The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-25
PRIZES OFFERED
In ESSAY CONTEST
&10y0tW In Cash Prizes and Scholar.
ships To Be Awarded For
Best Essays

NC" IOihs oCtUUGT GJ.-EICu IL.
Shaw. State Superintendent Of Edu-
cation, has been officially notified OF
the opening Of the Prize Essay Con-
test OF the American Chemical Socie-
ty In which all students Of high and
secondary schools In the State of
South Dakota have /. been invited to
compete in a national contest for
$4,000 in cash prizes and scholar
ships to Yale Vassar and other uni
versities and colleges.
The contest which Is the result Of
the gift OF Mr.. and Mrs. Francis p.
Garyan 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 Ameri-
can Chemical Society, with headquar-
tiers 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 Uuited States.
These scholarships will carry with
them tuition for four years IN chem
istry or chemical engineering and
$500 q 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
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 Ameri-
can 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 en-
ter the competition.
The contest which has the endorse
ment of DIR. John j. Tigert, Commits
lsioner of Education of the United
States is fully described in a pamphlet
which will be distributed through the
high schools and the Libraries. This
pamphlet contains in addition to fac
smile letters OF endorsement from DIR.
Tfgert, and from Or. II. C. Franklin.
President Of the American Chemical
Society, a full outline OF the terms and
OF the contest 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
nv Mr. Earxynn III u Io1 EIlto,
of Industrial and Engineering Chem
istry," the ~oficialp organ of the Amer
lean Chemical. Society, has been
named as Chairman of the Committee,
and he is assisted by DIR. Wilder ID.
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 DIR. Charles H. Herty, President
OF the Synthetic Organic Mapufactur-
ers 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.
1t 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 national
competition. They will be assisted in
their work by State Sommittees of
eleven whose duty will be to award
the prizes I'm the State competitions.