Evening star., 1951-03-06

concluded tn,
Kolenkow. Westingh o III S,
Science Talent Search. Secone
high honors and a $4,000 science
scholarship went to Frederick ]
Ernst, jr., II, Of Ardsley. N. Y.
A local area winner was Mary
Helen Martin. II, of College Park
Md. She was awarded a $10l
scholarship.
Young Kolenkow, who is 6 feet
3 inches tall, was cited for build
ing an electrical calculator that
required six months of work. II
contains 66 handmade relays. Ir
other projects he has measured
the speed of sound, made rayon
generated chlorine and constructed
an electrical musical instrument
Plans to Teach.
The youth is the son of a United
States immigration inspector. He
plans to enter Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology next fall to
prepare for a career as a college
physics teacher. Last year he re-
ceived the physics award at the
Buffalo Science Congress and also
the American Legion Medal.
The winning science project foI
the Ernst youth was a report on
"A Relativistic Explanation o1
Gravitational Acceleration o1
Failing Bodies Near the Earth" g
subject described as so formidable
that readers were referred to a
book on Einstein's theory of rela-
tivity for background information
Young Ernst plans to enter Co.
lumbia University to prepare TO.
a career as a mathematics pro-
feSSor. He has won a gold medal
from the Mathematics Association
of America.
DR.. Henry S. Smyth, a member
OF the Atomic Emery Commission
made the principal address to the
40 f1nallsts. He emphasized the
Importance of continuing pure
scientific reasearch through the
present national emergency.
Must Back Basic Research,
IF we are interested in con-
tlnuing chronological progress. ~
he said, I'VE must continue to
support basic scientific research;
for if we do not have further dis
coverieS in basic science today, we
shall have no developments in
technology tomorrow"
DR.. Smyth said basic research
is especially important now be-
cause this work came to a virtual
halt in the United States between
194l and 1945.
The ~ flnalists were selected by
a panel of four judges from en-
trants in all 48 States on the basis
OF sheir showing in a stiff science
aptitude examination, their teach
ers' recommendations, their grades
and their own science projects.
About 10000 school seniors entered
and about 1,700 submitted COM
plete entries.
The $1,000 in scholarships, pre-
sented last night by DR.. Harlow
Shapley, chairman of the Board
OF Judges. may be used at any
college, university or technical
school of the winners choice. The
search is conducted by Science
Clubs of America through Science
Service. It is supported by the
Westinghouse Educational Foun-
datlon, which is maintained by
the Westinghouse Electric Corp
Other Winners.
The other winners, who also
were welcomed by Gwilym A.
Price, president of Westinghouse
were:
Four hundred dollar scholar
ships-Karl Berkelman, II, Lewis
ton, Me-; Conrad v. Chester, IT.
Roslyn Heights, N. Y; Rhea Men
doza, 16 Kew Garden Hills, N. Y;
Peter Schneider, IT, Brooklyn;
Robert E. Simpson, II, Kenmore
N. Y; Robert A. Spangler, IT.
Celina, Ohio; Richard M. Thom-
son. II, Delmar, N. Y. and Mich
olas A. Wheeler, II, The Dalles
Greg.
500 scholarships-Donald B
johnson, II. Berkeley, Calf;
Carol L. De Decker, IT, Indepen-
dence, Calf; Katherine M Lyser
IT, Lafayette, Calf; Derrell l.
Chambers, II, Paso Robles, Calf ;;
Patricia D. Cummisford. II, Ar
lington Heights, ILL.,; Lucille F.
Janousek, IT. Gypsum, Kans.;
Stephen G. Brush, 16, Orono. Me-;
Dana r. Spencer, II, Arlington
Mass; Lennard Wharton, IT
Brookline. Mass; William E
Earle. II, East Bridgewater, Mass;
David C. Larson, 16, Cloquet
Mimi; Owen A. Shteir, II, Dutch
Neck, N. j.; John T. Sibilia, I7
Newark, N. j.: John J. Demko-
vich, jr., II, New Brunswick, N. j.;
Dorothy Ann Botkin, 16, Croton.
on-Hudson, N. Y; James B
Stewart, II, Harrison, N. Y.
Paul M. Braverman, II, anc
Robert Rosen, 16, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Eva Novotny, 16. Forest Hills
N. Y; Douglas w. McColm, II
and Robert Feldstein, 16, New
York City; James N. Butler. 16
Lakewood, Ohio; Daniel H. Nor.
ris, II, Sylvania. Ohio; Lois Jeal
Frolen, II, Eugene, Oreg.: Cynthis
L. Gingrich. 16, Lebanon, Pa.
Edmund Drauglis, II. Philadel
phia; Paul L. Sieffert, II. Pitts
burgh; James j. Cowan III, II
Maryville, Tenn. and John M