The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31
GALLATIN STUDENTS
To enter CONTESTS
$4,000 IN CASH PRIZES AND
gu" SCHOLARSHIP TO BE
AWARDED WINNERS

NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-Miss May
Trumper, state superintendent Of ed
ucation, has been officially notified
| of the opening Of the Prize Essay
| Contest of the American Chemical
society in which all students of high
and secondary schools in the state OF
Montana have been invited to COM
pete in a national contest for $4,000
in cash prizes and scholarships to
Yale. Vassar and other universities
and colleges.
This 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 in
tended to stimulate interest among
high school students in the develop
ment of chemical science in this coun-
try. All arrangements for the col
test are in the hands of the Com
mittee on Prize Essays of the Amer
lean Chemical society, with head
quarters at the Munson building, New
York City. Six prizes of $50 in gc'9
are to be awarded in each state IN
the Union and scholarships to Yale
and Vassar will be given for the SIX
hest ESSAYS in the United Stats
These scholarships will carry with
; them tuition for four years in chem
istry or chemical engineering anc
: $500 a year in cash.
2 In addition to these awards many
t other scholarships will be Offered
through various universities and cell
leges. A set of five books which in
: clude Creative Chemistry by Slos-
: son. "The Riddle of the Rhine" by
Lefebure, "The Life of Pasteur" by
{ Vallery-Radot, Discovery, The Spir-
e it and Service of Science by Gre
{ CORY. and the Future Independence
{ and Progress of American Medicine
in the Age of Chemistry by a coin
mittee of the American Chemical SO
ciety. is being sent from the New
> York headquarters to every accrad"
tied high and secondary school IN the
% country, and sets of these reference
!: books are being placed in the leading
: libraries of the state for the use OF
= students who enter the competition
:. Has High Endorsement
! The contest which has the endorse
;, ment of DIR. John T. Tigert, corr
missioner of education of the Unitet
a States, is fully described in a pham
:. phlet. which will be distributed
through the high schools and the Ii
braries. This phamplet contains Il
addition to facsimile letters of en-
dorsement from DR.. Tigert, and from
I'll DR.. E. C. Franklin, president Of tn
American Chemical society, a full out
Cd line of the terms and conditions o
To- the contest together with the lette
.re of gift of Mr.. Garvan. The entIr
inf supervision of the contest and tn
ain award of the prizes has been left t
ain the American Chemical society b
,as Mr.. Garvan. H. E. Howe, editor {
:. Industrial and Engineering Chemii
try, the official organ Of the Anne,
lean Chemical society, has been nan
on, ed as chairman of the committee, ar
sit he is assisted by DR.. Wilder D. Bal
aw croft, professor of chemistry at Co
ent nell University, one of the be
ced known men in educational circles
itch this country and president of Il
:es- American Chemical society in 191
lty. by DIR. Charles H. Herty, preside
en- of the Synthetic Organic Manufa
its turers association and president of t
one American Chemical socitey in 10
had and 1916; and by Alexander w
due liams, Jr- of New York, who is al
was ing secretary of the committee.
r of 1t is the plan of the committee
leat charge to appoint a national comm
this tee of fifteen who will be chos
to from all walks Of life; from amo
the leading educators, scientists a
public spirited men and women of t
country. 1t will be the duty of Il
tate committee to Judge the essays a
who to award the scholarships in the I
day tional competition. They will be
of sisted in their work by state co
iect- mittees of eleven whose duty viii
hich to award the prizes in state conn
S to titions.
and Many contestants are expected
mil enter from Gallatin county.
had