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Show MINING INDUSTRY ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIPS More than $3,000.00 in cash and scholarship awards are being: offered of-fered to 'tie high school anad college col-lege student of Utah by the Mining Min-ing Industry of the state through the university of Utah. This announcement an-nouncement wag made today by the University of Utah and cannot can-not help but be of great interest to all whom the healthy growth of the atate is a matter of pride and concern and who are in lures tied ti-ed in carefully studying the economic eco-nomic foundations upon which it rests. As is well known, the mining industry in-dustry is one of the most important impor-tant industries of the state of Utah. The state boasta of the largest lead and copper producers in the country, not to mention a growjng iron and steel enterprise and is the center of the greatest smelting activity in the West. 1 It is believed that in our metal resources and their development we have our greatest and economically econ-omically unlimited agent to advancement, ad-vancement, and to the building of a balanced well contained atate. Utah is near the beginning of her history. A study of the means of progress in the past, when applied to our circumstances, would show where the current of progress lies and how to get into it. f -, To encourage such o study, particularly among the riaing generation gen-eration some of the leading mining min-ing companies of our state have offered, through the University of Utah, cash prises in the form of scholarships, to assist those desiring desir-ing to continue their education at the several institutions of higher learning of the atate those companies com-panies who have contributed funds for these scholarships may be mentioned men-tioned : Utah Copper Company, Tintic Standard Mining Company, Silver King Coalition, Iinee Com- pany, Bingham Mines Company, International Smelting Company, Combined Metals Production Com-pany, Com-pany, Utah Apex Mines Company, Utah Ore Sampling Company and New Quinccy Mining Company.. It is expected that others interested inter-ested in this subject will also contribute. con-tribute. ! , Although the University of Utah will, in the near future, send to the high schools and colleges of of the state literature giving full information concerning the award ing of these scholarships, the plan for their awarding is as follow: 1. The writer of the best paper, on a subject to be announced later in each of the high schools of the state will receive a cash prize of $15.00. 2. The writer of the second best paper in each of the high schools of the state will receive a cash prize of $10.00. 3. The writer of the five best papers selected from the ten best papers from the high, schools of the state will be given a cash prize of $100.00 each. 4. The writers of the two best papers submitted by members of the freshman class of the University Univer-sity of Utah, Utah Agricultural College, Brigham Young University, Univer-sity, Westmnister College or any Junior College of recognized col-legiate col-legiate standing will each receive a prize of $100,00. 5. The writers of the two best papers submitted by members of the sophomore class of the institutions insti-tutions above named will each receive re-ceive a cash prize of $200,00. 6. The writers of the two best papers submitted by members of the junior class of the University of Utah, Brigham Young Univer-sity Univer-sity and Utah Agricultural College Col-lege will receive a prize of $300.00 7. The writer of the beat paper submitted by a member of the senior class of the University of Utah, Brigham Young University and the Utah Agricultural Col-, lege will recieve prize of $400.00 Should the response show that the plan had met with the approval appro-val of the citizens of the state the donors for these scholarships have planned to offer these awards every ev-ery year. . |
