Annual Report of the State Board of Forestry Volume 14 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1915 Excerpt: ... Prize Essay for 1914. The object of the State Board of Forestry in offering a prize for an essay in forestry is for the purpose of stimulating a study of certain phases of the subject. In order to accomplish this it is necessary to impose some conditions upon the contestants. The subject of the essay was "Forest Influences." The following are the conditions governing the contest: Pupils are requested to write on the subject in the following order: 1. Relation to Rainfall. 2. Relation to Temperature. 3. Relation to Animal Life. 4. Relation to Industries. 5. Relation to Sanitation. The manuscript must be written in ink on good white paper, and the essay must not exceed 2,000 words. It must be mailed to E. A. Gladden, secretary of the State Board of Forestry, Indianapolis, Ind., not later than May 1, 1914. The essays were graded on the basis of 75 per cent. for thought and 25 per cent. for composition. Those who were awarded prizes are: High School--Ruth Jacobs, Goshen, first prize; Kenneth Grimes, Kokomo, second prize. Graded and Country Schools--Muriel Kinney, Elkhart, first prize; Mary White, Bloomington, second prize. Glenn Bond, of Nashville, submitted the best essay, but as his essay exceeded 2,000 words he Avas not given a monetary prize but awarded the honorary prize and his photo and essay are given in this report. Eighty-seven pupils of the high schools and sixty pupils of the graded and country schools participated in this contest. Many of the essays submitted to the board were selected as the best from a number written by pupils in various schools. The essays were in general of a high order and the task of grading them was performed by the secretary, E. A. Gladden, and Dr. Stanley Coulter. The board believes that another contest should be given for...