Show TEACH SAFETY BY CONTESTS Highway Education Board Starts Annual Event In Schools WASHINGTON Oct Renew 0 6 Renew Renewal Renew Renewal al of Its annual safety contests contents in which will bo be given rhen awaY In prizes pr M was announced today toda by bythe bythe the highway education board I children In the of or J Training orI I AM Is tI e u n ln highway safety task of the 1928 1821 a afe campaIgn I It I h Sold said but thru the children It I Is II hoped that the principles of l trat- trat tic regulation and safety safely education will 1 bo he impressed upon adults both pedestrians and drivers driers ors alike Tho The third annual safety cam cam- tam palm takes the tile form torm of two con con- con contests school tests one among elementary pupils and another among elementary ele- ele elementary ele elementary school teachers ApproxImately Approximately Approximately five hundred state and na- na national national na national prizes are arc to bo be given for tor forthe forshe the tho best essays and lessons written The Tho prizes offered are the gifts of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce which Is of reducing the number of ot accidents and fatalities duo due to traffic mis I In the two previous pre lous years teara eara approximately ap- ap ap approximately proximately pupils and GO- GO 50 teachers hate hale participated each autumn It Is believed belle by board officIals that tho the cumulative effect of these contests and the IncreasIng Increasing ing lug attention ell given ghen en to safety edu du education cation will result Sult In e even een en II a a greater number of participants this sear ear The subject of the tho ee essays nys which children are Invited to write Is Highway Safety S Habits I should Learn Loarn IJ as as last sear ear are not to exceed GOO COO words In length Those eligible pro ara pupils of the tho fifth sixth seventh and eighth grades who ho are not more than 14 years of ago age The contest opens with the tho beginning of school and closes Dec 4 1923 Teachers are aro requested to sub sub- submit submit sub submit mit safety lessons on the subject Training Children In H Habits ot of Safety on the tho Highways The Tho limit suggested Is between and 3 words All elementary schoolteachers school schoolteachers teachers In the eighth and lower grades are eligible to submit lee lea leas s agne na In the tho teachers contests the frat first national award Ilard Is and a 11 triP to Washington with all 1111 expenses expense paid The second national award Is 1800 while the third award Is Is The first national prize for tor the best essay b by pupils Is le a gold watch and a 11 trip to Washington with all 1111 expenses paid The second and third prizes are each gold watches one sae of slightly greater value than the other Four hundred and seventy eight state slate prizes are offered 1 pupils The first state prize Is a 0 gold medal and a check for 16 15 The Tho second prize Is la a silver sliver modal medal and 10 Third prizes which vary vars In pro pro- proportion proportion portion to the elementary school population of the state are bronze bronn medals meda-Is and checks for tor 5 Tho The board announces that the tho th contests will be conducted with the th cooperation of state departments of education women's 1 omens omen's clubs ch civic Ic organizations safety councils au- au automobile automobile clubs and kindred organ organ- organIzations that wish to assist Corn Corn- Complete plots details will be furnished application to the tha Highway Education Edu- Edu Education j cation Board Willard Building Washington D C |