Evening star., 1924-01-27
VIII. COOPER HEADS
| PRIZE ESSAY JUDGES
local Secondary School Students
Eligible for Chemical
Society Event.
FULL COMMITTEE NAMED
Awards to Be Made for Best Work
in Each State.

William Knowles Cooper, general
Secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A.. is chair
man Of the District Of Columbia COM
n1ittee to act as judges in the prize
essay contest now being conducted
by the American Chemical Society
among students of the secondary
schools of the country.
The District committee will pass
on the essays submitted BY students
of the local secondary schools. The
contest closes in April. Six sub
5ects are to be written upon, and
the best essay upon each subject in
each state and the District will be
awarded $50 in gold.
Other members of the local COM
nlittee are: Dr. Frank w. Ballou. su-
perintendent of schools; Rev. George
L. Coyle. professor OF chemistry at
Georgetown University: Arthur d.
Washington Post; Rev. Jason Noble
Pierce, pastor OF the First Congre-
gational Church: Bishop William r.
Mcdowell. Gilbert II. Grosvenor. pres
ldent Of the National Geographic So
ciety: Mrs. William L. Chamberlin.
president of the Women's City Club;
Mrs. John Allen Dougherty. John B.
Larner, president of the Washington
Loan and Trust Company: Rabbi
Abram Simon and John c. Let's. pres
ident of the Sanitary Grocery Com
pany.
Lectures offered.
The District Of Columbia section
ef the American Chemical Society has
arranged to supply to the schools
lectures on any phase of chemistry
by chemists who are expert in their
particular lines. A list Of proposed
lectures has already been arranged
by a committee of the section. This
list is as follows:
Chemistry OF the Human Body" by
NJ. y. Sullivan, hygienic laboratory.
public health service; Chemistry of
Drugs" by DR.. G. w. Hoover. bureau
Of chemistry. Department Of Agricul-
DR.. Atherton Seidell, hygienic labora-
tory; Chemistry of Proteins in Re-
lation to Nutrition" by DR.. D. Breese
Jones, bureau OF chemistry: The
Wonders OF Radium," by DR.. s. G.
Ling, bureau of mines: Why study
Chemistry" by Dr.. Charles L. Mum
roe. bureau OF mines The Role Of
Nitrogen in Our National Welfare" by
DR.. II. X. Curtis, Department Of Com
!neree: The Chemistry of Perfumes"
by V: K Chestnut. bureau of chemistry:
Coal Tar Chemistry and It's Relation
TO Life" by H. E. Howe: The I'M
portance OF Chemistry to Fertilizers"
by DR.. G. w. Wherry. bureau OF chem
sstry; Harnessing Nitrogen for Fer.
tilizer." by DR.. Ernst. fixed nitrogen
research laboratory; The Making OF
Explosives and Their Peace Time
Uses" by Prof. Charles E. Munroe,
bureau Of mines; History Of Chemis-
try" by DR.. c. A. Browne, bureau Of
chemistry; "Chemistry Of Canning"
by DR.. w. D. Bigelow. National Can.
hers' Associations: The Manufacture
of Illuminating Gas and It's Use in
Everyday Life" by E. r. Weaver,
bureau of standards.
The Chemistry of Sugars and
Syrups." BY G. ?. Walton. bureau of
chemistry: se Chemistry of Fats
bureau of chemistry; Chemistry of
bureau OF chemistry: The Chemistry
of chemistry; "Electroplating." by
DR.. w. Blum. bureau of standards;
The Chemistry of Soft Drinks" by
i. w. Sale, bureau of chemistry; "The
Chemistry of Glass" by G. W. Morey,
geophysical laboratory; Chemistry
Of Rubber" by w. H. Smith. bureau OF
Leathers," by F. H. McGowan. bureau
of standards; Relation Of Chemistry
10 Everyday Life" by Rev. George l..
Coyle, professor OF chemistry. George
town University; "Helium," by DR. L.
j. Shaw, bureau OF mines; THE Chem.
istry of the Earth" by DR.. Day,
Eeophysical laboratory; Chemistry
of Volcanoes" by DIR. Reiss, geo.
physical laboratory.