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Show Workshop at "U" Open to Science Teachers Mow Junior and senior high school science teachers of the state have been given an extra week until May 15 to apply for scholarships to take a three-week Utah mineral industries workship June 9 to July 1 at the University of Utah. The Natural Resources Committee Com-mittee of the Utah Associated Chambers of Commerce provides 35 scholarships for the course. These scholarships cover registration regis-tration and tuition fees and transportation trans-portation expenses on field trips, according to Norman Clayton, Natural Nat-ural Resources Committee chairman. chair-man. In addition jo nine classroom days, the course will include eight days of field trips to such industries in-dustries as copper, lead, zinc, uranium, iron, steel, oil, gas, steel fabricating, salt, fertilizer and building materials. Although the course is intended primarily for teachers in natural sciences and social sciences, any junior or senior high school teacher, counselor or school administrator ad-ministrator may apply with the U. of U. Extension Division for the scholarships. Carrying five hours of university univer-sity credit, the course is designed to acquaint teachers with changes occurring in Utah's economy and to show the role and economic importance of Utah's natural resource res-ource industries to the economic well-being of the state. |