Evening star., 1937-08-08
Cash Prizes
Are Offered
Every Week
Conte stants Write
Views of Future
This Time.
WHAT would you like to be
wv when YOU are grown?

" WOulu Sou AAhC w NJ
Nv when you are grown?
That's a subject every young
person talks about from time to
time. And that's the subject
which has been chosen for this
weeks letter writing contest in
the series being conducted on
this page during August.
Three cash prizes, you know,
are to be offered each week in
the contest for the best three
letters received on the topics as
signed. The first prize is 50, the
second 81. and the third 81.
This week you may head your
letter either What l Would Like
to Be When I Grow Up" or my
Future-HoW Am Training N.Y.
self for an Occupation or a Pro-
fession and Why I Am Interested
In This Particular Field"
Excellent entries were re-
ceived last week when the sub
jects were Hobbies" and How
I Make My Extra Spending
Money" The judges are going
over these now and the winning
letters on those subjects will be
published next Sunday.
The same rules governing last
Neek'S contest Mill apply
throughout the series.
Letters must be in the Office
of The Star by Friday-so you
had better get busy right away!
They should be addressed to the
Editor of the Children's Page of
The Star.
Contestants must not be over
18 years of age, since the contest
is designed to encourage letter
writing among the young read
ers of this page.
Letters should be written on one
side of the paper only and as neatly
as possible.
Each letter should contain your
name address and age. Also, give
your telephone number if you have
one. Otherwise. indicate that you
have no telephone.
AS for the content of your letter
write simply as if you were writing to
friend. In selecting the best letters,
Judges will take into consideration the
style of writing but it is not necessary
to lie big words!
Winning letters for this weeks con-
test will be published Sunday, Au
gust %.
The letters on this weeks subject
your future-ought to be easy to write.
Boys and girls. of course, frequently
change their ideas as to what they
would like to do when they have fin
ashed school.
know it's hard sometimes to de-
eide Just what to do. But why not
20 over the list-actor, doctor, fire.
man, movie director, school teacher,
musician, scientist. writer, farmer,
among others-and decide on your
preference.
What you will discuss in your letter
will be left up to you. But here are
Q few suggestions.
After you have stated your choice
of a future occupation or profession,
tell why you made that choice
Also state what you are doing to
prepare yourself for such future.
Perhaps you are taking special
courses at school which will aid you.
Or perhaps you are engaged in out
side activities which will help you up
the ladder to fame and fortune, or
at least good living.
Boys expecting to engage in scien-
tific careers frequently have scientific
hobbies to increase their knowledge in
that field. For instance, We had an
account recently of Hugh Stabler and
Gates Slattery who want to be archie
oloeists. All of their spare time is
spent in digging for Indian relics in
old burial mounds and they've already
landed good Summer job as result
of this hobby.
Young people interested in engineer
ing frequently take up modelling air.
planes and ships as starter toward
future careers. If you are doing any,
thing OF the sort, mention it in your
letter
Then, there is the matter Of paying
for educational training in the line
Of your future occupation Many pro-
fessions require years OF special train
Ing, Whlcn is costly, OF course. II you
are saving money for such a purpose
tell about that also.
If you want to be q writer when
you are grown-heres an excellent
opportunity for some practical ex-
perience.
But whatever your ambition-let us
know about it. And here's luck to
you!
Editors note: Watch the paper next
week for announcements of further
subjects In the August letter writing
contest. Among topics under consid-
Grafton are Pets" Sports" and How
Spent Ny Vacation II you have
ideas for additional subjects, submit
them in letter to the Editor of the
Children's Page.