The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
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Leora Wilcox, First,
With Offering" Zone
Nation Indivisible"

Leora Wilcox, seventeen years
old, member Of the Senior class of
the Sank Centre high school, has
been awarded first place in the es-
say contest of the Ladies Auxiliary
to the Veterans Of Foreign Wars,
sponsored locally by the Sank Cen
tire Herald. The local contest clos
ed on February %, 1871, and judy
ing Of the many offerings followed.
Selection Of Miss Wilcox as first
place winner was unanimous
among the five judges. Other win
ners were Bernard Mischke and
Robert Plant, who tied for second
and third place, and Audrey Pot
ter, honorable mention.
Judging Of the various essays
was done by number, and no names
were in evidence when the judging
was done. Five judges, all Eng
lish teachers, were selected to give
ratings according to rules Of the
contest The judges were: Mrs. R.
M. Harris, Miss Pearl Swope, Miss
Marion Nestande, Miss Marjory
Swanson and Miss Clifford Ever
hart.
Ten dollars in prize money was
set aside by the Auxiliary and Paul
Donart Post, v. F. w., to be divid-
ed three ways, viz: first, $500;
second, $500; third, $500. Because
Of the tie for second and third
place it has been decided to divide
the second and third prize evenly
between Bernard Mischke and Rob
ert Plant. Each will receive $3.50.
The prize winning essay will be
sent to the officials of the State
Department of the Ladies Auxili-
ary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars before April Is, 1871, where
it will be judged with other win
ners in this state. State winners
will be announced by April q,
1871, and the winning essay in the
state will be transmitted to Ma
tional Headquarters soon thereaf-
ter.
The essay, zone Nation Indivi-
sible," as writer by Miss Wilcox,
Is as follows:
ONE NATION INDIvIs1BLE
Mr.. Hitler:
I hear that you laughed up your
sleeve when you heard the pledge
of allegiance given by all Ameri-
cans.
IT pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America,
and to the republic for which it
stands. ONE NATION INDIVIS-
IBLE"-and then you really laugh
ed. "Indivisible, BAH"
So you think that by boring from
within you can ruin our faith,
wreck our ideals and destroy our
country. Hasn't anyone ever told
you that our country has the best
kind Of government on earth? I'll
prove to you that the United States.
with emphasis on united, with its
democratic form Of government, is
the best. It's the most practical.
It's the most progressive.
I recall that you said something
about labor strikes. It seems YOU
don't have them. I am perfectly
willing to grant that we have labor
strikes, and they're especially bad
now when we are concentrating
our energies against you. But
YOUR workers aren't granted the
right to organize. Do you realize
that this right to think for them
selves, the right to fight against in
justices is the unalienable right of
every citizen in America? It has
its bad points, yes. But its vir-
tues outweigh the bad points many
times. Because the right to think
is granted, we have all the modern
inventions that make our lives full
err and happier. This same thing
gives us wealth. Isn't that what
you're fighting for? That and the
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