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Show FOUR MILFORD STUDENTS ENTER WESTiKGnSUSi SCEC LAREHiP CONTEST Four Milford High school students have entered a nation-wide "science talent search" which offers trips to Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, for final examination of the students wjio are selected as most apt in scientific studies, and 10 Westing-house Westing-house scholarships for the ten finalist';. Local students who took the science aptitude test last Friday, December 21, are Melpha Lyman, Arthur Johnson, Mitchell White and Bert Leany. Tests were held under the supervision of J. M. liuches. The Science Talent Search is conducted annually by Science Clubs of America, administered by Science Service. The purpose of the search is to discover and help develop scientific talent that will be of value to the natio.i in war and "t- Forty ooys and girls who lead in the preliminary examinations will be given all-expense trips to Washington to attend the Scene-; Talent Institute for five days and take the final examinations for the Westinghouse Science Scholarships. Schol-arships. Two contestants, one boy and one girl, will be selected by a board of judges to receive Westing- house r.rand science scholarships of $2'-?,l each ($600 per year for four years1. Eight more contestants contest-ants will receive Westinghouse 1 scholarships for $10 0($100 a year lor four years) and $3000 -additional : in scholarships will be awarded. As part of the preliminary ex-' ex-' aminations, each contestant was ; required to submit an essay ot I-I.d iL 1000 words on the subject ' "My Scientific Project." |