Chemistry Award

An award of $2,500 to the Department A of Chemistry by the Du Pont Company has been granted "to assist the College in maintaining its excellent performance in the teaching of undergraduate chemistry." Dartmouth was among 19 private colleges selected because of an outstanding record in the training of fouryear chemistry majors, according to the announcement of the award made by Du Pont Company last month. Although this firm has annually supported postgraduate fellowships and fundamental research projects, this is the first time that grants have been made to undergraduate colleges to encourage, through effective instruction, more well-trained chemistry majors to continue their studies in graduate schools.

The grant is to be used according to the judgment of the College as to what might best assist and advance the teaching of chemistry. The money is not provided for routine maintenance or building funds; but equipment, books, student aid, fees for visiting lecturers, and trips by staff members to scientific meetings are among the benefits it was believed would be increased by additional financial resources. Crawford H. Greenewalt, president of the Du Pont Company, said, "The maintenance and encouragement of high quality teaching is vital to the future supply and quality of scientists, and, consequently, research."