New Britain herald., 1926-01-08
SCHOLARSHIPS IN
 INDUSTRY SUCCEED
Dividends Being Returned to
 Those Donating

Chicago. Jan. s R>-Industry has discovered more than baggy trous- CTS and moaning saxs phones on the college campus and. satisfied with the findings. Is annually contributing thousands of dollars to middle west ern colleges and universities for spe- cialized work in their research lab oratoriea
 The steel manufacturer. the min. ing engineer. the meat packer and the chewing gum manufacturer are appropriating funds for the expenses of students wanting to do specialized work and for the maintenance of special departments, equipment and instructors Commercial and pro- fessional organizations are Joining a widening variety of industries in providing for study in their own or general fields.
 Special Studies
 In most eases, the scholarships and fellowships are given to students who will make special study in the field in which the donor Is directly interested. An asphalt company contributes to study Of asphalt ma terials. a chemical manufacturer offers financial aid for study in com nercisl chemistry and tho mining concern lends helping hand to the student interested in ceramics. One big producer Of railroad equipment maintains twenty scholarships for scientific training ia agriculture and animal hushandry. The fellowships and scholarships vary in value from $500 to si5o.
 At least $2l.7s2 is providing for scholarships and fellowships at the University of Wisconsin. A well known poster advertising company Is contributing the largest individual sum, s6.ooo, which maintains two fellowships open to graduate stu dents only. More than s25,0o0 is < available to students at the Univer- sity Of Minnesota, in research schol- arships. Nearly every department of the university has received one or more substantial gifts.
 Social Science.
 A number of scholarships in social science and political economy are open to students at the University of Chicago. For the study of meat packing and handling processes. an annual gift Of s2,500. for threo years. has been made. Approximately 35 scholarships for study in a wide variety Of subjects. are maintained at the University of Illinois. The tn- come from a fund of $l0,0o0 is available to a fellow in chemistry or chemical engineering.
 Of unusual interest among the Northwestern University scholar ships are a number for young men interested In fire insurance and allied lines of business. Provided by cer- tain of the large fire insurance com panies, they cover full tuition for the university's two-year course in fire insurance. Merchandising and adVer- Using are concerned in several schol- arships pen to both men and wom- ru.
 Scholarships at Ohio State univer- sify average $750. Among them is q scholarship of Sl5O a year contrib tal by a Philadelphia textile com. pany and 10 go only to q disabled soldier.
 Tive of the twenty agricultural .rhoIarShins are allotted 10 aC1iCul- tural colleges where the students do he most efficient work in the five ines Of stock Judging; a sixth goes to the college scoring highest in the five combined classes an1 the other fourteen are distributed on the basis of total cash prizes won by the insti- tutions on entries in the open live stock classes. They are aNalabie Ill thirteen Middle West institutions.