50th CSC Scholastic Contest is Friday

A total of 1,416 students representing 52 high schools are registered, for the event, which covers nearly every aspect of the curriculum with 46 exams. The tests will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at sites across campus.

Dr. James Wright, a CSC business professor who serves as chairman of Scholastic Contest committee, said the organizers have made an effort to make this year special. The day will feature scores of activities, contests and displays for the visiting teenagers while they’re not taking tests. Each student who takes a test will do so with a 50th anniversary pencil.

Seniors who place first in a test receive the Scholastic Achievement Award, which covers the in-state portion of tuition for CSC’s 2010-2011 academic year. The high school that scores the most points in each of the contest’s five divisions will receive a plaque, and the top three individuals in each test are awarded medals.

An addition to this year’s test slate of test subjects is the “Eagle Cook-Off” administered by CSC Family and Consumer Science professor Jay Sutliffe. The activity involves teams of three preparing healthy meals the typical college student will eat. The meals must meet dietary and cost guidelines, and must be prepared with a limited number of appliances.

The CSC Scholastic Contest, which began in 1961 with 846 students from 41 schools, is believed to be the oldest and largest of its kind in the High Plains region. This year’s registration is up 165 from last year’s total. The highest number of entrants was 1992 with 2,643 in attendance.

More information about the event, its tests and its history may be found at www.csc.edu/scholastic.

Following are this year’s participating schools followed by their number of registrants.

Ainsworth 21; Alliance 64; Anselmo-Merna 22; Banner County (Harrisburg) 16; Bayard 26; Bennett County (Martin S.D.) 21; Bridgeport 37; Central (Rapid City S.D.) 31; Chadron 47; Cody-Kilgore 22; Crawford 36; Creek Valley 24; Edgemont (S.D.) 17; Garden County (Oshkosh) 37; Gering 18; Gordon-Rushville 44; Guernsey-Sunrise (Wyo.) 7; Hay Springs 27; Hemingford 42; Hot Springs (S.D.) 18; Hyannis 16; Kimball 33; Leyton (Dalton) 37; Lingle-Fort Laramie (Wyo.) 18; Minatare 13; Mitchell 29; Morrill 31; Mullen 27; Niobrara County (Lusk Wyo.) 18; O'Neill 39; Oelrichs (S.D.) 8; Ogallala 52; Perkins County (Grant) 22; Pine Ridge Job Corps (Chadron) 14; Potter-Dix 25; Rapid City Christian (S.D.) 23; Red Cloud (Pine Ridge S.D.) 10; Rock County (Bassett) 19; Saint Francis Indian School (S.D.) 20; Scottsbluff 43; Sidney 38; Sioux County (Harrison) 8; St. Thomas More (S.D.) 32; Stevens (Rapid City S.D.) 53; Stuart 17; Sturgis-Brown (Sturgis S.D.) 50; Thedford 20; Todd County (Mission S.D.) 16; Upton (Wyo.) 21; Valentine 26; Wall (S.D.) 28; West Holt (Atkinson) 33.