Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1919 — HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS MAY COMPETE FOR PRIZE [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS MAY COMPETE FOR PRIZE

Any pupil In any high school In Indiana If compete for the Rooeevelt-Linooln essay prize which has been offered by Dr. William Lows Bryan, pres! dentof Indiana University and the top price of SSO in cash makes the contest well worth considering by high sshool pupils throughout Hooslerdom. The second prize will be $26 in oash; the third 4-151... the fourth $lO and the fifth $5. The subject of the essay contest Is: > "Which Carried the Greater Handicap—Lincoln or Roosevelt?” “Roosevelt was born close to the lights of Breadway and Lincoln was born In a wilderness,” said Dr. Bryan, in the course of his address to the pupils of Bhortridge high to pupils of Shortage high school, Indianapolis, recently. ’ “Roosevelt wA bom rich and Lincoln was born poor,” continued Dr. Bryan. “Which had the poorer chance for suoeess. I propose this subject for a prize essay. The two handicaps of poverty and of wealth; how Lincoln ’overcame the one and how Roossvelt overcame the other. Do not stop with generalities, but get the facta about the upward flight of those two great Americans*” Dr. Bryan In offering the cash prizes Is deting for the Centennial Committee of Indiana University, whleh is planning an elaborate celebration next spring in honor of

the one hundredth year of this great state Institution of learning, olpal of each high school is asked to conduct the contest in—his school'and arrange for the selection of the best essays handed in by members of his high school. These best manuscripts should then be mailed by the principal to President W. L. Bryan, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., not later than January 1, 1920. The preliminary reading of the manuscripts will be done by members of the university factulty in order to pick out a group of the best essays. This group will then be submitted to a committee of judges well known throughout the entire sAte, which committee will award the prizes. It is expressly stated that In the letter of transmittal accompanying the manuscript there should be the name and address of the author together with the name of the high school'of which the author is a member and of the town in which the high school Is located. Nene of this Information should be in the body of the essay manuscripts. Upon receipt the essays will be numbered and catalogued for future identification. The sooner the boys and girls of our own high school get busy on this contest, the sooner will they approach that SSO first prize—so go to it NOW! :