Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-10-26
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 70. 1928.
Committee on Prize ESSAYS

notified OF the opening of the
Prize Essay Contest of the
American Chemical Society in
which all students of high and
secondary schools ia the State of
Virginia have been invited tol
complete in a national contest for
$4,000 in cash prizes and
scholarship to Yale. Vassar and
other universities and colleges.
The contest which is the re.
suit of the gift of Mt. and Mrs.
Francis P. Garvan of New York
is a memorial to their daughter,
Patricia. and is intended to slim
ulate 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 Com.
mittee on Prize Essays of the
American Chemical Society, with
headquarters at the Munson
Building, New York City. Six
prizes of $40 in gold are to be
awarded in each State in the
Union and scholarships to Yale
and Vassar will be given for the
six best essays in the United
States. These scholarships will
carrv with them tuition for four
years in chemistry or chemical
engineering and $500 a 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
Chemistry by Slosson, The Rid
die of the Rhine by Lefebure,
The Life of Pasteur by Vallery-
Radot, Discovery, The Spirit and
Service of Science by Gregory,
and the Future Independence
aud Progress of American Medi.
cine in the Age of Chemistry by
a Committee of the American
Chemical Society, is being sent
from the New York headquarters
to every accredited 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 compe-
tition.
The contest which has the en-.
dorsement of DR.. John J. Tigert,
Commissioner of Education OF
the United States, is fully de.
scribed in pamphlet, which
will be distributed through the
high schools and the libraries.
This pamphlet contains in adj
dition to facsimile letters of en-
dorsement from DIR. Tigert and
from DR.. E. c. Franklin, Presi.
dent of the American Chemical
Society, a full outline of the
terms and conditions of the con-
test together with the letter of
gift of Mr.. Garvan. The entire
supervision of the contest and
the award of the prizes has been
left to the American Chemical
Society by Mr.. Garvan. III. E.
Howe, Editor of Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry" the
official organ of the American
Chemical Society, has been
named as Chairman of the Com.
m;ttee, and he is assis ted by DIR.
Wilder d. Bancroft, Professor of
Chemistry at Cornell University.
one of the best known men in
educational circles in this
country and President of the
American Chemical Society i'm |
1910; by DIR. Charles HI. Herty.
President of the Synthetic
Organic Manufacturers Associ- |
alton and President of the |
American Chemical Society in
1915 and 1916; and by Alexander
Williams, Jr. ofsNew York, who |
il acting as Secretary of the
Committee.
1t is the plan of the Com mittee
in charge to appoint a national
Committee of fifteen who will be /
chosen from all walks of life:
from the leading educators, Il
scientists and public spirited men !,
and woman of this country. 1t !,
will be the duty of this Commit. |
Tee to judge the essays and to
.ward the scholarships in the q
rational competition. They will d
,e assisted in their work by
,tate Committees of eleven whose
|uty will be to award the prizes
4 the State competitions.