Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-02-03 | Page 15 | Utahn Reaches 'Search' Finals

5 S. S 5 1 a Y c tc W PI S Sei ei Roger ROber Hugh h Nelson Nel on bears beara I Utah banner in science race Hahn Reaches Search Finals Special to The Theo Telegram WASHINGTON Feb 3 A North Sanpete high school student student student stu stu- dent 17 Thursday became the tho first Utahn ever to reach the finals of a wide nation science search conducted annually by Westinghouse Vesting VestIng- house Educational Foundation maintained by Westinghouse Electric Electric Elec Elec- trie Corp He is Roger Hugh Nelson son of Mr r. r and Mrs Hugh Nelson Spring City one of 40 high school seniors named throughout the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion to compete for a 2800 scholarship scholarship scholarship schol schol- amidst a total of in prizes The students were selected for their unusual scientific activities Young Nelson for instance wants a career in photographic research He holds a patent on a color process for photography Interested in color television he has experimented with a three- three channel color system and has built from his own theories a bar magnet magnet mag mag- mag-I mag net clock a photocell dimmer switch for auto headlights and an electrically wound clock He was the only youth selected from the intermountain area All 40 10 competitors will attend a five-day five science talent institute here starting March 3 3 Judges will interview hem them and award winners will be he selected Other prizes include a 2000 science scholarship eight scholarships and to be used by judges at their discretion