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high schoolers EfTorts of the business community to help' disadvantaged kids often go unheralded. Consider the project of the American Chemical Society to move 100 high school students from poor neighborhoods to college campuses this summer. Under "Project Catalyst" each boy or girl will receive a grant of $500 and work al a in W directly with professors of chemistry and «nÎor»V«' î \^cipa'' e their research teams in serious scientific research. Launched as a pilot project in 1968 with 10 students, it is entirely supported by voluntary contributions from that individual members of the American s Und Chemical Society. age The students, going to 64 universities in a liq44 states, find they can overcome severe *"** ? I î S n Chemical S ,f ^ e d v ^ n educational handicaps. They learn to mas-
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ter slide rules, elements of computer programming, and the use of laboratory equipment. And a lot of them go back to their senior year in high school with a new determination to go on to college, The professors involved find they have a better understanding of how disadvantaged youths are motivated and think. American Chemical Society members also support, by voluntary contributions, such programs as the finding of summer jobs in the chemical industry for disadvantaged college freshmen and sophomores. The blanket title for nine such summer projects is "Project Seed" (Subcommittee on the Education and Employment of the Disadvantaged). Rightly named.' ^
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Project SEED is a unique A C S activity t h a t helps t h e local community and provides an opportunity f o r direct financial support by A C S members. T o succeed it m u s t have your interest and your continuing support through a positive c o m m i t m e n t o f your t i m e and your funds. Please fill o u t t h e coupon and send it w i t h your contribution t o :
PROJECT SEED: Enclosed please find my contribution in the amount of $the continuation of ACS Project SEED programs. NAM Ε STREET_ CITY & STATE_
American Chemical Society 1155 1 6 t h S t r e e t , N.W. W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 20036
ACS Local Section „ Please enclose with your donation made payable to ACS PROJECT SEED.
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