end on May rs.
Twenty-Five medals and 1890
honor certificates are being Of
fered to the writer's of the best
essays.
The best eSsayiSt will win a gold
grand prize, while IL silver first
prizes and IL bronze second prizes
will be awarded to the writer's of
the best and next best essays in
each of the IL grades in the ele-
mentary and secondary schools.
The honor certificates will be
awarded to the student in each
class who writes the best essay,
except where the best essay wins
medal, in which event the GER
tificate will be given for the next
best class essay.
Mr.. Delano'S statement follows:
"'Beautifying Washington for
1882 may sound perilOuSIy like
the prOverbial attempt to gild
the lily, for aSSuredly the city
of Washington today is one of
the most dignified and beautiful
cities on the face of the earth.
New Chapter New
'Yet mankind is not given to
perfection, but merely to the
striving thereafter, and for this
reason one may state that the
school children of Washington,
in entering The Times Essay
Contest, have embarked not
only upon worthy project, but
one which is practical and
wholly in keeping with the pro-
greSSiVe spirit of the true Ameri-
can city.
Actually, Washington may
be beautiful in many ways.
Keeping ever before us the
realization that the George
Washington Bicentennial year,
1882, will inaugurate a new
chapter of greatness in the his
tory of our nations Capital, let
us see just what can be done to
prepare our city for what doubt