Editor’s Note

As our regular readers know, Beacon Lights has recently sponsored a writing contest. The intent was to encourage our readers to think, as well as to develop their writing skills. The entries have been received and judged, and the winning essays are published in this issue. We received disappointingly few entries in three of the four categories—high school age, college age, and post-college adults. The junior high category, however, produced very positive results, due mainly to the encouragement...