Drucilla B. Hallam, Arthur B. Lamb, and Bessie E. Perkins, all of whom are scheduled to retire on Nov. 1, 1948, upon terms mutually satisfactory to the Board and to each of t h e said employees desiring to continue in its service. It was moved, seconded, and carried that William G. Owens be granted emeritus status as of Jan. 1, 1936. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Executive Secretary inform the St. Joseph Valley Section that, without any consideration of the merits of the proposal, its resolution "advocating that a primary objective of the foreign policy of our Nation should be the establishment of a federal world government, ,, is not
various claims to discovery of element 61 and the right to establish its name, tabled at the meeting of the Board of Directors on April 19, 1948, again was considered. I t was moved, seconded, and carried that, since the naming of an element is an international matter, this matter be referred to the National Research Council for appropriate action and with the request that, if possible, such action as is to be taken in this country be completed in time for the American delegates to the 1949 Meeting of the International Union of Chemistry to bring before that body the opinions of American chemists. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the ACS accept responsibility %for administration of the Precision Scientific Co. Award in Petroleum Chemistry, to be financed by the Precision Scientific Co. of Chicago, consisting of $1,000 and a certificate to be presented annually to a citizen of the United States or Canada not more than 40 years old for outstanding re-
within the purview of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY as it is defined in the
Charter of the organization and, therefore, that the Board believes action on the resolution should not be taken by the Society. The request of B. S. Hopkins for appointment of a committee to consider the
search in the chemistry of petroleum or in fundamental research that contributes directly and materially to the knowledge of petroleum and its products. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors consider the subject of award administration and recommend to the Board a policy for the future acceptance of such responsibility. At t h e request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, suggestions were made concerning persons who should be considered for appointment to the Committee on Liaison with the Department of the Army. At t h e request of the President of the Society, suggestions were made concerning persons who might be appointed t o represent the ACS in a consulting capacity to the office of Civil Defense Planning. The meeting adjourned at 5:10 P.M. ALDEN H. EMERY, Secretary
BeloxK. W. P. Cohoe, outgoing president, tenders the 9 "President's Coffee Pot * to the new head of the club9 F. E. Barrows
Milton C. Whitaker and Wallace P. Cohoe, past presidents of the club, and Frederick G. Zinsser, Marston T. Bogert. antl Charles L. Parsons, three of the club's earliest members
Chemists' Club Celebrates 50 Years A STAFF R E P O R T
T HE friendships which I have made through this club I count as the greatest accomplishments of my life," said Charles Lathrop Parsons, a man of many accomplishments, in receiving honorary membership from The Chemists' Club of New York on June 24. The former secretary of the ACS was one of four distinguished men in science and industry to be given honorary membership by the club, which this year is observing its golden jubilee. I t was founded in 1898. Others selected for the same honor were Milton C. Whitaker, Hugo Rudolph Kruyt, and the Hon. Viscount Leverhulme. Certificates of honorary membership were formally given to Drs. Parson and Whitaker by Wallace P. Cohoe, retiring president of the club, following a dinner tendered by the outgoing executive to the new president, seven past presidents, trustees, and honored guests. V O L U M E
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This latter ceremony, a time-honored custom a t the Chemists' Club, is marked by "passing of the pot" by the old to the new president. The pot in this instance is a coffee pot, and it differs from the silver vessels used by members in that it is fashioned from copper. Names of past club presidents are inscribed on the "boiler," led by that of Dr. Whitaker. Early members, including Drs. Parsons, Whitaker, and Marston T. Bogert, came into the club during days of adversity when the coffee pot ceremony and dinner were costly to outgoing presidents. This year the copper heirloom passed into the hands of a new president, Frank E . Barrows, a member since 1912, who is with the patent law firm of Pennie, Davis, Marvin & Edmonds. Two members who came in for attention during the evening's festivities were Dr. .
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Bogert, who was SO years old on April 18 this year, and Frederick G. Zinsser who also attained 80 on March 20. They are past presidents of the club, and they recalled, as did Whitaker and Parsons, the trying days when the club had neither housing nor funds. Dr. Bogert told how 30 chemists in the New York area each pledged $100 against deficits arising from the first 3rear's operations and finally located a home for the club a t 108 West 55th St. No finer thing could have been done in the interests of chemistry, he observed. Today, The Chemists' Club has assets in excess of $600,000, a 10-story building of its own in midtown New York (52 East 41st St.), a membership of 2,272 as of July 1, 1948, of which resident and nonresident members are restricted to 1,925, and one of the world's foremost chemical libraries. 2057
