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The ACS Prize Essay Contest
Richard E. Rice
Florence, MT 59833-1210
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December 2005
Vol. 82 No. 12
p. 1765
Abstract
In 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Francis Garvan gave the ACS $10,000 to support a national essay contest among the nation's high-school students. Conducted annually until 1931, the contest involved hundreds of thousands of students and more than forty thousand volunteers. Six different essay topics on the relationship of chemistry to various aspects of American life helped increase scientific literacy and appreciation for the importance of chemistry, both among individuals and throughout the country as a whole.
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 Rice, Richard E. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 1765.
*  Keywords
 Applications of Chemistry; Communication / Writing; Consumer Chemistry; General Public; History / Philosophy
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November 4, 2005
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