Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-10-27
$4,000 TO Be
AWARDED in
PRIZE CONTEST
American Chemical Society Offers
Cash And Scholarships To High
And Secondary Schools
BEST ESSAY TO BE MEANS
OF GAINING THESE


Albert S. Cook, State .Superintend-
ent of Education, has been officially
notified of the opening of the Prize
Essay Contest of the American
Chemical Society in which all stu
dents of high and secondary schools
in the State of Maryland have been
invited to compete in a national con-
test for $4,000 in cash prizes and
scholarships to Yale, Vassar and 9TH
er 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
&C euntry. All arrangements forth
contest are in the hands of the Com
mittee on Prize Essays of the Ameri-
AN Chemical Society, with headquar-
ters at the Munson Building, New
York City. Six prizes of 500 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
.hem tuition for four years in chemis-
Try or chemical engineering and $500
year in cash. In addition to these
awards many other scholarships will
bo offered through various universi-
lies and colleges. "A set of five books
which inclrde Creative Chemistry by
slossom, The Riddle of the Rhine by
sefbure, The Life of Pasteur by Val
ery-R -Radot, Discovery, The Spirit and
Service of Science by Gregory, and
The Future independence and Pro-
gress of American Medicine in the
Age of Chemistry by Committee of
the American Chemical Society, are
being sent from the New York head
Iuarters to every accredited high and
secondary school in the country, and
sets of these reference books are be-
'rg placed in the leading libraries of
the State for the use of students who
enter the competition.
The contest which has the endorse
nient of DIR. John j. Tigert, Commits
sioner of Education of the United
States, is fully described in a PAM
phlet, which will be distributed thru
the high schools and the libraries.
This pamphlet contains in addition to
facsimile letters of endorsement
from DR.. Tigert, and from DIR. E.
c. Franklin, President of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, full outline
Of the terms and conditions of the
contest together with the letter of
gift of Mr.. Garvan. The entire SUI
pervision of the contest and the a.
ward 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 Ameri-
can Chemical Society, has been named
as Chairman Of the Committee, and
he is assisted by Dn Wilder D. Ban
croft, Professor of Chemistry at Cor
rell University, one of the best
known men in educational circles in
this country and President of the A
merican Chemical Society in 1910; by
DR.. Charles H. Herty, President of
the Synthetic Organic Manufacturers
Association and President of the A
merican Chemical Society in 1915 and
1916; and by Alexander Williams, Jr.,
of New York, who is acting as Secre-
tary of tie Committee.
1t is the plan of the Committee in
charge to appoint national Commit
lee, of fifteen who will be chosen
from all walks of life; from among
among the leading educators, scien-
lists 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 scholarships
in the national competition. They will
be assisted in their work by State
Committees of eleven whose duty will
be to award the prizes in the State