The progress-itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1918-1929, 1923-10-25
CONTEST OPEN
T0ISTUDENTS

w. +. Bond, State Superintendent
of Education, has been officially not
flied of the opening Of the Prize Els
say Contest of the American Chemica
Society in which all students of higl
and secondary schools in the state have
been invited to compete in q nationa
contest for 100000 in cash prize
and scholarships to Yale, Vassar and
other universities and colleges.
The contest which is is the result
Of Mr.. and Mrs, Francis p. Garvan o
New York, is a memorial to thei
laughter, Patricia, and is intended t.
stimulate interest among high schoo
,tudents in the development of chemi
.af science in this country. All arrans
ments for the contest are in the han.
of the Committee on Prize Essays
he American Chemical Society( wit
headquarters at the Munson Buildin
New York City. Six prizes Of $50 il
gold are to be awarded in
in the Union and scholarships to Yal
and Vassar will be given for the
best essays in the United States. II
scholarships will carry with them tn
ton for four years in chemistry 0
chemical engineering and $500 year ir
cash. In addition to these awards man,
other scholarships will be offere'
through various universities and col
leges.
A set Of five books which inculd,
Creative Chemistry by Slossom, Ths
Riddel of the Rhine by Lefebure, The
Life Of Pasteur by Vallerv- Radot, Dis
covery, The Spirit and Service of Sci
ence by Gregory, and the Future In
dependence and Progress Of American
Medicine in the Age of Chemistry BY
a Committee of the American Chemi'
cal Society, is being sent from the New
York headquarters to every accredited
high and secondary school in the coun
try, and sets of these reference books
are being placed in the leading libra
ries Of the State for the use of stu
dents who enter the competition.
The contest which has the endorse
ment Of DR.. John J. Tigert, Commission.
er Of Education Of the United States
is fully described u ! pemph)et, viii
win he distributid through the hig'
ssehe nd the lpsa This papapn
.scs couvalIis IN adaselou 70. Ia.slsulie
letters Of endorsement from DR.. Tigert
and from D. E. G. Franklin, Presiedn
of the American Chemical Society, ;
full outline Of the terms and condi'
tions Of the contest together with the
letter of gift of Mr.. Garvan. The en-
tire supervision Of the contest and the
award Of the prizes has been left t'
the American Chemical Society by NJ
Garvan. H. E. Howe, Editor OF III
dustrial and Engineering Chemistry,
the official organ of the American
Chemical Society, has been named a
Chairman of the Committee, and h.
is assisted by DR.. Wilder d. Bancroft
Professor Of Chemistry at Cornell
iversity, one of the best known men i
educational circles in this country al
President of the American Chemica
Society in 1910; by DR.. Charles =
Herty, President Of the Synthetic Or
panic Manufacturers Association and
President of the American Chemica
Society in 1915 and 1916; and by Alex
ander Williams, Jr of New York, wa
is acting as Secretary of the Commltte'
1t is the plan of the committee ii
charge to appoint a national Com
mittee of fifteen who will be chosen
from all walks of life; from among
the leading educators, scientists and
nublic spirited men and women Of IN :