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APRIL 20, 1927
Council Holds Important Meeting at Richmond A well attended meeting of the Council ushered in the proceedings of the Seventy-third Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Richmond. President George D. Rosengarten called the Council to order shortly after 2 P. M. on Monday, April 11, in the auditorium of the Second Baptist Church. Dr. Rosengarten took occasion to thank the Council for the honor conferred upon him by his election to the Presidency of the Society. Secretary Charles L. Parsons presented applications for the formation of local sections from Porto Rico, Princeton, N . J., and Ada, Ohio. T h e Council voted affirmatively on these applications and also granted the request of the P a i n t and Varnish Section for Divisional status. I t was decided to recommend to the Society unanimously t h a t Wilhelm Ostwald and Walther Nernst be restored to the roll of honorary members of the Society. A recommendation from the Executive Committee to t h e effect t h a t rebates on the first year's dues of new members obtained by local sections be limited to t h e territory of the section from which the new member hails was approved. T h e Council failed to approve a recommendation t h a t 75 per cent of the surplus remaining in the convention funds of local sections after they have entertained t h e Society be turned over to the A. C. S. Endowment F u n d a n d the balance retained by the local Section. T h e Section was to have the option of specifying whether the contribution was to go to the endowment fund for general publications or to the special revolving fund for the decennial indices of Chemical Abstracts. T h e Executive Committee, having carefully considered the question of eliminating the Spring Meeting of the Society, which had been referred to it by the Council a t the Philadelphia Meeting, submitted a report recommending t h a t the Society continue to hold a t least two meetings each year as long as there is a demand from local sections to hold meetings in their respective cities. I t was pointed out t h a t the question of holding one or two meetings a year should be decided on t h e basis of their value to t h e Society a n d not on the basis of convenience to individual members. T h e present scheme of two meetings, the committee report stated, gives members a double chance of attendance, provides mediums for chemical publicity in various parts of the country, acts as a stimulus t o local sections, prevents crowding of individual meetings so t h a t the Society is n o t compelled t o confine its meetings to larger cities v/hich can accommodate great numbers of visitors, a n d is necessary in order to dispose of the large volume of business to be handled by t h e Society. T h e report was unanimously approved and the Council proceeded immediately to accept t h e invitation of the Columbus Section for t h e Spring Meeting in 1929. Invitations from Chicago for t h e Fall Meeting in 1929, from Atlanta for the Spring Meeting of 1930, a n d Cincinnati for the Fall Meeting in 1930 were announced b u t the Council cannot, under t h e by-laws, act upon invitations more t h a n two years in advance. T h e calendar of A. C. S. meetings for t h e next two years is as follows : Fall, 1927—Detroit Spring, 1928—St. Louis Fall, 1928—Swampscott (near Boston) Spring, 1929—Columbus T h e election of a member of t h e Executive Committee t o succeed Dr. George D. Rosengarten, who had been elevated to the presidency, resulted in a victory for S. W. Parr. T h e other nominees were W. Lee Lewis, James Kendall, and F . C. Whitmore. T h e report of the Committee on Entrance Requirements in
the Society was the subject of considerable discussion. It was finally decided t o accept the report without acting upon t h e recommendations. The report of the Committee on Relation of Non-Mernbers of the Society to A. C. S. Activities was approved. It provides t h a t registrants a t the conventions be asked to state whether or not they are members, and if not, whether they arc American chemists. Non-members of the Society are to pay a larger registration fee than t h a t paid by members and receive distinctive badges. The report also provides that papers by American chemists, not members of the Society, shall not be admitted to the programs of either general or regional meetings. It was decided to revise the method of electing honorary m e m bers a s follows: Nominations for honorary membership must be submitted to the Executive Committee in writing with signatures of at least ten members of the Society. A special coinrnittee of 7 members, 5 of whom shall be expert in the field of chemistry followed b y the proposed honorary member, is to be appointed in each case to report on t h e merit of the proposal. Trie Executive Committee will act on the report of the special committee and unless a t least 6 out of the 7 members of t h e latter approve the candidate, t h e Executive Committee is instructed t o reject. After being laid over for one meeting the Council will decide whether or not to forward the nomination to the General Meeting of the Society for final action. Not more than two proposals for honorary membership will be entertained a t any meeting and the total n u m b e r of honorary members in the Society shall not exceed 35. Dr. Charles H . Herty offered a resolution favoring t h e enactment of Senate bill 5835 seeking " t o establish a National Institute of Health, to authorize increased appropriations for the Hygienic Laboratory a n d to authorize t h e Government to accept donations for use in ascertaining the cause, prevention, and cure of disease affecting h u m a n beings, a n d for other purposes." T h e Council approved t h e resolution. Reports were received from W. A. Noyes and H. E . Howe, editors respectively of Scientific Monographs and 'fecnnological Monographs. The Council was asked to approve t h e establishment of an I n s t i t u t e of Chemical Education proposed b y the Committee on Chemical Education a n d t h e Senate of Chemical Hducation. After some discussion t h e matter was referred to the Executive Committee to report a t t h e Detroit Meeting. The Committee on Chemical Engineering Education presented a n interesting report in which it was pointed out among other things t h a t the American Chemical Society should have a dominating voice in formulating the requirements for t h e training of t h e chemical engineer; there should be sufficient flexibility t o meet the wide variation in the requirements of chemical engineering education a n d the educational facilities for meeting t h e m ; chemical engineers should have a thorough and extensive training in chemistry, physics, and mathematics; setting u p an approved list of chemical engineering schools is n o t favored; standardization of courses in variotts colleges is not considered favorable to t h e development of chemical engineering education; duplication of effort should be avoided and cooperation of this committee with a similar committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers is recommended. T h e report of the Committee was adopted a n d it will be published in the Proceedings in the May issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The E n d o w m e n t Committee reported t h a t the total of t h e en-
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dowment fund is now more than $36,000, about $7000 having been added in the past year. The report of the Committee on Industrial Alcohol is printed in full on page S. Secretary Parsons reported that the total membership of the Society is now 15,228. The thanks of the Society was transmitted t o Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan by resolution of trie Council for the renewal of their contribution to the Prize Essay Contest of the Society. The report of the Committee having the Prize Essay Contest in charge was presented by H. E. Howe, its chairman. The report indicated that the fourth contest launched on October 6, 1926, brought forth about 6000 essays from trie various secondary schools and 477 essays from college freshmen. About 12% of the secondary schools to which books and other information were distributed by the Committee participated in the contest. About 15% of the colleges and universities eligible to the contest were represented in the 477 essaj^s submitted. The 258 normal schools and teachers' colleges eligible participated to the extent of 135 essays received from 50 schools. Mr. and Mrs. Garvan have renewed their offer for the coming year on virtually the same basis obtaining this year. In the college freshmen contest there will be 3 prizes of $500, $300, and $200, respectively, in place of the single $1000 prize for the best essay in each of 6 groups. On motion of Dr. M. T. Bogert the Council authorized the appointment of a committee of five to cooperate in the organization of industrial museums in various parts of the country. The thanks of the Society was voted the Virginia Section and ail individuals and groups contributing to the pleasant sojourn of the visitors to Richmond. Detailed minutes of the meeting will be found in the Proceedings in the May issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Following the meeting of the Council there was a supper dance in the Auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel.
General M e e t i n g The General Meeting was held at 11 A. M., Tuesday, April 12, in the Auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel with William Clift, Chairman of the Virginia Section, presiding. Governor Harry Flood Byrd had been called out of the city because of illness in his family so the welcome on behalf of the State was extended by Col. John R. Saunders, the AttorneyGeneral. Mayor J. Fulmer Bright of the City of Richmond, who is also a physician, extended the freedom and hospitality of the city to those assembled and spoke of t h e great contributions of chemistry t o medicine. Dr. George D. Rosengarten, President of the Society, responded appropriately and thanked the members of the Virginia Section as well as the officiais and citizens of Richmond for their very cordial welcome. Chairman Clift impressed on the visitors that the Virginia Section had purposely left time open o n the entertainment program t o be occupied by their guests as they wished and that they had only to make their desires known to t h e Committee in order t o have them carried out. The easy manner in which the members of the local committee anticipated the desires of their guests and their zeal in attending to every comfort and wish of the visitors gave those w h o had not previously experienced it a real taste of true Southern hospitality. At this general meeting, the Society approved the recommendation of the Council and Bxecutive Committee that Wilhelm Ostwald and Walther Nernst be reinstated o n the honorary membership list, their names having been removed during the World War. Prof. Richard Willstâtter was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Society. After standing for a moment in silent tribute to the members of the Society who had been called t o their last rest during the preceding year, the meeting adjourned. A group photograph was taken immediately thereafter. Wednesday afternoon was taken u p by the general meetings of various Divisions. T h e report of these meetings will be printed in the May 10 News Edition. Wednesday morning and early afternoon were devoted to Divisional Meetings, an account of which will appear in the May 10 N e w s Edition. The late afternoon was given over t o a Garden Party on the beautiful campus of t h e University of Richmond and in the evening an address by Dr. Victor C. Vaughan was presented a t the Public Meeting in the Auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel on "A Chemical Concept of the Origin and Development of Life." This paper -will b e printed in CJiemical Reviews. Thursday was devoted t o divisional meetings with trips to industrial concerns and places of historic interest as well a s a golf tournament arranged during the afternoon for those who sought recreation. Various group dinners were held in the evening and a dance with entertainment features followed.
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T h e Public M e e t i n g at R i c h m o n d The public meeting held on the evening of Wednesday, April 13, in conformity with the practice of the Society to offer at its meeting an address of special interest to the people of the community, found every seat occupied in the auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel and standing room at a premium along the sides as well as at the back of the hall. Unfortunately a slight indisposition prevented Dr. Victor C. Vaughan from presenting his paper in person, but the manuscript on "A Chemical Concept of the Origin and Development of Life" was read by his son, Dr. Warren Vaughan, a resident of Richmond, Va. The speaker was introduced by President Rosengarten, who, following the address, expressed the thanks of the Society to Dr. Vaughan, Sr„ and t o his son for the presentation of this notable address. Past Presidents of the Society were seated on the rostrum. It is expected that the paper will appear in an early issue of Chemical Reviews.
Analysis of Registration a t R i c h m o n d The Registration at the Richmond Meeting reached a grand total of 1310, there being 975 members of the Society and 335 visitors. Alabama Connecticut Colorado California Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Iowa Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Minnesota Massachusetts Missouri Maryland Michigan Mississippi North Carolina N e w Jersey N e w York N e w Hampshire Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Tennessee Utah Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington, E>. C Canada China Denmark
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T h e Social Side Negro spirituals and a n old fashioned cake-walk, characteristic of the old South, were enthusiastically received by members of the Society a t the informal reception in the Auditorium of the Jefferson Hotel on Tuesday evening, April 12. .Encore after encore attested the pleasure of the assembly in the old melodies so dear to the southern heart, and so well rendered by the Sabbath Glee Club. "Swing I,ow, Sweet Chariot," "Everybody T a l k i e 'Bout Heaven," " The Hebrew Chillun," and many others of the old favorites were beautifully rendered by the entire glee club, and a quartet sang many of the old melodies which are so nearly spiritual in their appeal to the American heart as almost to be religious in their significance. The cakewalk, now a thing of the past, furnished its share in the amusement of the audience. Following the singing, light refreshments and punch were served. G A R D E N PARTY
Lowering clouds and occasional spits of rain failed to dampen the cardial hospitality of the University of Richmond extended to the members of the Society at a Garden Party on Wednesday afternoon and in spite of handicaps a delightful afternoon was spent on the beautiful campus of the University. An inspection of the new chemical laboratory with its several interesting exhibits of chemical activity in the South and industrial exhibits from elsewhere was followed by a reception in Westhampton College at which the young lady students served light refresh{Continued on page 5)
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Obituary H e r m a n n D . Engelhardt H e r m a n n D. Engelhardt, for the past t h i r t y - t w o years head of t h e Analytical D e p a r t m e n t of Sharp a n d Dohme, died, F e b r u a r y 9, 1927, a t his home in Baltimore. Dr. E n g e l h a r d t was born a t Braunschweig, G e r m a n y , in 1863, H e a t t e n d e d t h e private schools and t h e Pol y tech ni ku m of Braunschweig, entering the University of Gôttingen in 1882 a n d later a t t e n d i n g the University of Leipzig. H e received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from t h e University of Erlangen in 1888. After five y e a r s ' service as a chemist in t h e dye industry a t Hesse, Dr. Hngelhardt came t o t h e United S t a t e s in 1895 a n d entered t h e service of S h a r p a n d Dohme. Dr. E n g e l h a r d t was a member of the Revision Committee of t h e N a t i o n a l Formidary, American Pharmaceutical Association, M a r y l a n d Pharmaceutical Association!, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Steuben Society, and Engineers Club. H e is survived by his widow', one daughter, mother, a n d two sisters.
Research Grants and Fellowships All over t h e country, universities, colleges, and research institutions are cooperating with industries in fostering chemical research. We have compiled in the succeeding p a r a g r a p h s a list of research grants a n d fellowships in addition to those which h a v e been recorded in the a b s t r a c t of the annual report of t h e director of t h e Mellon Institute (see News Edition of April 10, page 2). T h e list below is by no m e a n s complete a n d additions will be gladly received for publication a t a future time. F E L L O W S H I P S SUPPORTED BY ASSOCIATIONS
Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers Association, Chicago, 111., a t University of Minnesota. Evaporated Milk Association a t University of Chicago. Determining Vitamin C. Evaporated Milk Association at University of Chicago. Availability of calcium and other minerals. Institute of American Meat Packers at Yale University. Influence of food on the quality of fat produced in the animal body. National Canners Association at Cornell University. National Fertilizer Association, Philadelphia, Pa., at University of Wisconsin. National Lime Association, Washington, D. C , at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. National JLime Association, Washington, D. C , a t Ohio State University. FELLOWSHIPS SUPPORTED BY I N D U S T R I E S
Acme White Lead and Color Works, Detroit, Mich., a t University of Michigan. American Petroleum Institute. $50,000 yearly for five years from John D. Rockefeller and same amount from Universal Oil Products Co. Bakélite Corporation, New York, Ν. Υ., at Northwestern University. Bakélite Corporation, New York, Ν. Υ., at Pennsylvania. State College. Borden Company at Columbia University. Research i n food chemistry and nutrition. $15,000. Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Conn., at Yale University. Colgate & Co. a t Women's Medical College. Causes of tooth decay and study of factors pertaining thereto. Corn Products Refining Co., New York, Ν. Υ., at American Institute of Baking. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t American Institute of Baking. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Brown University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at California Institute of Technology. IT. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Columbia University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Cornell University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Harvard University. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t Johns Hopkins Uni versity. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Lafayette College. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Ohio State University. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t Princeton University. E. I. du P o n t de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t university of Cali fornia. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at University of Chicago. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t University of Delaware. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at University of Illinois. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at University of Michigan. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t University of Minne sota. E . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., a t University of Virginia. E . I. du Pont d e Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Uuiversity of Wis consin. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., at Ya)f University. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, a t Municipal University of Akron. Two scholarships of $1000 each. Fleischmann Co., Peekskill, Ν. Υ., at University of Chicago. Fleischraann Co., Peekskill, Ν . Υ., at University of Minnesota. Freeport Sulphur Co., New York, Ν. Υ., at Crop Protection Institute. Fritzsch Brothers, Inc., New York, Ν. Υ.. at Columbia University. §3000. Chemistry of perfumes and essential oils. Fritzsche Brothers, Inc., New York, N . Y., at University of Wisconsin. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, at Municipal University of Akron.
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Grasselli Chemical Co.. Cleveland, Ohio, at Case School of Applied Science. Orasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, at Cornell University. Grasselli Chemical Co.. Cleveland, Ohio, at Indiana University. Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, a t Massachusetts institute of Technology. Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, a t Oherlin College. Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, a t Ohio State Xuniversity. Hammer mill Pap^r Co.. Erie, Pa., at Yale Universit3\ International Paper Co.. New York, Ν. Υ., at Lafayette College . Johnson and Johnson, New York, X . Y., a t Mellon Institute. Surgical supplies. Johnson and Johnson, New York, X. Y., at Philadelphia ColIeReof Pharmacy. Pharmacognosy and plant chemistry. S400. S. Karpen & Bros.. ChicaKO, 111., at Mellon Institute. Lchn and Fink Products Co.. Chicago. III., at Columbia University. Essential oils, perfumes, and related products. National Aniline and Chemical Co., Ino., New York, X. \r., at University of Michigan. National Live Stock and Meat Board at National R t earch Council. Two fellowships to study nutritive value of meat. $6000. (Given Is'ovember, 1925, for two years). National Live Stock and Meat Board a t Pennsylvania State College. $250. Iron content of meat. Newport Chemical Co., a* I T niversity of Wisconsin. Northwest Paper Co. and Cloquet Lumber Co., Cloquet, Minn., at Uni versity of Minnesota. Division of Agricultural Hiocheniistry. $>4OU0. Chemistry of wood products and wood utilization. Ohio Chemical and Manufacturing Co., a t Western Reserve University. S2000. Pure research on gases, with special reference to use as anesthetics. Palmolive Company, Milwaukee, Wis., at Cornell University. B. G. Pratt Co., New York, Ν . Υ., a t Crop Protection Institute. Quaker Oats Co. of America at University of Wisconsin. S320O. Vitamins in cereal grains and their products. Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit, Mich., a t University of Michigan. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., New York, NT. Y., a t Crop Protection Institute. Union Sulphur Co., New York, Ν. Υ., at Cornell University. Union Sulphur Co., New York, N. Y., at Crop Protection Institute. U. S. Rubber Plantations, Inc., at University of Michigan. Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Mich., at Kalamazoo College. Walker Gordon Laboratory Co., at Columbia University. Food chemistry and nutrition. §5000.
The Social Side {Continued from page 2) merits and a delicious punch. T h e beauty of the wide-spreading campus with its modern buildings a n d sheltering pines will long be remembered b y the more t h a n a t h o u s a n d visitors present.
Petroleum Division Dinner Growth of t h e Petroleum Division through splendid coopera tion from a membership of barely t w o h u n d r e d to m o r e t h a n three hundred a n d seventy-five was emphasized at a cliniier of its members a t t h e University Club on Wednesday evening, April 13. Some sixty-two petroleum chemists a n d guestspassed a vote of t h a n k s t o the Universal Oil P r o d u c t s Co. for its a b s t r a c t s of petroleum papers found .so valuable by the members of the Division. Attention was called to the fact t h a t Charles F . M a b e r y had recently completed his fiftietti year of publication of papers dealing with petroleum a n d by u n a n i m o u s approval t h e Secretary of the Division w a s instructed to sendi Dr. M a b e r y a telegram congratulating him upon his continued! activity a n d expressing t h e respect and admiration o f his c o workers in the field of petroleum chemistry. T h e moot question, of what a chemist and physicist should consider t h e i r special fields in t h e study of petroleum was b r o u g h t up by Dr. Winslow H . Herschel, of the Bureau of Standards, who decried the t e n dency today t o study the minutiae of atomic structure when, no one knows " h o w fast oil will leak o u t of a hole in a t>arrel."
Alpha Chi Sigma Dinner Alpha Chi Sigma held its dinner on the evening of April 14, a t the Hotel Richmond, with some sixty m e m b e r s in attendance_ Arrangements were made by a committee composed of S. S_ Nègus, C. V. Nichols, and L. W. Hitnrnler. J. Howard M a t h e w s of the University of Wisconsin acted as toastmaster a.nd t h r e e m i n u t e talks were given b y S. S. Negus, S. C . L,ind, G. lu. W e n d t , C. C. Spencer, A. H. Nietz, and V. L. Bohnson.
The Golf Tournament More t h a n sixty members of the Society participated in t h e Golf T o u r n a m e n t which was held a t the Hermitage Country Club. An enjoyable afternoon was reported with a v a r i e t y otf scores, a few in the low 80's a n d a n increasing nunit>er in t h e higher figures, one enthusiast t u r n i n g in a card of 168. A paint which is said t o be t h e only material that effectively seals joints against oil leaks h a s been developed by t h e General Electric C o m p a n y and is sold by t h e Merchandise D e p a r t m e n t a t Bridgeport, Conn. T h e product, known as G~E N o . 880 R e d Protective Paint, also prevents water and gas leaks. I t can b e used for m a n y purposes which require red lead o r white lead, a n d is less expensive t h a n either.
