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Show Moab Student a Finalist In Vocational Program Principal Leland Teeples has announced that a student at Grand county High School has been named Semifina!-ist Semifina!-ist in the 1968-69 National Merit Scholarship Program. The student is Charles Pipkin, Pip-kin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Pipkin of Moab. The 15,000 semifinalists appointed ap-pointed Wednesday are among am-ong the nation's most intellectually intel-lectually able high school seniors and will compete for some 3,000 Merit Scholarships Scholar-ships to be awarded in 1969. The semifinalists were the highest scorers in their states stat-es on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test,' given last February in 17,500 schools nationwide. They constitute con-stitute less than one per cent of the graduating sec-ondard sec-ondard school seniors in the United States. The Semifinalists show high promise for leadership in their adult careers, according accor-ding to John M. Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Corpora-tion. "They have already demonstrated de-monstrated both high intellectual intel-lectual capacity and a readi-'ness readi-'ness to develop their abilities," abilit-ies," he said. "These students deserve credit and honor. They bring honor to their families, who deserve much credit, as do their teachers and their com munitics. Their future success, suc-cess, however, will depend increasingly upon their ability abil-ity to become productive at the high intellectual levels of which they are capable." Semifinalists must advance to finalist standing to be considered for Merit Schol-larships, Schol-larships, since all winners will be selected from the finalist fin-alist group. Semifinalists become be-come finalists by receiving the endorsement of their schools, submitting scores from a second examination, and providing information about their achievements and interests. Every semifinalist who becomes be-comes a finalist, will be considered con-sidered for one of the 1,000 National Merit Scholarships, of $1000 each, allocated by state. Many will also be considered con-sidered for the four-year Merit Scholarships provided by some 400 corporations, foundations, colleges, unions, trusts, professional associations, associa-tions, other organizations, and individuals. Winners of four-year Merit Scholarships may receive up to $1 ,5'JO a year for four college years, depending on their individual need. Win-rners Win-rners of the National Merit $1000 Scholarships will receive re-ceive one-time stipends of $1,000 upon enrollment in college. High school grades, accomplishments, ac-complishments, leadership qualities, extracurricular activities, ac-tivities, and school citizenship citizen-ship of the finalists are evaluated, eval-uated, along wth test scores, in selecting Merit Scholarship Scholar-ship winners. 1 Names of the winners m 1 the 1968-69 Merit Program will be announced by early May 1969. Some 18,700 students stu-dents have received Merit Scholarships in the thirteen annual programs to date. Nearly $60 million in -fiiim-cial assistance to Merit Scho; 'lars and their colleges has been expended or committed commit-ted through the program to date s |