Evening star., 1962-03-18

poet. My chief ideal is not
to have my work published, but
to hope somebody can read it,
enjoy it and understand what
I mean"
Study of Reactions
Johns winning entry was a
poem about an old woman SELL
ing flowers, as seen by a pass
ing man and woman. In the
poem, a small boy runs by and
knocks over the old woman's
flowers. The poem is a study
of the mans reactions to this
incident and to its symbolic
meaning to life.
John is studying an academic
course at Washington-Lee High
School, and is a member of the
French Honor Society at the
school. He lives with his
guardians, an aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Dulin of
1912 Nineteenth road, Arling-
ton.
The second place winner,
Kathleen Kilgore. like John,
never before had entered a
writing contest. Her winning
short story is set in the 18th
Century and is the story of a
young girl adopted by a French
writer living in Switzerland. AS
the girl grows up, she comes
to realize that she is the il
legitimate daughter of the
writer.
Plot Was Dreamed
Kathleen said: First I
dreamed it. Then I read some
thing similar in a book about
Voltaire-only then the girl
wasn't the writer's daughter.
I thought the story needed
something like that"
Kathleen said she plans to
become writer or cartoonist,
but added hastily that she had
no idea of making any money
at it. Il plan to attend Ober-
lin College-if I can get in
and study languages or litera-
ture," she said.
Kathleen is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Kilgore of
$500 Hyland drive, Chevy
Chase.
More than 5000 students in
As public, private and parochial
schools in the area submitted
manuscripts to The Evening
Star Scholastic Writin g
Awards Contest. Forty entries
were named gold key recipients
as top winners in their cate
gories. Another SO students
were named winners of Ger
tificateS of merit. All winning
entries have been sent to New
York for competition in the
national contest. Winners OF
the national contest will be
announced early in May.
Prizes To Be Given
Prizes and awards will be
presented to winning students
by the principals of their
schools. The contest was open
to entries in two short story
categories, poetry. two essay
categories and dramatic scripts.
Judges in the contest were
Mrs. Shirley Pfoutz of Ameri-
can University, Miss Ann Fea-
ther of Gallaudet College, Phil
ip Herzbrun of Georgetown
University, James Forsythe OF
Sidwell Friends School, and
Robert Wilson of George
Washington University.
Also, Dom Murphy of
Georgetown University. William
Mosier of American University,
Mrs. Lewis Ludlow of Mary
mount Junior College, and
Hugh Troy, a free-lance writer.
Winners of the contest are:
First Prize
John W. Money, Poetry, Washington-
Lee High School.
Second Prize
Kathleen c. Kilgore, Short Story,
National Cathedral School,
BEST ENTRY IN CLASSIFICATION
John w. Money, Poetry. Washington
Lee High School; Kathleen C. Kilgore,
Short Story, National Cathedral
sfar% ssn9ol Bethesda ssn cSase High
School; Deborah A. johnson; Informal
Essay. Washington-Lee High School;
joel N. Shapiro, Formal Essay, Walter
johnson Senior High school; L.. Ken
Mason Junior High school; Susan R.
Weiss, Essay Junior, Williamsburg
Junior High School: Suzanne Lee Hest
er, Poetry tJuniorl, Ashlawn Elemen-
tary School: Audrey Pitch, Short Story
tJunior), Eastern Junior High School
SENIOR DIVISION SHORT STORY
Gold Keys: Kathleen C. Kilgore, Ma
tional Cathedral School: Susan. W.
Williams, Washington-Lee High School;
Carol bankers Yorktown Senior High
School, Rebecca D. Campbell, Walter
johnson Senior High School
Certificates Of Merit: Jonathan R.
Grandine, Walter Johnson Senior High
School; Anthony F. Poole, Georgetown
Preparatory School; Douglas H. Ben
son, Montgomery Blair High School;
Caleb R. Hathaway, Walter johnson
Senior High School: Julie F. Watt,
George Mason Junior Senior High
School.
Gold Keys: Keith Cohen, Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, Evelyn j.
Tune, Falls Church High School: Ann