Undergraduates in the University will have an opportunity to compete in a nation-wide contest for six prizes of $1000 each to be awarded to the students of college grade who write the best essays on each of six designated topics relating to chemistry. The contest is being conducted by the American Chemical Society.

During the year 1923-24 the society conducted a Prize Essay Contest in the high and secondary schools of the United States as an educational project intended to create a better appreciation of the vital importance of chemistry in the national life of this country. The contest was very successful, over 500,000 students of high school grade from all over the country participated. As a result of the success of last year's contest, Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan of New York city have provided funds, not only to duplicate the high school contest this year, but to enlarge its scope by adding the contest for college and university undergraduates.

Booklets will be available for distribution among students interested in the contest, explaining the conditions.