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Show Like Finding 'Era SCHOOL BOYS WIN SUITS Secure New Suits Writing Essays on Dress Topic MINERSVILLE BOY MAKES HIGHEST HIGH-EST PERCENTAGE AND MIL-FORD MIL-FORD LAD CLOSE SECOND They were not law suits that the students of the county high schools have beeu trying to win, but brand new Langham-High 1917 design garments gar-ments made to fit that they have contested for by their efforts in writing writ-ing upon the subject: "How much does good taste In dress Influence success?" The offer was made by Will Dob-son Dob-son to the boys of every high school in Beaver county and there were seven sev-en papers entered from Milford high and two from Minersville. The Beaver Bea-ver high school boys evidently failed to realize how easily one of their number might secure a new suit of clothes. The judges were Bishop W. J. Burns, Prof. Miner, principal of Mil-ford Mil-ford high school, and the editor of the News. Each judge had access to the papers independently and at different dif-ferent times and they arrived at the same conclusion as to the winners in the two schools. The markings were based upon the following standards or percentages: Composition, 50 per cent; spelling, 25 per cent; penmanship, penman-ship, 10 per cent, and neatness, 15 per cent. One noticeable feature of the papers pa-pers was a marked tendency to carelessness care-lessness and poor spelling. One boy spelled the same word correctly in two places and misspelled it in two places. It would be well for those who handed in papers in the contest to call for them at Dobson's and notice no-tice the number of misspelled words marked, errors in capitalization, etc. Two boys in the Milford school lost the contest from such carelessness. Of course two could not win from the same school but either of these boys might have secured marks higher than the winner had they been lesB careless. Carelessness in some respects re-spects is worse than ignorance. For the careless person is the one who fails to do his best. The following papers are those of the winners from the two schools: LeRoy 8mith of Minersville, with a marking of 248 points out of a possible 300, and Spencer Schow of Milford, with 246 points out of a possible 300 points. "How does good taste in dress influence influ-ence success?" (By ReRoy Smith, age 17, Minersville) Good taBte in dre6s is a signboard, and upon this sign the average employer em-ployer looks first to determine the nature and business capacity of a man. A man can be intelligent, ho may understand the rules and regulations concerning a cortain business, but if he appears before an employer dressed dress-ed in overalls and a gingham shirt, and applies for a position, he does not Btand the same chance as the fellow who comes before a certain employer with a stiff white collar, a neat necktie, a clean shirt, a neatly pressed pair of trousers, and an up-to-date pair of shoes. A man's intelligent appearance may be increased ten-fold by the taste he exercises in selecting his clothes. All people are not physiognomists, and therefore can not judgo a man by his wrinkles and bumps, but all people, at least the average of them, can judge a man to a certain extent by the taste he exercises in selecting his clothes. . Therefore food knits la 3r is necessary, and will Influence one's success in life. "How does good taste in dress influence influ-ence success?" (By Spencer Schow, age 17, Milford) Good taste in dress does much toward obtaining success for a person. per-son. The public opinion which is formed helps one to be successful, and that is formed through appearance appear-ance as much as any other way. At work, as well as on the street, a person's dress is always noticed, and there the public opinion is formed. form-ed. If a person is well dressed, a good opinion is formed. If carelessly dressed a poor opinion opin-ion is formed, and we all know how ready the publla is to give a successful success-ful person a lift and an unsuccessful on a kick. |