Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1948 — Page 33

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F Millcont Sonor, Terre ats, | RE Ae 1 if ose Eh aha ~~ PMR hai od SORE ; oY Cb Car, Nw Alsowy; biochemistry, Purdue river RIT i BST ; JNDIANA is a state rich in many ways. Ranking high

in intangible wealth is youthful intellect. - Some of the keenest high school minds come to light each year in the Science Talent Search conducted by the

Science Clubs of America, a Scripps-Howard Science Service activity, and sponsered by the Westinghouse Educational Foundation. This year The Indianapolis Times. joins the search nationally.

In co-operation with the Indiana Acamedy of Science ‘and Hoosier colleges and universities, The Times will assist in making avallable at least 20 scholarships. -These are in addition to those

awarded nationally by Westinghouse, } ” - ” I LAST YEAR was the first for the Indiana Science Talent Search. - The Indiana Academy of Science judged all contest

material when it was returned from national contest headquarters. Twenty-one Hoosier youths were named winners. Their names were forwarded to every college and university in the state as an aid in securing scholarships. This year 'the scholarships are an established fact as the Indiana search becomes a definite, continuous activity. Pictured on this page are 13 of the state students honored last year as high school seniors. National winners and those receiving honorable mention automatically are awarded state honors, In the ’48 Search, Miss Millicent Sawyer was named one of the 40 national victors. Honorable mention went to Francis Beumél, Theodore E. Hopkins, Joseph D., Harris and Donald Zimmerman, Logansport, who now is attending - Stanford University. 5 ” ” ” ” » ” OTHER STATE winners not shown are Elinor L. James, 1308 Finley Ave., University of Illinois; - Donald A. Fink, Gary, Yale University; Joseph Emanuel, Ft. Wayne, St. Louis University; Alan Haber, South Bend, California Institute of Technology; Richard Bakemeler, 5535 E. St. Clair St.,, University Jf Rochester; Robert D. Hennon, Bloomington, Oberlin College, and Joanne E. Lennart, Ft. Wayne, Purdue University Extension. Projects the youthful scientists engaged in for the contést stagger the laymen. They bandy complex theories with the greatest ease. Strangely, only a handful come from families yl cE A fo i, vi ; - with any scientific background.. The mothers are housewives, « . . - : 2 : A the fathers bankers, salesmen, printers, construction men. Alvin B. Thomas, Indianapolis, chemical Don Kuespert, South Bend, chemical SM. tg i rogq BleTest in particular fields stems from natural curiosity Wl engineering, Rose Polytechnical Institute, engine eri ng, Purdu e University. Qo ph ‘ ™ oster y grade an high school science teachers. . vr

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D. Harris, Evansville; i | a bo Ad ME ¢ 5 = . ¥ ] ia 4”phps Po, , Purdue University. j g ey a Urry of waste Chemistry . 4 Roy Foerster, Indianapolis, electrical g CL : | iofre D engineering, Purdue University. ;

¥ Kendal E Hofmockel, Sanmsan. i James 8. Thomas, > chemical engineering, Purdue University. lf Lat itt medicine, Indiana University.

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