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Show ... . j tinn inctitlltinnS Urill cnn,n Principal Don H. Perkins announced that four senior students at Bountiful High School have been named Commended students in the 24th annual (1979) National Merit Scholarship Program. THIS HONOR recognizes each student's outstanding performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Apti-tude TestNational Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test which was administered nationwide na-tionwide to high school juniors in October 1977. Letters of Commendation will be presented to LeAnn Cutler, Michael N. Eiting, Randy Linnell and William G Wood. A TOTAL of almost 35,000 Commended students' throughout the United States are being honored by the National Na-tional Merit Scholarship Corporation; Cor-poration; students in this group represent the top five percent of more than one million participants in the Merit Program. Although Commended students scored slightly below the level required for Merit Program participants who were named semifinalists and who will continue in the competition for Merit Scholarships to be awarded in 1979, each Commended student has demonstrated exceptional ex-ceptional academic promise. A SPOKESMAN for NMSC stated that the corporation believes "the high standing of Merit Program Commended students is an attainment that deserves their public recognition, recog-nition, because the nation as well as these students will be benefitted by continued educational and personal development of their talents." To increase their opportunities oppor-tunities for college admission and financial aid NMSC has offered each Commended student an opportunity to have identifying information sent by the corporation to two higher education institutions selected by the student. IN ADDITION, NMSC makes it possible for regionally accredited U.S. colleges and universities to receive home addresses for Commended students, on a cost basis, so that an institution institu-tion may contact any of these promising young men and women directly. It is hoped that recognition of the Commended students in each year's Merit Program will serve as an en 1 couragement to able you?h and will assist them i 2 tainmg whatever informal, and assistance they may S to pursue their educa |