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Show LIBERTY LOAN CONTEST ESSAYS The National Committee of Patriotic Patrio-tic Societies during the Second Liberty Liber-ty I.oan campaign instituted a prize essay contest on the subject. "There should be a Liberty Bond In every home." More than three thousand essays were submitted and the first prize, a Fifty dollar Liberty 1oan llond, was j awarded to Morris Waif, of the Business Busi-ness High School, Washington. D. C. Other contestant schoqls ranking high in order of excellence were the Dunbar Dun-bar High School of Washington, the Jollet (III.) 'High school, the McKin-ley McKin-ley I.Manual Training School of Washington, Wash-ington, the Gllman School, Roland Park. Md., the Northwestern Military Academy, Wisconsin, the Deerfleld High School of Hjghland Park, III., the Kastern High School of Washing ton, and the liindman Settlement School of Kentucky, The essays were limited to 600 words and every school competing was required to have a campaign for the sale of Liberty Bonds. The total sale of bonds resulting .from these campaigns went Into the millions. The Giiman Country School of i.Mary-land i.Mary-land led the list, purchasing $iiU,0u0 worth of bonds. The National Committee of Patriotic Patrio-tic Societies, which has its hcadquar ters in 'Washington, will hold a similar contest during the Third Liberty 1aku campaign and hopes to have every high school in the United States competing. |