Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-01
School Children Given
Great Prize Opportunity
COLLEGE COURSE is PRIZE FOR
WINNERS OF CHEMICAL
ESSAY CONTEST

John c. Callahan, State Superinten-
dent of Education. has been officially
notified of the opening of the Prize
Essay Contest of the American Chem
zeal Society in which all students of
high and secondary schools in the
State of Wisconsin 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.
Garvin 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 Chemi
cal Society, with headquarters at the
Munson Building New York City. Six
prizes of $40 in gold are to be award
ed 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 engi-
neering and $500 a year in cash. In
addition to these awards many other
scholarships 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 Dis
covery, The Spirit and Service of
Science by Gregory, and the Future
Independence and Progress of Ameri-
can 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 refer
ence books are being placed in the
leading Libraries of the State for the
use of students who enter the compe-
tition.
The contest which has the endorse
ment of DR.. John T. Tigert, Commits
sioner of Education of the United
States, is fully described in PAM
phlet, which will be distributed
through the high schools and the
Libraries. This pamphlet contains in
addition to facsimile letters of endorse
ment from DR.. Tigert, and from Dr.
E. c. Franklin, President of the Amer
lean Chemical Society, full outline
of the terms and conditions of the con-
test together with the letter of gift
of Mr.. Garvin. 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 Chemistry, the official
organ of the American Chemical So
ciety, has been named as Chairman
OF Inc OOI1mlLL00J anu lie - dSSl0ISu
by Dr. Wilder d. Bancroft, Professor
of Chemistry at Cornell University,
one of the best known men in educa
tioaal circles in this country and
President of the American Chemical
Society ins 1910; by DR.. Charles H
Herty, President of the Synthetic Or
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 Com
mittee 1t is the plan of the Commit
in charge to appoint national Com
mittee of fifteen who will be chosen
from all walks of life; from among
the leading educators, scientists and
public spirited men and woman 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 as
sisted in their work by State Commit
tees of eleven whose duty will be to
award the prizes in the State COM
petitions.