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Show Valuable Prizes Offered Essayists !' The eighth annual safety contest, staged by the Highway Education board, which has grown in popular favor throughout the nation, and in which thousands of students enter, has been officially announced from headquarters at Washington, D. C. Splendid awards have been announced and first national awards will include a trip to the Nation's capital, a gold watch and a check for $500. The Highway High-way Education board offers $6,500 in prizes for the best essays and lessons on highway safety. T ast year, Miss Leona Kidm,an,. da"ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Kidman, Kid-man, entered the highway safety contest con-test and not only won a medal and "10, but was highly commended for the splendid essay she prepared. The j "inning of the trophies and the praise bv Miss Kidman, should be an incentive incen-tive for others to enter the contests. There are many capable students in Gunnison and an effort will not be an "miss, as the training itself is valuable. valu-able. ! Contestants from every state in the Union, and from Alaska, the Philip- j n'nes. Hawaii,- Porto Rico and the Canal. Zone are expected to strive for the many prizes, aggregating $6,500, offered for the best essays and the best lessons written in the annual competition. The contests in each state are conducted with the aid and cooperation coop-eration of the state departments of "duration and other educational au-i lhorities. In the pupils' contest, 442 medals "nd a like number of cash prizes are offered as state awards. To the first national winner is given a visit to the Nation's capital and a valuable gold "'O-Mi. wh'le nrmils whose papers rank "econd and third to the national winner, win-ner, also receive gold watches, appropriately ap-propriately engraved, of slightly less 'ntrinsic val"e than that given the "'inner. National winners are chosen by a process of elimination from those whose essays have ranked first in their respective states. Awards to teachers, according to the rules, are less numerous, but more substantial. For the best lesson, the board offers' the visit to Washington of four or five days duration, and a -heck for ?500. Second and third national na-tional awards in the lesson contest -re $00 and $200, respectively, mak-l.OO0 mak-l.OO0 in cash awards to teachers. Definite subjects are assigned in h int.an-e. and the rules, while "lear and simple, allow little leeway or varied interpretation in the class-'nom. class-'nom. The subject of the essays bv pupils is "My Dutv as a Junior Citizen to Observe Traffic Rules." These papers are not to exceed 500 words in lentrth "nd the nartie'nants are limited to r"pils of the fifth, sixth, seventh am! eiehth grades who are not more than fureen years of a?e. All elementary school teachers in the eighth and lower grades are eligible eligi-ble to take part in the lesson contest. Te lessons are to be not more than 3.000 nor less, than 1.000 words in lernrh, and are to' be written on the subiect, "Training Future Citizens in Street and H;eh-"-av Safety." a corollary corol-lary to the pupils' subject. |