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Show HEMI11EST CLOSESJUfflill ! Remarkable Interest Shown by Pupils in Tribune's Educational Plan. "5Vitb srorrs of ninnusiTipts in t ho bands of Dr. Ernest A. Smith, city su-poriiit su-poriiit indent of public iiiFtruction, ready to undergo the careful scrutiny of the judges, the essay contest on the subject of "Why the United States la at War," will come to a close at midnight mid-night tonight. It is safe to s:iy. .iudeiim from tho intense interest and enthusiasm manifested mani-fested on the part of pupils and teachers teach-ers alike at the East, West and Junior high schools of Salt Lake i .'it y and the remarkable results attained both in the quality of compositions and iu stimulating stimu-lating a spirit, of inquiry into the affairs af-fairs of the national government, that no contest of its kind ever inaugurated in Bait Lake City has met with the same unqualified success. o sooner was thf annou nee men t of the conditions of the content m:idc than scores of students of the fit y 's high nchnols went to work "with a vim, diiigins up niiiarinps, pamphlets, books and other kinds of literature dealing with the attitude of the Tinted JStates toward the European situation. From t he very out set interest was keen. In order to more thoroughly acquaint the prospective contestants with the nature of the subject about which thfy were to write, debates were conducted in the various English classes of the high sehoolB. To Miss Ella M. Jhikes of the East high school especial credit is due for her efforts in assisting tho pupil to obtain au intellectual grasp of the subject. Through debates, int endive reading and conversational disputes the stndnnM acquired a knowledge of the causes for the United States entering the war overseas, of which only a perusal of the manuscripts submit ted in t lie contest will provide an adequate idea. One of t he conspu-uou.-ly ad vantage-ous vantage-ous results of the contest was the stimulation stim-ulation it afforded during the second Liberty loan campaign. Pr. Smith said lat night that there was not a doubt but that the eagerness with which the pupils of tho high schools bought Liberty Lib-erty bonds was due in lareo measure to their investigation into the reasons for the war. prompted bv the essay contest. In referring to tlie quality of the oonipoMtions submitted to him, Dr. Smith added it was his opinion that they wore such as to be worthy of col- j lege students. fn was assured, how-, ever, that there was no cause for disqualifying dis-qualifying any contestant, inasmuch as all of the compositions showed original and individual thought and research. i , He Mi id the students who enterej the j contest were to be congratulated upon i the fact that they had in a measure an- j fiiirared the object of the government in their studv of the reasons lor the entrance of the United States iu the war. inasmuch a he had already receive.! re-ceive.! from Waybill ton a rci'it-st to tak the question up in the schools. The manu.-cripM will be in the ham's of the judges Monday. Tney will be Dr. .. i. Rowans, state Miieriniendcnt of public ins'niction; E. P.. Palmer of the Palmer P-md and Mortice rom-pnnv, rom-pnnv, and A. K Pembroke of the Pern-roke Pern-roke Stationery com van v. The mo-t careful discrimination and sitting will be exercised in tlie decisions of the iude-;. Announcement f th.e winners of the contest will be made at the e;irhet dat. )n'ibif . The prize r-iv will be prime. I in full in The Tribune immediately subsequent to the annoupeetnent bv the iudej. |