The Winslow mail., 1923-10-26
ARIZONA STUDENTS
ASKED TO COMPETE
IN ESSAY CONTEST

c. o. Case, State Superintendent of
Education, 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 Arizona 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.
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 in
tended to stimulate interest among
high school students in the develop
ment of chemical science in this
country. All arrangements for the
contest are in the hands of the Com
mittee on Prize Essays of the Amer
ican Chemical Society, with head
quarters 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 carry
with them tuition for four years in
chemistry or chemical engineering
and $500 a year in cash. In addition
to these awards many other scholar
ships will be offered through various
universities and colleges. A set of
five books which include Creative
Chemistry by Slosson, The Riddle of
the Rhine by Lefebure The Life of
Pasteur by Vallery-Radot, Discovery,
The Spirit and Service of Science by
Gregory, and the Future Independ-
ence and Progress of American Che
mical Society, is being sent from the
New York headquarters to every ac-
credited high and secondary school
in the country, and sets of these re-
ference books are being placed in the
use of students who enter the compe-
tition.
The contest which has the endorse
ment of DR.. John j. Tigert. Commits
sioner of Education of the United
States, = fully described in a pam
phlet, which will be distributed
through the high schools and the
Libraries. This pamphlet contains in
addition to facsimile letters of en-
dorsement from Dr.. Tigert, and from
DR.. E. c. Franklin, President of the
American Chemical Society, a full
outline of the terms and conditions
of the contest together with the let
ter of gift of Mr. Garvan. The en-
tire supervision of the contest and
the award of the prizes has been left
to the American Chemical Society by
Mr.. Garvan H. E. Howe, Editor of
Industrial and Engineering Chemis
try, the official organ of the Amer
lean Chemical Society, has been
named as Chairman of the Commit
tee, and ha is assisted by Dr. 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 in 1910;
by DR.. Charles H. Herty. President
of the Synthetic Organic Manufacture
ers Association and President of the
American Chemical Society in 1915
and 1915: and by Alexander Williams,
Jr. of New York, who is acting as
Secretary of the Committee.
It is the plan of the Committee in
charge to appoint ndClOHdl ComInlI-
tee of fifteen who will be chosen
from all walks of life: from among
the leading educators, scientists and
public spirited men and women of
the country. 1t will be the duty of
this Committee to judge the essays
and to award the scholarship in the
national competition. They will be
assisted in their work by State Com
mittees of eleven whose duty will be
to award the prizes in the State
competitions.