NEW HISTORY SOCIETY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22446, 16 June 1936, Page 9

NEW HISTORY SOCIETY

ESSAY CONTEST AWARDS NEW ZEALAND SUCCESSES NEW YORK, June 14 Two special prizes and seven honorable mentions went to Australia and New Zealand to-day in an international competition held by the New History Society of New York for papers on the subject, " How Can Youth Develop Racial Harmony? " The special prizes, of 50 dollars each, went to Miss Mary Sullivan, of Drummoyne, New South Wales, and Mr. Lan Mackay, of the Friendly Road radio station, Auckland. Honorable mention was accorded to Mr. Colin Morrison, of Seatoun, Wellington; Miss Grace Pinkard, of Brookvale, Sydney; the Rev. William McKay, of Grange, South Australia; Mr. Kenneth Melvin,, of Auckland; Miss Reda McKenzie, of Outram, Otago; Miss Barbara Kerr, of Otaika Valley, North Auckland; and Miss Blanche Newman, of North Croydon, Adelaide.

The New History Society of New York is a foundation dedicated to the continuance of the message of Baha-u-Llah and Abdul Ufliha, two Persian mystics, who about a century ago enunciated with individual emphasis the doctrine of non-violence in social national relations. Those who have paid tribute to these pioneers in pacifism include such eminont names as Rabindranath Tagore, Albert Einstein, John Dewey and Helen Keller. The competition, the results of which are now announced, is the fifth the society has held in Connection with a scheme begun in 1931. The competition was open to the youth of Africa, Alaska. Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand and tho islands of the Pacific. The first prize was 300 dollars, the second 200 dollars, and the third 100 dollars. A total of 184 papers were submitted, 35 being from New Zealand and 47 from Australia. In 1931 the competition was open to the universities and colleges of the United States, tho subject being, " How Can Colleges Promote World Peace? " In 1932 the students of the universities and schools of Europe were invited to write upon the srtbject, " How Can tho Youth of the Universities Contribute to the Realisation of a United States of the World? " The following year the competition was open to thp universities and schools of South and Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and adjacent islands, the subject being, " How Can _ the Youth of the Universities Contribute to the Reconstruction of the Human Commonwealth? " In 1934 the competition was open to the youth of Asia and the islands adjacent to the continent. Tho subject was, " How Can Yolith Contribute to the Realisation of a Universal Religion? " This year the competition will be open to the world, and the subject will be, " How Can the People of the World Achieve Universal Disarmament? "