SCOTT ANTARCTIC MEMORIAL.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13658, 29 August 1916, Page 1

SCOTT ANTARCTIC MEMORIAL.

:' •:'SUBJECT FOR THIS TEAR'S ESSAY. . The committee have selected for this ■ year's essay i'Lprd Kitchener and His . ■ Work foi' the Empire," In making this selection, they consider that at the-pre- ■ sent time, in the history of the nation, . and in vle.W' of the tragic circnmstances of the, great military .director's death, not only will the Study' of ihis life-work •be-of special.interest to the boys and ' ' girls;'in-;the ( ,public schools, but' it will bring into prominence the great deed? j of;one, of the,.Empire builders: : Thusi .the committee are fulfilling the object! for : fhi(jh they'were called into existence; in - fostering the study of "Li ves : and moyemonts which 1 liave made or , are making the British nation good and great;";,. i. •All pupils in the Sixth Standard may .write• the essay, The -essay will be written in the schools on. the L'4th November, .and must- contain not 'less'than 500'words'nor more-than : 100fi,> Avith a time limit of three hours, tit must .be ■ .Written on foolscap (pue side only), and ' the -name' of' the writer or. any' distin- ' pishing mark must npt appear on, the .essay, the writer's iiiinie should he affixed' on a • separate slip.. • {The. successful boy and girl'will each receive;jM 3/- and a copy of ."ScottV • Last Expedition;" .