Phoenix tribune., 1923-10-27
$4,000 in Prizes
Cash, SCHOLARSHIPS
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS

c. o. Case, State Superintendent of
Education, has been officially notified
of the opening of the Prize Essay
Contest of the American Chemical
Society of New York in which all
students of high and secondary
schools in the State of Arizona have
been invited to compete 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
intended 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 Anari
can Chemical Society, with headquar-
ters at the Munson Building, New
York City. Six pr zes 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 Statas.
These scholarships will carry with
them tuition for four years in chem
istry or chemical engineering and $500
year in cash. In addition to these
awards many other scholarships will
be offered through various universi-
ties 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 Independence and
Progress of American Medicine in the
Age of Chemistry, by a Committee of
the American Chemical Society, is
being sent from the New York head
quarters to every accredited high and
secondary school in the country, and
sets of these reference books are be-
ing placed in the leading libraries
of the State for the use of students
who enter the competition.
The contest, which has the en-
dorsement of DR. John j. Tigert,
Commissioner of Education of the
United States, is fully described in
pamphlet, which will be distributed
through the high schools and the Ii
braries. This pamphlet contains in
addition to facsimile letters of en-
dorsement from DIR. Tigert and from
DR.. E. c. Franklin, President of the
! American Chemical Society, a full
I outline of the terms and conditions
of the contest together with the let
ter 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. H. E. Howe, Editor of
Industrial and Engineering Chem
istry" the official organ of the Amer
ican Chemical Society, has been
named as Chairman of the Commit
tee, and he is assisted by DR.. Wilder
D. Bancroft, Professor of Chemis-
try at Cornell University, one of the
best known men in educational cir
cles in this country, and President
of the American Chemical Society in
1910; by Dr. Charles H Herty, Pres
ident of the Synthetic Organic Manu-
facturers 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 Commit
tee.
| 1t is the plan of the committee in
charge to appoint national commit
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 scholarships in the
national competition. They will he
assisted in their work by State Com
mittees of eleven whose duty it will
be to award the prizes in the state
competitions.