The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

EVERY VWDli VI tHt pHUuo, pF
Vnto and pnr0chiul schools ~ Conn
eptIcut Will have IN opportunity 10
com pete In an historical essay con-
test which IN announced today ny
the State Teroentennry commission
Suitable prizes are TO be offered
In each Of thrse groups. Tho first,
for children Of the sixth srnde or
below, VIII be for essays Of not
more thnn 1900 words on "Tho lifG
Of u Boy or Girl IN tho Days OF
Governor JUnnthan Trumbull.' Tho
second, for pupils IN the 7th, Sth
md 9th grades, viii be ~ not more
than 1900 words on "Chnnges ~
the economic HE IN u Connecticut
town between tho period or tho
Revolutionary Wnr and the Fremont
Day" IN the third group VIII DO
pupils Of the 10Th, nth ana l?th
grndes, and these senior high
school essays viii be not more than
gOOO words on "Chnngos IN tho
Cultural life IN % Connecticut town
between tho period Of the RevOIu'
tiannTy War and tho present day.
Prizes 10 Isc Announced
Details OF tho contest, thus far
arranged, M announced by tho eb-
sny committee of tho eommlHblon,
which ~ headed by President REM
sen u. Ogilby OF Trinity College,
Hartford, are contained In the fols
lowing letter 10 tho ehairmen VI
boards OF education IN onch town
ana the heuds OF private ana pnr'
ochial schools.
"rhe state Torcentenary COM
taalAAH In hnAnHni. N
n mart VI tho Connecticut TorGen'
tenary celebration, . prize essay
contest 10 include tho pupils ~
The public, private and pufochln'
schools Of the state. Suitable prizes,
10 be announced nj q subsequent
date, win be offered for tho best
essays In the various oategorIcs.
"Iho prize essay committee OF
the State Torcentenary commission
cordially invites you and the Nom.
berB OF tho town Cor city, board Of
education ~ cooperate IN further.
nnce OF this competition. The CONF
mIttee IN notifying you this enrly
no that II you care 10 participate a
general announcement may be
made before the close of school
sessions this spring, final details
~ w btUb w yVa So R"P'N'''"''
Local Committees Asked
II Ii requested that the town Cor
city, school authorities bring about
Tie appointment Of committee
10 arrange for local part ictpation,
including tho Judging VI tho essays,
In organizing such committees the
participation Of private and ppr-
ochial Schools. AZ well al public
schools, should be borne IN mind.
Committees need not necessarily be
chosen entirely from the school
personnel.
IL II essential that the essays be
certified by tho teachers OF the
schools az being the original work
OF the pupils writing them. II "
optional whether school credit
shall be given FOR the writing OF
the essays. Decision ~ To partlcl-
patton IN The contest should be left
with the individual pupil. The 60.
says may be written IL long hand
or typed.
Groups 10 BE Classified
IL IN understood that the grading
Of the children IN the groups "
for these prizes shall
be considered as OF September.
1894.
Group 1. The pupil may present
the life OF a boy or girl living ~
the period, 1853 to 1885, or he may
consider that the boy or girl llveu
at any time during the life OF Gov
eruor Trumbuli, who was born W
I7fO and died In 1855. Suggested
that the pupil consider that the
boy or girl whose experiences ne
III describing lived In "a particular
town In Connecticut. perhaps his
own town. Possible that the pupil
may picture the life Of one OF his
own ancestors. II the boy or girl
Ii described ag/living when jena
than Trumbull was Governor u ~
desirable that the writer try to
present the norma: side OF Ire OF
the time rather than showing the
effests OF the struggle for indc-
pendence upon life IN Connecticut
at that time.
May Give Local History
Group 2. Tho pupil may write |
his own town or any
other town on which he u able TO
secure more satisfactory informa-
ton. The essay may cover a. few
or as many aspects OF economic
life as the writer chooses. 6uch
TOPICS may be Included as the
change from agricultural to In
dustrlnI life. the changes In the
way In which farming was con |
Quoted then and now. the growth |
81 mnnufn curing with special at
tention 10 particular inanufactur- |
Ing industries that have grown w |
III the town concerned. the effect |
m changes OF methods OF trans
the difference In the |
number and kind Of shops and