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Show lng only with people in your own age group. Blanks are available at most places where Johnson & Johnson products are sold, or by writing to National Youth Scholarship Committee, 130 East 59th Street, New York 22, New York. You may enter as many times as you like. The fund has been set up by Johnson St Johnson, in cooperation coopera-tion with The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. Prizes will foe warded in the form of fully prepaid pre-paid policies for education, which mature when the winner reaches 18 years of age. All you have to do is write a 50-word essay which best completes com-pletes the statement: "A good education is important because ..." You budding young Hem-mingways Hem-mingways and Faulkners should find this a simple task I Top winner will be richer by $10,000, followed by two runner-up runner-up winners who'll collect $5,000 apiece, four third place winners who'll get $2,500 each, six fourth place winners $1,500 each, and thirty-aix fifth place winners will walk home with $1,000 each. A Board of Judges, consisting of prominent educators and public pub-lic figures, will choose the top contest winners. Best part of this contest is that the scholarship prizes can be applied ap-plied to your favorite college, as long as it's accredited, and you can take any course of study that college offers no majors in lunch or study period, please 1 According to Jtobert W. Johnson, John-son, executive vice president of Johnson St Johnson, the purpose of the contest is: "to bring about an increased interest in general scholarships and, to give greater educational opportunities to students stu-dents in a field of their own choice rather than one which is chosen lor them." The contest closes on May 4, 1057 this means that entries must be postmarked no later than May 4th and be received by May 11th. Contest rules state that only persons under 17 years of age (residents of the VS. and Canada only) are eligible to receive re-ceive prizes, but that anyone of any age can enter. Therefore, persons over 17, parents, or any adult who enters the contest must designate a person under 17 to receive the prize. 'Entries will be judged according accord-ing to the age of the entrant, which makes for a square deal all around. You will be cornpet- |