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ACS NEWS Climbing the Ladder of Success Ten sections are on a pedestal, exceeding ACS fund g o a l ; others near 1 0 0 %

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$1000. This award is underwritten by Kenneth A. Spencer, Spencer Chemical.

Fund for Student Travel A gift of $1500 has been donated to the University of Wisconsin by an emeritus professor, W. H. Peterson. Its purpose: to enable biochemistry students to attend scientific meetings. Principal and income from the grant will provide travel expenses for graduate students, permitting them to present papers at annual meetings of either the

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the American Society of Biological Chemists. In providing the money, Peterson requested that no single student receive more than $100 for any one meeting. He also asked that no more than $200 be used for travel to the meetings of either society in any one year. Students to be awarded the travel expenses will be selected each year by a committee appointed by the chairman of the biochemistry department. A w a r d Continued for Three Years The Kansas City Section's Charles F. Spencer Award will b e continued for another three years a n d the honorarium will be increased from $500 to

Appointments . C. F. Rassweiler, president of the AMERICAN

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pointed the following individuals to represent the Society at special events: Robert D. Williams presided at the inauguration of Rufus Patterson Perry as president of Johnson C Smith University on April 7. William J. Barrett participated in t h e inauguration of Frank Anthony Rose as president of t h e University of Alabama on April 9. Robert D. Brown represented the Society at the inauguration of Henry King Stanford as president of Birmingham-Southern College o n April 11. Joseph N. Bartlett a n d Earl E. Fisher represented the Society as delegates to the Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences in Philadelphia on April 11 and 12. Robert J. Hartman w a s appointed to represent the Society in the inauguration of William Joseph McDonald as rector of Catholic University of America on April 16.

v Rocket Hazards Telecast Milwaukee chemist Hamilton Pinkalla (left) points out dangers of drug store chemicals used in home-made rockets. Pinkalla, together with W a r r a n t Officer Francis Kelley (center) of the 61st Antiaircraft Artillery G r o u p , appears on a telecast on the hazards and safety of home-made rockets. Amateur rocketeers are told that ACS members and the Army can give professional guidance in thenefforts. Broadcast over WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee the program w a s organized by the Milwaukee Section, ACS. Bill Reynolds ( r i g h t ) , MC's. APRIL

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