training. Less misdirected effort, fewer false starts, and more gratifying results could be expected. Following the scent of truth, simply for the sake of experiencing the pleasure of momentarily possessing it, is a fascinating and laudable pursuit, but there are marked differences in the value of truths, and it is only common sense to go after that most worth while. No sane hunter will waste his ammunition on a sparrow when he has a chance to get a partridge. A general course in biology should be developed for the professional chemist. This should give him a composite picture of the structure and functions of his body and an appreciation of the influences of environment on health and happiness. Any further training in biology should be given in connection with the special work of the graduate or professional school. The best education for a chemist is that which fits him best to understand the problems of his environment; to most thoroughly appreciate human efforts and limitations and to enjoy the privileges of unselfish service-in short that which gives him the fullest acquaintance with life. COMMITTEE ACCEPTS CHEMICAL ACHIEYEMENT EXHIBITS Many of the leadina.entries for the Court of Chemical Achievement, t o be held in conjunction with the Tenth Exposition of Chemical Industries, during the week of Sept. 28th to October 3rd a t the Grand Central Palace, New York, commemorating notable discoveries and achievements in the field of American chemistry over the past few years, have been passed upon by the approval committee of the American Chemical Society and accepted for the Court. Dr. Marston T. Bogeft is chairman of the Committee of Approval. All exhibits to pass the committee have been strictly of American development and notable in the field of chemistry or chemical engineering. Some of the chief entries which have been accepted include: four colors and dyes. two rubber accelerators, duco, tontine, fabrimid, low freezing explosive, and a special shotgun powder, all by Du Pont; germanium dioxide made commercially, spectroscopically pure cadmium and zinc by the New Jersey Zinc Company; six new products from the Chemical Warfare Service; permalloy for high speed submarine cables by the Bell Telephone Laboratories; commercial metallic tantalum by the Fansteel Products Company; fibrin, haemoglabin, and serum albumin by the American Protein Company; catalytic oxidation of benzene to maleic acid and its derivatives by Weiss & Downs; tetra ethyl lead by the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation; crodon, a special plating alloy by the Chemical Treatment Company; bakelite by the Bakelite Corporation; 259 special organic chemical products by the Eastman Kodak Company; recent chemical development of special optical glass by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.; chemical development of Pyrex glassware by the Corning Glass Works; ethylene for coloring citrous fruits, fireproof fumigation of grain against weevils, and the preparation of invertase by the Bureau of Chemistry; thyroxin by the Mayo Foundation; karolith and its development from casein by the Karolith Corporation and others. The Committee of Approval has a number of additional applications still under consideration which will probably be passed on in the near future. Several products which were rejected have been returned to the committee with additional data requesting reconsideration. Entries for the Court of Achievement are still being received a t the Grand Central Palace offices of the Chemical Exposition. ~
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