The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-10-26
PRIZE ESSAY
CONTEST HAS
BEEN OPENED
$4,000 Worth of Prizes Given to Best
Essay Writers on the Subject of
Chemical Science.


New York, October 22.-May Trum-
per, State Superintendent of Educa-
ton, has been officially notified of the
opening of the Prize Essay Contest
of the American Chemical Society In
which all students of high and secon-
Diary schools in the State OF Montana
have been invited to compete IN ma
tional contest for $4,000 in cash priz-
es and scholarships to Yale, Vassar
and other universities and colleges.
The contest which is the result of
the gift of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis 2.
GaTvan of New York, is 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 contest
are in the hands of the Committee on
Prize Essays of the American Chem
zeal 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 best SIX essays
in the United States. These scholar
ships will carry with them tuition Tor
four years in chemistry or chemical
engineering and $500 year IN acsh.
In addition to these awards many
other scholarships will be offered
through various universities and col
leges. A set of five books which in
clude Creative Chemistry by SlOssom,
The Riddle of the Hine by Lefebure,
The Life of Pasteur by Vallery-RadOt,
Discovery, The Spirit and Service Of
Science by Gregory, and the Future
Independence and Progress OF Amer
lean Medicine 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 rel
erence books are being placed IN the
leading libraries Of the State for the
use of the students who enter the
competition.
The contest which has the endorse
ment of DR.. John J. Tiegert, Commits
sioner of Education of the United
States, is fully described in pamph-
let, which will be distributed through
the high schools and the libraries.
This pamphlet contains In addition to
facsimile letters of endorsement from
DR.. Tiegert, and from DR.. +. c.
Franklin President Of the American
Chemical Society, full outline of the
terms and conditions of the contest
together with the letter of gift of Mr..
Caravan. The entire supervision OF
the contest and the award of the prlz-
es has been left to the American
Chemical Society by Mr. Caravan. H.
E. Howe, Editor of industrial and
Engineering Chemistry" the official
organ of the American Chemical So
ciety, has been named as Chairman
of the Committee, and he is assisted
bv DR.. Wilder d. Bancroft, Professor
of Chemistry at Cornell University,
one of the best known men IN educa-
tional circles in this country and
President of the American Chemical
Society in 1910; by DR.. Charles II.
Herty, President of the Synthetic Ora
ganic Manufacturers Association and
President of the American Chemical
Society in 1915 and 1916; 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 a national Commit
tee of fifteen who will be chosen from
all walks of life; from among the
leading educators, scientists and pub
lie 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 nation
al competition. They will be assisted
in their work by State Committees of
eleven whose duty will be to award the
prizes in the State competitions.
Try Want AID, it brings results.