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Show Union Pacific to Increase to $200 For Scholarships Union Pacific Railroad's Agricultural Agri-cultural College scholarship payments pay-ments will be doubled this year "to help meet the growing costs of education," for recipients. Announcing the increase from $100 to $200 for each recipient, U.P. president A. E. Stoddard rioted the scholarship program is designed to recognize worthy efforts ef-forts of farm youth and to encourage en-courage them to prepare for a future in agriculture. "This educational program represents rep-resents Union Pacific's contribu-' tion to the cause of agricultural education in the railroad's territory," terri-tory," he said. "We desire to provide pro-vide an incentive for students to secure a college education in a field in which they have already expressed serious interest." The increase will' become effective ef-fective with the 1959 awards. Selections Sel-ections will be based upon records rec-ords and achievements of applicants. appli-cants. The award is available for use at one of the Land Grant agricultural colleges in 11 states through which U.P. operates. Beginning with the 1959 a-wards, a-wards, the program will be designated desig-nated Union Pacific Railroad Scholarship. It has been known under the name of Carl Raymond Gray. With a schedule of over 200 awards made annually since 1921, selections of 7,839 have been made and over half a million dollars dol-lars spent in scholarship payments pay-ments to young agriculturists. The scholarships are offered annually to one 4-H club member mem-ber and one student of vocational agriculture in each of the 197 counties served by the railroad. Selections are made by county committees under the supervision supervi-sion of state 4-H club leaders and the state supei-visors of vocational vocation-al agriculture. Joe W. Jarvis, U.P.'s supervisor of livestock and agriculture.' will continue to administer ad-minister the program for the president. |