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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C.
Contest Undertakes to Find Future Leaders of Science
Scholarships Offered
To Nation’s Top-Ranking
High School Seniors
The first week in March, Washing
ton will spread out the welcome mat
for 11 girls and 29 boys—all high
school seniors. They’ll come from
North, South, East and West; from
schools with as many as 800 stu
dents in the graduating class and
as few as 12. The youngest is 16,
the oldest 18. Some are 4-H’ers,
some Scouts or Hi Y’ers, but their
common interest is science.
All 40 youngsters have shown a
marked aptitude for science in stiff
competition with thousands of other
teen-agers, and have been named as
finalists in the fourth annual nation
wide Science Talent Search conduct
ed by Science Clubs of America. The
Washington trip, with all expenses
paid, is awarded the finalists to give
them an opportunity to compete for
$11,000 in scholarships provided by
the Westinghouse Electric and Man
ufacturing Co.
The purpose of the search is to
discover these youngsters of excep
tional aptitude, help them obtain an
education and begin careers in sci
ence. Thus a pool of trained scien
tists will be formed on which Amer
ica can draw for leadership in the
future.
To one boy and one girl will be
awarded a Science Grand Scholar
ship worth $2,400. Eight runners-up
will receive $400 scholarships, and
an additional $3,000 will be awarded
at the discretion of the judges. In
terviews with the judges, and ex
ams, during their five-day stay in
Washington will determine the
scholarship awards.
If history repeats itself, these 40
Inalists — and also another 260
/oungsters who received “honorable
mention’’ in the search—may be
pleasantly surprised to find them
selves considered worthy of financial
assistance from still another source.
Scholarships worth almost $82,500
were granted by American colleges
and universities to the 300 top-rank
ing entrants in the search concluded
two years ago. This was exclusive
of the $11,000 awarded as a direct
result of the search. One girl wrote
that had she been able to accept all
the scholarships offered her, she
would have received a total of
$36,000.
It isn’t “all exams and no play”
for these science-talented boys and
girls while they’re in the capital.
They’ll see the sights, participate in
MinuU Mat*- Ujai
By OABRIKLUB
Evelyn Pease helped to synthesize four new and important drugs
while making a critical study of the sulfa series. She won a scholarship
in 1942. Although only 19, she is a junior at the University of Michigan.
Her home is in Evansville, Ind.
a radio broadcast, and put on a
hobby show of their own.
Not all their hobbies are scientific.
Among the boys, one finds model
railroad and model airplane enthu
siasts, a glass-blower, several stamp
collectors and amateur photogra
phers. One of the girls redesigns
patterns for her family’s and her
own clothing. Many are musical,
playing more than one instrument.
They go in for dramatics, crypto
grams, chess.
But if they follow in the footsteps
of the 12C finalists in the past three
searches, science will continue to be
their first love. Except for those in
the armed forces—whose scholar
ships are being held in trust—all are
in college preparing themselves for
a career in science.
Some have already utilized their
talents in summer jobs. Evelyn
Pease, for instance, a 1942 winner
now in her junior year at the Uni
versity of Michigan, worked in a
pharmaceutical laboratory in her
home town. She made a critical
study of the five best-known drugs
of the sulfa series and helped syn
thesize and investigate the proper
ties of four new ones.
Then there’s Mary Ann Williams
who spent the summer working for
a nylon laboratory where she made
chemical analyses of nylon, the ma
terial of which both parachutes and
the tow ropes that pull gliders
through the air are made.
Science even follows finalists on
active military duty. Pvt. Robert
Lynch, now in Europe, is doing se
cret work dealing with the robot
bomb. Pvt. Harlan J. Smith is sta
tioned at Stuttgart Army Air Field
in Arkansas as a weather observer.
A good massage with half a lemon
once every week keeps the hands
free of stains. Two coats of nail
polish will give a brilliant depth of
color. Drinking milk does keep nails
from becoming brittle. Pointed nails
are out of fashion. Dark nail polish
makes the skin look whiter by con
trast. Small hands look prettiest
with rosy shades of polish!
Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features.
MOPSY By GLADYS PABKES
Another 1942 winner, Pfc. Allen
Voight of Salem, Ore., turns his
technical training to the service of
his country. He is doing medical
research at Bushnell general hospit
al, Brigham City, Utah.
"GAY GADGETS"
Associated Newspapers—WNU Features.
By NANCY PEPPER
MORE BOY CRAZIES
You’d be surprised at how many
boys write in to this column and
complain that they’re being neglect
ed. All right, boys, you asked for
it. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
How’s your Loaf Life?—It’s cata
clysmic if you’re wearing one of
those Don O’Connor loafer jackets—
and you probably are! How do you
feel about the way the gals have
Coast Guard’s New
Icebreaker Is Most
Powerful in World
“We had the other tub installed
. . . Junior insisted on a two ocean
navy.”
Early in March the new coast
guard icebreaker, Mackinaw, the
most powerful ship of this type in
the world, will clear a channel for
ore boats through the canals and
straits at the northern end of Lake
Superior. Ordinarily a fleet of ships
numbering as many as 100 is ice-
locked in Whitefish Isay until spring.
This year the much-needed iron
from Minnesota’s mines can be
transported to the steel mills in
Great Lakes cities several weeks
earlier than usual.
While the lakes themselves are
unfrozen all winter, except for a
fringe from five to ten miles off
shore, the narrow waters in straits,
canals and harbors are covered with
ice from December to April. It may
be from one to eight feet thick, ty
ing up shipping all winter. Old-style
icebreakers have not been able to
keep lanes open throughout the cold
season. Ships of the Mackinaw type
should be able to do so. Vice Adm.
Russell Waesche was quite satisfied
with the ship’s performance on a
test run on Lake Huron last Decem
ber, and on a voyage from Lake
Superior into Lake Michigan in Jan
uary.
The icebreaker, built at a cost of
$10,000,000, approximates in size a
cruiser. She is 290 feet long with a
beam of 74% feet and carries 12 of
ficers and 164 enlisted men. She is
insulated throughout with cork to
keep the crew comfortable in tem
peratures of 30 degrees below zero.
In addition to 1%-inch plates, the
heaviest on the lakes, and six Diesel
and two electric engines^ develop
ing a total of 10,000 horsepower, the
Mackinaw has two new ice-smash
ing devices.
One is a bow propeller designed
to suck the water out from under
stolen them right off your manly
shoulders?
Slick Slacks—Of course, you’re
still blinding us with those violent
“cords,” but it’s your
new Glen plaids that
make your Able Grable
sing, “My Beloved Is
Rugged.”
In the Know About
Bows—They tell us that
you’re wearing your Si
natra bowties on your
belt buckles. Say it
isn’t so!
Up lour Sleeves—Lots of boys are
wearing those leather dog collars as
bracelets. As many as five on a
wrist, all in different colors! It’s
brutal.
Sweater Favorite—It’s an up and
coming sweater style with the
wolves—this button front, sleeveless
job. Watch out, boys, the gals will
steal it from you, just as they’ve
made away with your argyles and
reindeers, your V necks and your
sleeveless pull-ons.
ENGLISH IS BROKEN HERE
It’s a new kind of double talk that
has us in a tizzy. Mebbe it’s the
influence of that popular movie,
“Janie,” or mebbe it’s all your own
idea. You certainly have the out
siders in the well-known state of ut
ter confusion.
Scrambled Letters—It someone
says “Ood Geevening” to you, don’t
report him to the FBI. He’s simply
saying “Good Evening” in the new
scrambled way that puts the first
letter of a word between the first
and second syllables. See?
Shakespearian Shake-up — When
you hear a teen-age voice saying,
“Hasten, varlet, with that double
malted,” or “Yea, verily, it sends
me,” it isn’t something out of the
old Bard of Avon. It’s just one of
those new Trends we’re always talk
ing about.
In Reverse—Have you heard about
the Frog who couldn’t croak because
he had a Man in his throat? Have
you heard about the People Toed
Pigeons? Have you heard about the
sick dog who said, “It shouldn’t hap
pen to a man”? These gags in re
verse are good for a giggle any time.
Well, send me and call me Swoony
if that isn’t the end of our Jabber-
wocky lesson for today!
MANY HAPPY RETURNS
Harpy huddles are lots of fun—
We never miss the boys;
An evening spent with other girls
Is what a girl enjoys.
Who broods about her dateless
nights?
Who wants her phone to ring?
We girls just get together with
Some discs by Frank and Bing.
Our boys have marched off to war—
Each Bob and Joe and Bill-
Will we be glad to get them back?
YOU BET YOUR LIFE WE WILL!
ggjg
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The coast guard icebreaker Mackinaw opens a channel for freighters
in the straits of Mackinac. The new ship easily crashed through thick
ice during a trial voyage on the Great Lakes in January.
the ice directly ahead of the ship.
This makes it easier for the cutaway
bow to break heavy ice into small
chunks.
The second is four inter-connected
tanks among which water may be
shifted to “trim” the ship fore and
aft or “heel” it from port to star
board to free it from the ice. Pow
erful pumps will shift 16,000 gallons
of water from tank to tank in less
than a minute, rocking the ship like
a hobby horse.
She plowed through 20 inches of
solid blue ice as though it were soft
butter on her first trial and also ne
gotiated without difficulty windrows
of drifted ice as much as 10 feet
high. She used full power only once
and never had to call upon her spe
cial ice-crushing equipment. Per
formance exceeded expectations.
Arab Pickets Using
Slogans From Bible
JERUSALEM. — Arab pickets
used Christian Biblical slogans in
a strike against an American
missionary society.
They want better hours, better
pay, one day off a week and an
nual vacations.
Arab unions, which are political
enemies of the Jewish unions, are
providing strike breakers.
TELEFACT
CANADA'S UVESTOCK INCREASING
1941
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SHEEP 1944
Each symbol represents one million heads
728,400 War Veterans
Placed Through USES
WASHINGTON, D. C—The United
States employment service found
jobs for more than twice as many
veterans in 1944 as in 1943. In the 11
month period from January to No
vember last year, the war manpow
er commission reported, job place
ments totaled 728,400 compared with
317,600 in the same period cf 1943.
Veterans of the present war ac
counted for about 75 per cent of the
total.
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Well-Fitting Afternoon Frock
Add Bolero to Sun-Back Dress
1292
35-52
Afternoon Frock.
T'HE sort of dress every woman
likes—with its soft, graceful
skirt, nice shoulder detail and flat
tering sweetheart neck edged in
ruffling. Especially designed to
give you a poised, well-groomed
feeling.
• • •
Pattern No. 1292 comes in sizes 36, 38.
40, 42, 44, 46. 48. SO and 52. Size 38. three-
quarter sleeves, requires 3% yards of 39-
inch material; 1 yard edging lor neck
trim.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Heat Pickup
In the split second that is re
quired to light a safety match on
the surface of the container, the
heat of the friction increases the
temperature of the head to its
ignition point of between 333 and
388 degrees Fahrenheit.
Sunback Dress.
npHIS smart sunback frock has
gay over-shoulder ruffles to
give it a jaunty air. A “cover-up”
bolero is included in the pattern
which adds up to an ideal mid
summer outfit. Make it in polka
dots or bright checked cottons.
• • •
Pattern No. 1983 comes in sizes 10, 12.
14, 16, 18 and 'JO. Size 12. with ruffles,
requires 3'h yards of 35 or 39-inch fabric;
7 yards rick rack to trim ruffles and skirt;
plain dress. Sit yards: bolero Hit yards.
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