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fifty-four essays, representing each state, as 

 well as the Disltriet of Columbia, the Canal 

 Zone, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii and 

 Alaska. Selection of the best essays, out of 

 the thousands written in the states and terri- 

 tories, was made by leading educational insti- 

 tutions, such as a state university, or the state 

 department of education. 



It is estimated by officials of the board that 

 at least 250,000 pupils of high school grade 

 participated in the contest, and these fifty-four 

 manuscripts, therefore, represent the cream of 

 all papers presented. Essays were written 

 on the subject, "How good roads are developing 

 my community." In many states local prizes 

 were given, as well as state prizes by the insti- 

 tffltions conducting the contest. 



The scholarship is given by H. S. Mrestone, 

 Akron, Ohio, a member of the Highway Edu- 

 cation Board. It is intended to defray tuition 

 and expenses of the student in college and is 

 valued at not less than $4,000. The successful 

 gtudent, to be selected by the judges, may 

 attend any college or university in the United 

 States. It is expected that the judges will 

 reach a decision in time to permit ithe success- 

 ful boy or girl to enter college this autumn. 

 The scholarship is given annually for the best 

 essay on a subject pertaining to good roads. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF IRON AND STEEL 

 ENGINEERS 



The sixteenth annual convention will be held 

 September 11 to 15, at Cleveland, Ohio. Fol- 

 lowing is the tentative program: 

 Monday, September 11 

 9:30 A.M. 

 Business session — Election of officers. 



2:00 P.M. 

 Report of Standardization Conunittees. P. W. 



Cramer, chairman. 

 Eeport of Sub-Coanmittee on Motors. D. M. 



Petty, eliairman. 

 Report of Sub-Committee on Lighting. E. G. 



Bauer, chairman. 

 Eeport of Sub-Committee on Control. F. W. 



Cramer, chairman. 

 Eeport of Sub-Committee on Cranes: "Resume 



of AI&SEB Crane Code." E. S. Shoemaker, 



chairman. 

 Eeport of Sub-Committee on Transmission: "In- 



vestigation of Insulators for Steel Mill Serv- 

 ice. " A. R. Leavitt, chairman. 

 Report of Electric Development Committee. R. B. 



Gerhardt, chairman. 

 Eeport of Electric Furnace Committee. E. T. 



Moore, chairman. 

 Eeport of Safety Committee. ' ' Safety Organ- 

 ization — General Safety Eules. " P. A. Wiley, 

 eliairman. 



Tuesday, Septembee 12 

 9:30 A.M. 

 ' ' Generating Station Development " : D. B. 

 Eiislimore and E. Pragst. 

 2:00 P.M. 

 ' ' Electrification of the International Nickel Com- 

 pany 's Works for Monel Metal": F. C. Wat- 

 son. 



Wednesday, September 13 

 9:30 A.M. 

 "Steam Turbine Operation": L. W. Heller. 

 ' ' Internal Combustion Engines for Power Gen- 

 eration in Steel Mills": D. M. Petty. 

 2:00 P.M. 

 ' ' Judging the Combustion of Gaseous Fuels from 



Gas Analysis": A. G. Witting. 

 Topical Discussion — "Boiler Practices of 1922": 

 J. B. Crane, E. E. Fish, Alfred Cotton, R. E. 

 Butler, E. M. Rush and P. H. Falter. 

 Thursday, September 14 

 9:30 A.M. 

 "A Review of Steel Mill Electrification": B. G. 

 • La-mme and W. Sykes. 



2:00 P.M. 

 "Improvement in Efficiency of Electric Power 

 Supply ' ' : Dr. C. P. Steinmetz. 

 7:00 P.M. 

 Sixteenth annual banquet. 



Friday, September 15 

 9:30 A.M. 

 "Some Considerations in the Electrification of 

 the Steel Plant Railroad Yard": E. B. Ger- 

 hardt. 



2:00 P.M. 

 Inspection trips — Cleveland industrials. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



The centenary of the death of two distin- 

 guished astronomers occurred last month. Wil- 

 liam Hersehel died on August 25, 1822, and 

 Jean Baptiste Joseph Deiambre on August 19. 



At the meeting of the French Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, held at Mont- 

 pellier from July 24 to 29, M. Mangin, director 



