Milford chronicle., 1923-10-26
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
MAY WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
The Prize Essay Contest OF Ameri-
can Chemical Society Offers
Fine Advantages.
SIX WINNERS In COLLEGES
The Six Best In United States Will
Be Sent To Yale And Vassar.
Other Prizes Also.

H. V. Holloway, State Superinten-
dent of Education, has been oficiaIIy
notified of the opening of the Prize Es-
say contest OF the American Chemical
Society in which all students of high
ana secondary schools in the State of
delaware have been invited to COM
pete IN a national contest for $4,000
IN cash prizes and scholarships to
Hale, Vassar and other universities
and colleges.
The contest which is the result of
the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis P.
GarVan of New York, is a memorial to
their daughter, Patricia, and is intend
ed to stimulate interest among high
school students in the development of
chemical science in this country. All
arrangements for the contest are IN
the hands of the Committee on Prize
Essays of the American Chemical So
ciety, with headquarters at the Mum
son Building, New York City. Six
prizes of $40 in gold are to be awarded
in each State in the Union and schCl-
arships to Yale and Vassar will be
given for the six best essays in the
United States. These scholarships will !
carry with them tuition for four years
in chemistry or chemical engineering |
and $500 year in cash. In addition to |
these awards many other scholarships,
will be offered through various uni
versities and colleges. A set of five
books which include Creative Chem
istry by Slosson, the Riddle of the
Rhine by Lefebure, The Life of Pas
teur by Vallery-Radot, Discovery, The
Spirit and Service of Science by Gre
CORY, and the Future Independence
and Progress of American Medicine in ,
the Age of Chemistry by a Committee
of the American Chemical Society, is !
being sent from the New York head \
quarters to every accredited high and :
secondary school in the country, and
sets of these reference books are be- :
ing placed in the leading libraries Of
the State for the use of students who
enter the competition.
The contest which has the endorse
ment of DR.. John J. Tigert, Commits
sioner of Education of the United
States, is fully described in a pamph-
let, which will be distributed through
he high schools and the libraries.
This pamphlet contains in addition to
acsimile letters of endorsement from
Or. Tigert, and from DR.. 3. G. Frank
in, President of the American Chem
cal Society, a full outline of the terms
nd conditions of the contest together
With the letter of gift of Mr.. GarVan. III
he entire supervision of the contest oC
nd the award of the prizes has been al
eft to the American Chemical Society On
y Mr.. Garvan. H. e. Howe, Editor Of s1l
Industrial and Engineering Chemis- th
ry," the official organ of the Ameri- he
an Chemical Society, has been named in
S chairman of the committee, and he of
J assisted by DR.. Wilder D. Bancroft, ne
of chemistry at Cornell Uni ch
ersity, one of the best known men in
lucational circles in this country and me
resident of the American Chemical wi
Ociety in 1910; by DIR. Charles H. sh
erty, President of the Synthetic Or Iv
mic Manufacturers Association and oh,
resident of the American Chemical in
)ciety in 1915 and 1916; and by Alex re-
lder Williams, Jr., of New York, who ne,
acting as secretary of the commit ma
I, mo
1t is the plan of the committee in cid
arge to appoint national commit ele
2 Of fifteen who will be chosen from will
walks OF lie; from among the nor
lding educators, scientists and pub at /
spirited men and women of the s
untry. 1t will be the duty of this will
mmittee to judge the essays and to it's
ard the scholarships in the national ed
mpetitiOn. They will be assisted in pais
.ir work by State Committees of II Ker
Ose duty will be to award the prizes ed {
the State competitions. Dow