Fob The Children

W'licn the proptletor of the Ara AiiiKi' Democrat eoneluded to offor prlzes to the school ehildren of thla cnuiity, iiuder the auspices of tiie Washtenaw County Pair, he decidid that tlio.se prlzes should not be goo.ls of questionable value at a fancy prico, bui the good. iianl. srold standard caadi on wli.icli there can be no discount, and that these prizes should be offerel tos some production which will be of future value to the schools and the Si iiidI ehildren. The first considerition is met by the cash prizes. The second was not so easy, but the decisión to offer the prizes for excellence in the use of the English lanKiia.se will meet witli the approval of those Interested. Tlie correct use of tlic iOnirlis.li laiiguage is an essential part of a good education. Too niuch attention cannot be paid to it in our prhnary schools. Theo, asrain, the requirement that the subjects of the essays pertain to some matter of loc.il hisrtory will locallze the efforts, m 1 doubtless brlng out many interestiug reminiseences of the settlement of Wasliti'iiaw county. Every school in the county should be represented by oue or more contestans. It will do the school good and serve to stimulate an interest in a useful edueatioual work. All it costs is the effort of preparing the essays. CONDITIONS. The conditions of this '.'ontest are as follows: The contestant must be a pupila below the ninth grade in one of the schools oí Washtenaw county outside of the cities oí Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The essay must eontain not loss tlian 2."r() nor more than 300 w, ii ds. It must hc on some subject pertaining to local history. It must be eertifled to by Hip teacher of üie school in which the contestant is a pupil. rhe Firsi Prtze vrill be $5.00 casli; the Second, $3.00; the Tiiinl. $2.00. All who t.ikc part in the eontest will receive a year's suiwcription to The Democrat. All of the essays of sutticient iiH'rit will be published in The Democrat in the order oL their tr.erit.