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T o all of these addresses, President B . C. Franklin replied in a few words, ex pressing the thanks of *he assembled mem bers of the American Chemical Society a n d assuring the hosts of t h e thorough appreciation of t h e warm welcome ex tended. Two general addresses were then de livered. Charles F . Burgess, Director of the Burgess l a b o r a t o r i e s , spoke on " M a r keting Chemical Discoveries" and Dean Arthur I. Kendall of t h e Medical School of Northwestern University spoke on "Bacteria a n d t h e Chemist." These addresses will be printed in full in forth coming issues of t h e Society's publications. S P E C I A L G E N E R A L D I V I S I O N A L PROGRAMS
The plan of having certain i m p o r t a n t papers read a t a time when those interested might not b e detained by several con flicting divisional meetings, seemed to Work out successfully. I t consisted of placing papers of wide general interest on the programs of special meetings held Tuesday afternoon by the Divisions of Organic and Physical and Inorganic Chem istry and the Section on Chemical Educa tion. N o other divisional meetings were in progress a t that time. A dinner and entertainment a t t h e Municipal Auditorium concluded the first day's program. Wednesday and T h u r s d a y were de voted to Divisional a n d Sectional meet ings including a joint session of t h e Divi sion of Industrial and Engineering Chem istry a n d Section of Chemical Education with members of the local Chamber of Commerce, held after a specially arranged luncheon on Wednesday. On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held a t t h e M a r q u e t t e University Gymnasium. M r s . T h o m a s G. Winter, President of t h e Gen eral Federation of Women's Clubs, a n d President Franklin of t h e American Chemical Society were the speakers. D r . Edgar F . Smith presided and also awarded the Priestley Medal t o Dr. I r a Remsen. T h e medal was received b y President Franklin on behalf of Dr. Remsen as t h e latter was unable to come to the meeting. Detailed descriptions of t h e divisional meetings a n d the public meeting are given elsewhere in this issue. Amateur boxing bouts at the Milwaukee Athletic Club furnished the entertainment T h u r s d a y evening and Friday was devoted t o an all day trip t o Madison, Wis. Some members took advantage of the industrial excursions which h a d been planned for those n o t taking t h e Madison trip on F r i d a y . T h e following Milwaukee plants were thrown open t o inspection by t h e visitors: Illinois Steel Company; Pfister & Vogel Leather C o m p a n y ; Eline's, I n c . ; Milwaukee Sewage Disposal Plant (ac t i v a t e d sludge); JLuick Ice Cream Com p a n y ; Gridiey Dairy Company; United States Glue C o m p a n y ; Hummel & Down ing Company ; Weisel & Company (sausage manufacturers); A. F . Gallun & Sons Company (tanners); T h e N e w p o r t Com pany (Azo D y e P l a n t , power house, and research laboratory); Carpenter Baking Company; Lakeside Power P l a n t of FUeetric Railway C o m p a n y ; Milwaukee Coke & G a s C o m p a n y ; Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing C o m p a n y ; Vilter M a n u facturing C o m p a n y ; Norberg Manufac t u r i n g Company; Phoenix Hosiery Com p a n y ; Cutler-Hammer C o m p a n y ; Atlas Bread Company; Oswald Jaeger Baking Company; and R o b e r t A. Johnson Com pany.
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Divisional a n d Sectional Meetings The divisional and sectional meetings held in connection with the Milwaukee Convention of t h e American Chemical Society were well attended and in a ma jority of cases officers were elected and other business m a t t e r s transacted in ad dition to t h e reading of papers. More than three hundred papers were contrib uted t o the various Division and Section programs a n d m a n y of them brought out considerable valuable discussion. A short report of t h e activities of the Divisions and Sections follows: Agricultural a n d Food Chemistry Twenty-four papers were read before the Division of Agricultural a n d Food Chemistry and one paper was presented by title. Meetings were held Wednesday afternoon and T h u r s d a y and were very well attended. The paper on "Contamination of Foods from Zinc Containers" b y Sale and Badger brought o u t t h e necessity of guard ing against the use of zinc utensils and containers in the preparation and storing of food products. A paper on t h e wide distribution of small amounts of copper, manganese, zinc a n d other metals in soils, plants and animals suggested t h e possibility of these metals playing a n i m p o r t a n t role as vital factors in metabolism. J. S. M c H a r g u e , the a u t h o r of t h e paper, also brought out the fact t h a t when cereals are highly milled by modern processes they are practically free from copper, manganese, zinc a n d iron. T h e s t u d y of wheat starch suggested the probability t h a t t h e superior macaronimaking qualities of some wheats m a y be due t o their starches a s well as to their proteins. T h e following officers were elected t o serve for t h e ensuing year: Chairman, C. H . Bailey; Vice-Chairman, Ε . Η . K o h m a n ; Secretary, C. S. Brinton; Ex ecutive Committee, George E . Hohn, J. W . Read a n d R . H . Carr. T h e symposium on T h u r s d a y with t h e Fertilizer Division on t h e Subject "Soils, Fertilizers and C r o p s " was a great success and b r o u g h t out much discussion b y t h e botanists, economists a n d others present. Several of t h e papers presented b y m e n who are n o t chemists brought home t h e necessity of considering other factors in explaining unusual crop conditions in addition to t h e usual fertilizer in gredients. Before adjourning, plans were made for a similar joint symposium on the same subject, t o be held one year hence. T h i s arrangement with t h a t m a d e a t N e w Haven, commits this Division t o a symposium in the spring on insecticides and fungicides, and in t h e fall on soils, fertilizers a n d crops. Fertilizer C h e m i s t r y Division This Division held a very interesting meeting o n Wednesday a n d a joint meet ing with t h e Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on T h u r s d a y . All of t h e papers listed in t h e official program were presented. T h e attendance n u m bered a b o u t thirty-five. T h e Committee on Fertilizer Legislation reported on t h e important changes in fertilizer laws which had been enacted during t h e year. A new method for the separation of potassium and sodium was described. T h e problem involved in the volatilization of phosphoric acid from phosphate rock was discussed.
A description of t h e Milwaukee plan for manufacturing a fertilizing material from its sanitary sewage and industrial waste was listened t o with great interest. The following officers of the Division were re elected: Chairman, F . B . Carpenter; Secretary, H. C . Moore. Organic C h e m i s t r y Division T h e Organic Chemistry Division held a very successful meeting. B o t h t h e special program on Tuesday afternoon and the symposium on " M e t h o d s of Organic Synthesis" held Wednesday morning were unusually well attended, a n d much in terest: was shown in the papers presented. This was especially true of t h e papers b y J. A . Nieuwland on "Acetylene in Syn thesis" a n d J a m e s F . Norris on " A New Method for the Preparation of Alkyl Chlorides." A t the business meeting a very profit able discussion was held o n methods of conducting t h e Divisional meetings. T h e following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Chairman, J. A. NTieuwland; Secretary, R. R. Renshaw. Physical a n d I n o r g a n i c Division Forty-six p a p e r s were presented be fore t h e meeting of t h e Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, six of t h e m be ing given a t a special meeting of t h e Division o n T u e s d a y afternoon a n d t h e balance a t t h e regular meetings held Wednesday a n d Thursday. A t the business meeting of t h e Division it w a s voted to approve t h e omission of the usual general papers from the Socie t y ' s program and t h e substitution of a special divisional program a s was done a t Milwaukee. A number of changes in the by-laws were made t o bring t h e m into confoimity with t h e present procedure of t h e Division. T h e following officers were elected: Chairman, G r a h a m E d g a r ; Vice-Chairman, Arthur B . Hill; Secre t a r y , Harry IB. Weiser; Executive Com mittee, R. B. Wilson, G. S. Forbes, A. W . Browne, O K . Coates a n d H . Schmidt. D i v i s i o n of R u b b e r C h e m i s t r y T h e program of the R u b b e r Division, although somewhat shorter than usual, lacked n o t h i n g in interest Considering t h e recent depression in rubber goods manufacturing, t h e a t t e n d a n c e of approx imately o n e h u n d r e d rubber chemists a t a convention in the Middle West shows t h a t the industry greatly appreciates t h e value of these meetings. All t h e larger com panies a n d m o s t of the smaller ones were well represented. T h e p a p e r s showed t h a t considerable advance is being made in t h e search for the true c a u s e of t h e action of the various organic accelerators, so widely used in t h e factories. Very extensive a n d elaborate organic research is being conducted along t h e s e lines. Several papers dealt with laboratory a p p a r a t u s specially designed t o m a k e certain physical measurements o n raw and vulcanized rubber. T h e present methods for this phase of testing a r e somewhat crude and entirely unorgan ized. T h e Division now h a s t w o very active committees working o n the testing of crude r u b b e r a n d the standardization of physical testing methods. Their reports showed fine progress both in t h e work be ing carried o u t here and also in t h e co operative program being conducted with
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t h e help of t h e scientists o n the rubber plantations a n d in various foreign countries. S e c t i o n of C h e m i c a l E d u c a t i o n T h e general meeting of t h e Section of Chemical Education oxi T u e s d a y afternoon was opened b y a p a p e r b y Miss D y e on " H o w Should W e Feed O u r Children." I t showed very careful preparation a n d was very favorably commented on b y D r . Sy a n d others during the later meetings. D . H . Killeffer showed how Radio might be m a d e a powerful de-vice in t h e public phase of chemical education, while D r . R a n d a l l brought o u t the relation of chemistry a n d civilization b y means of a fine selection of lantern slides. Dr. Gordon gave a n outline of chetmical educational problems which are vital t o the developm e n t of t h e chemistry of this country. Wednesday afternoon w a s spent in joint session with the 3Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. A pleasant a n d profitable afternoon was enjoyed by all presentT h u r s d a y forenoon w a s given over to devices and m e t h o d s of teaching chemistry. D r . H o p k i n s ' and Dr. Osborne's papers h a d t o do with nictbods. T h e former dealt with the training of chemistry teachers while the latter showed how t o m a k e chemistry worth while. B o t h papers were highly commended .and t h e following resolution was passed as t h e result of t h e discussion on Dr. H o p k i n s ' paper : " W H E R E A S the teaching of chemistry is a highly technical profession requiring b o t h a knowledge of t h e science of chemistry a n d of t h e a r t of teaching; and W H E R E A S the supply of adequately trained teachers is not now equal to t h e d e m a n d , therefore be i t Resolved b y the Section of Chemical E d u c a t i o n of t h e American Chemical Society t h a t the colleges a n d universities of the c o u n t r y be urged to provide b e t t e r facilities for the training oi teachers of chemistry." Drs. Mullinix, Kvans, Day, Kendall, a n d Jacobson gave some -very helpful suggestions on methods a n d devices for t h e presentation of chemistry while D r . Giesy b r o u g h t out the fact t h a t teachers should give the student: more definite information a b o u t what txe is t o expect if he takes u p t h e profession of chemistry for a life work. T h u r s d a y afternoon was devoted t o a correlation of high school and college chemistry. Dr. K . R. Smith gave, in a very clear way, the wonderful response which he h a s been able to g e t in chemistry from high school students, while D r . Cornog presented a v e r y much worthwhile piece of work o n " A Quantitative Analysis of Aims in. Teaching High School and Freshman C h e m i s t r y . " A rep o r t on a preliminary outline for high school chemistry was presented by t h e Committee on Chemical Education. T h e Section commented favorably upon t h i s preliminary program. At the close of t h e meeting the Committee formulated plans for t h e national d i s t r i b u t i o n of this r e p o r t in order that ttie committee m a y h a v e t h e assistance of teachers a n d commercial m e n from all p a r t s of t h e country in formulating their final outline. I t was reported at t n c afternoon meeting t h a t t h e Council of t h e A. C. S. h a d voted t h a t t h e Section of Chemical E d u c a t i o n b e formed into a Division a t t h e (Continuedon page 5)
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Remsen Is First Priestley Medallist Award M a d e by Dr. S m i t h a t Public Meeting of A. C. S. Medallist U n a b l e to Be Present. Head of Federated W o m e n ' s Clubs and President Franklin Address M e e t i n g The Public Meeting held on Wednesday evening, September 12, in t h e M a r q u e t t e University Gymnasium in connection with t h e sixty-sixth convention of the American Chemical Society was an event of historic importance as well as of great interest to American chemists. I t might well be divided into t w o parts, namely, the first award of t h e Priestley medal a n d the delivery of two addresses of great interest t o chemists although widely different in their appeal. Chairman Clare E . Hall of the Milwaukee Section of the American Chemical
ago, when he was Professor of Chemistry a n d Physics in Williams College he gave the world a translation of Woehler's "Organic Chemistry" which greatly aided t h e rising generation of chemists; because his efforts in behalf of pure science a t Johns Hopkins University attracted hundreds of keen young minds to him and he imparted to them the joys of research; because his books on chemistry have left their impress on science wherever taught, having been translated into practically all languages; and because of his valuable researches which have found industrial application, as, for example, the discovery of saccharine. "Colleges and Universities have honored Dr. Remsen," said t h e speaker, "learned societies have conferred memberships upon him for he is one of those golden natures who has helped us to form our ideals of life." D r . Smith then presented t h e medal to President E . C. Franklin to h a n d to Dr. Remsen as t h e latter was unable to be a t the meeting because of ill health. President Franklin accepted the medal on behalf of his friend and former teacher. ADDRESS BY M R S . W I N T E R
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F i r s t Priestley Medalist Society opened the meeting with a few introductory remarks emphasizing the increasing interest of the public in the science of chemistry and t h e consequent response on t h e p a r t of t h e American Chemical Society in opening one of its sessions a t each meeting t o t h e public and providing a program of general interest. H e t h e n introduced Dr. E d g a r F . Smith, former president of t h e Society. PRIESTLEY M E D A L AWARD
N o one can speak with greater authority nor with greater charm of t h e historical characters of chemistry and it did n o t take Dr. Smith long to absorb t h e attention of his audience in the life and work of Joseph Priestley. H e then referred to the efforts of D r . Francis C. Phillips, a Chemistry Professor in t h e University of Pittsburgh, t o create a committee for t h e purpose of devising a suitable memorial to Priestley. This committee had been appointed and had completed its work, said Dr. Smith. T h e memorial established consists first of an oil portrait copied after the Gilbert S t u a r t picture of Priestley a n d hung in the National M u s e u m a t Washington, D . C , and, secondly, of t h e striking of a gold medal kr.,wn as the Priestley medal to be awarded every third year t o an American chemist for marked service t o science. Dr. I r a Remsen, President-emeritus of, J o h n s Hopkins University, had been selected as t h e first recipient of the Priestley medal, said D r . Smith, because fifty years
The second p a r t of t h e evening's program consisted of an address by M r s . Thomas G. Winter, President of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, on " T h e Relation of Women t o Scientific Development in Our National Life" and a lecture by President Franklin on "Syst e m s of Acids, Bases and Salts." I n introducing M r s . Winter, Dr. Smith referred to the early interest of women in t h e science of chemistry. He spoke of M r s . Winter's efforts in connection with t h e disarmament conference and her sympathetic understanding of the viewpoint of chemists with reference to gas warfare. Mrs. Winter captured her audience in t h e first few minutes of her talk and everyone felt t h a t she had come with a real message to American chemists. She declared t h a t the modern woman, despite t h e manifold activities in which she is engaged, is not losing the characteristics of her sex a n d t h a t the home and future of the race are not in danger because of her wider interests. "Women of the United States," Mrs. Winter said, "represent a great potential power because of their effective organizations and their support is necessary if chemists are tu be allowed to serve the true aims of science. You can only succeed in your aims if you have a great class of people back of you who understand what these aims are." T h e speaker then urged t h e members of the Society to carry their message to the Women's Clubs in terms which the women will understand. She told of a women's club in Texas which had set aside ten minutes of every meeting for a discussion of some phase of chemistry as it applies to everyday life. The meeting concluded with Dr. Franklin's lecture on "Systems of Acids, Bases a n d Salts" in which he compared the ammonia system of compounds with the water system. About 400 were in attendance throughout the meeting.
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tually amounts to a contribution of $500,000 on the part of the Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation as it re quires such a sum to yield an annual in come necessary to provide for the prize and the incidental expenses involved in its award. I t can readily be imagined t h a t the announcement of this prize award was one of the outstanding features of the Milwaukee meeting and appreciative com ment was heard on all sides from those in attendance. (Continued from page j) next semiannual meeting at Washington, D. C. i t was further reported t h a t t h e Committee on Chemical Education had been made by the Council a committee of the A. C. S. instead of a committee of the Section in order t h a t it might have the help of the entire American Chemical vSociety in carrying forward its wrork on chemical education. The officers will be elected at the spring meeting. Leather a n d Gelatin Division The name of the Leather Division has been changed, by vote of the Council, to Leather and Gelatin Division. This was done because of the spontaneous de mand of gelatin chemists to have a division where their subject could be discussed before an interested audience. About 125 persons attended the gelatin symposium on Wednesday afternoon and the discus sion led by Prof. W. D. Bancroft after the reading of t h e papers, was quite lively. About 200 attended the meeting on Thursday when the leather papers were read. All papers listed on the official program were presented. By a vote of the Executive Committee, annual dues of 25 cents were assessed upon the members of the Division to defray ex penses of the corresponding secretary. The secretary wall accept contributions of $1 as dues for a four year period. Officers were elected as follows: Chairman, J o h n Arthur Wilson; Vice-chairman, F . P . Veitch; Secretary, Arthur W. Thomas;
Executive Committee, F. D. Clarke and L. M. Tolman. A cablegram of greeting was sent to the Society of Leather Trades Chemists meet ing in Barcelona, Spain. C e l l u l o s e Division The program of the Cellulose Division was short b u t the subjects treated were of varied interest from pure science to chem ical engineering. Schorger, in a continu ation of his pre\dous report on the "Gelatinization of Lignocellulose," brought out a new relationship between the pentosans and t h e cellulose in wood which provoked lively discussion between the advocates of the adsorption theory and those who favored a more stable attachment of the pentose and mannose groups. WyckofT described X-ray diffraction methods and answered many questions about the pos sibility of using such methods for solving some of t h e problems of the cellulose chemist. The Forest Products Laboratory had its usual quota of papers, the most nota ble being Sherrard's on a new complex containing mannose and pentose, obtained by mild hydrolysis of the crude cellulose separated from wood b y chlorination. Mahood and Ritter discussed the effect of temperature and time, respectively, on the determination of cellulose. On the more practical side were McKee's papers on waste sulfite liquors and on a method for removing resin from pulp wood chips by solution in liquid sulfur dioxide. The large amount of important data presented by Rich ter on the penetration of sulfite liquors into pulpvvood was also of much practical interest. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Chairman, G. J. Ksselen; Vice-chairman, L. E . Wise; SecretaryTreasurer, L. F. Hawley; Directors, Harold Hibbert and A. W. Schorger. Medicinal P r o d u c t s Division An important feature of the meeting of the Division of Chemistry of λ-Tedicinal Products, which attracted particular at tention, was the symposium on "The Chemistry of Glandular Products." Those taking part in this symposium were T. B. Akirich, who spoke on Adrenalin; A. E- Ostcrbcrg on Thyroxin; H A. Shonle and John H. Waldo on Insulin. In connection with the animated discus sion of these papers, David Klein and Harry E. Dubin brought out sonic new (Continued on page io)
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(Continued from page 5) points regarding Insulin, and Ralph H . McKce described the origin and nature of Intarvin, the new synthetic odd carbon a t o m fat to be used as a diabetic food. In the general program, Adrian Thomas submitted evidence to show t h a t in nucleic acid the linkage is probably through t h e carbohydrate part rather t h a n through ester formation, and described the prepara tion of various salts of nucleic acid, in cluding the octa sodium salt. F. K. Thayer described t h e preparation of Butesin-Picrate, a new compound pos sessing both marked anesthetic and strong antiseptic properties, and whose particular use seems to be for the t r e a t m e n t of burns. A paper on new Cinchophen analogs was presented, by title, by M a r s t o n T. Bogert and F. P. Nabenhauer. The zinc chloride double salt of aniline, according to J. W. Howard and F . D. Stimpert, possesses marked antiseptic power, much more marked than t h a t of aniline or zinc chlo ride alone. A paper by A r t h u r D. Holmes shows t h a t hake liver oil is almost as rich in vitamin-Α as cod liver oil. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Chairman, K. H. Volwiler; Secretary, H. A. Shonle; Executive Committee, Edgar B. Carter and F r a n k O. Taylor. Industrial and E n g i n e e r i n g C h e m i s t r y T h e Division of Industrial and E n gineering Chemistry m e t Wednesday and Thursday. I t opened its sessions with a symposium on bread. Six carefully pre pared papers were presented b y nationally known experts in the various phases of subject matter connected with wheat to the finished bread and its role in nutrition. H. E. Barnard was chairman of this symposium but due to pressure of business he was unable to preside. C. Β . Μ orison, acted as temporary chairman. T h e Divi sion of Agricultural a n d Food Chemistry met with this Division to hear t h e papers on bread. A t noon Wednesday a joint session was held with t h e Section of Chemical Educa tion and t h e Milwaukee Chamber of Com merce at the Hotel Pfister. T h e main purpose of this meeting was t o bring to gether the business man, t h e industrial chemist and the chemical educator so t h a t they might exchange viewpoints and get to know each other's problems and ac complishments. Between two hundred and three hundred were present. Immediately after the luncheon Dr. Edgar F . Smith, acting as chairman, intro duced C. E . Hall, representing the Mil waukee Chamber of Commerce, who spoke upon the relations of industry to chemistry in general. This wras followed by a paper by Alexander Silverman show ing industry had built up huge businesses based upon various fundamental scientific discoveries, and another paper emphasiz ing the characteristics which young men should possess for industrial leadership by C. A'. Brautlecht. E. G. M a h i n pre sented a plea against over-standardiza tion in t h e education of t h e chemist. T h u r s d a y morning was taken up largely with a discussion on reagent chemicals. W. D. Collins was the leader of this part of t h e program. Among t h e general papers of t h e program those dealing with corrosion provoked t h e most discussion. T h e following officers were elected to serve during the coming year: Chairman, W. R. Sperry; Vice-Chairman, W. A. Peters; Secretary, E. M . Billings; Executive Committee, \V. K. Lewis, C. E . Davis,
E . R . Weidlein, C. S. Miner and C. E . Coates. Dye Division Owing to the fact t h a t most of the dye plants are located in t h e east and are ex tremely busy, the attendance of dye chemists a t the Milwaukee meeting was not large. Only five papers had been listed on the program and of these one was merely read by title. The following officers were reelected to serve during the coming year: Chairman, William J. Hale; Secretary, R . Ν orris Shreve. Water, Sewage and Sanitation T h e Division of Water, Sewage and San itation held a meeting Wednesday morn ing which was devoted to a symposium on activated sludge. In the absence of Secretary W . W. Skinner, J. W. Sale was selected to act in his place temporarily. About sixty persons including several sanitary engineers were present a t the symposium and a very interesting dis cussion followed t h e reading of the papers. All phases of the processes from theory to the practical effect of trade wastes and dewatering practice were covered com pletely in the discussion. George M . Prentiss presented d a t a on the advisability of filtering t h e Milwaukee water. A long discussion ensued in which con siderable evidence for and against filtra tion was brought out. Buswell and E d w a r d s showed t h a t there is in general no appreciable alumina in filtered water and also t h a t t h e optimum point for color removal is a t the isoelectric point. This is contrary to Eoeb's ex perience with gelatin. T h e papers by J . W . Sale and C. H . Badger and J . W. Sale and W . W. Skinner aroused consider able discussion. T h e following officers were elected for t h e ensuing year; Chair man, W . W . Skinner; Vice-Chairman, F . W. M o h l m a n ; Secretary, F . R. Georgia; Trustees, A. M . Buswell, A. L. Fales. H i s t o r y of C h e m i s t r y I n t h e absence of t h e chairman, F . B. Dains, Dr. E d g a r F . Smith presided in his usual inimitable manner. H e re ferred t o t h e reason for t h e first meeting of t h e section—getting together and talking over historical topics because t h e past has more influence over t h e present t h a n wre commonly suppose. T h e well attended meeting evidenced t h e continued interest 111 this phase of chemistry. Dr. S m i t h showed some French medal lions of noted chemists and spoke inter estingly on them. H e also brought in a book on "Perspective" written b y Priest ley and printed in London in 1780 to show t h e versatility of this chemist. T h e papers treated of subjects varying from t h e alchemy and t h e curious chemical medicines of t h e ancients to alchemy as practiced in N e w York City in recent years. T h e consideration of another early American chemist, Jacob Green, and his work constituted Dr. Smith's latest addition to his literature on Amer ican chemists. T h e great chemists of the last century were considered a t much length, with emphasis on their social and private life as well as their professional careers. T h e officers for the next meeting are: F . B. Dains, Chairman, and I,. C. Newell, Secretary. Sugar Division T h e program of t h e Sugar Division was of unusual diversity and interest. The members in attendance represented all
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phases of t h e industry. T h e technological papers attracted muchattention, especially the paper on "Standards of Performance for Beet Sugar Factories." T h i s impor tant subject h a d not b e e n considered a t previous meetings and b r o u g h t o u t much discussion. The subject of decolorization and t h e measurement of color were promi nently featured. A subject new to t h e Division which attracted much a t t e n t i o n because of the important research work presented was t h a t of production of syrup from corn stalks. Several excellent papers embodying distinct advances in analytical procedure were also presented. Two new types of apparatus were described, one of which w a s a rapid purity calculator and the other a n automatic bone-char nitration apparatus. A number of other interesting papers were read. Officers for t h e coming year were elected as follows: Chairman, F. W . Zerban; Vice-Chairman, H . W . Bahlberg; Secretary-Treasurer, Frederick Bates; Executive Committee, C. E . Coates, W . B. Newkirk, J . S. Osborne, H. Z . E. Perkins, M. J. Proffitt, J. R . Wi throw. G a s a n d Fuel S e c t i o n T h e Gas and Fuel Section met on Wed nesday of the Convention week and all papers on the official p r o g r a m were pre sented ?.nd discussed. T h e maximum at tendance was forty-five. A short business meeting w a s held in which it was decided to hold a meeting of the Section a t the next general meeting of the American Chemical Society. I t was further decided t h a t a part of t h e allotted time a t t h e next meet ing b e devoted t o a s y m p o s i u m on t h e spontaneous combustion of coal, and t h a t a round-table discussion be arranged. The subject for t h e round-table discussion is t o be decided upon after circularizing the m e m b e r s of t h e Section. Petroleum D i v i s i o n T h e program of the Division of Pe troleum Chemistry required sessions both Wednesday morning a n d afternoon and began with a series of excellent theoretical papers o n the determination of physical constants of hydrocarbons and petroleum products. The significance of accurate data of t h i s kind is becoming increasingly evident t o the industry a n d these papers received close attention and were thor oughly discussed. In this connection the difficulty of obtaining supplies of pure hydrocarbons w a s brought out a n d it was proposed that t h e Division should en deavor t o act a s a clearing house for in formation concerning p u r e hydrocarbons for research purposes. Professor R. T . Haslam presented a p a p e r by Barnard, Myers a n d Forrest iti which a connection was pointed o u t between coefficient of static friction a n d oiliness on t h e p a r t of a lubricant. R. E . Wilson and W. H . Bahlke offered a method for estimating oil in paraffin waxes based on refractometric observations. A paper by C. R . Wagner on t h e nature of hydrocarbons in midcontinent kerosenes was presented in ab stract. T h e m o s t interesting feature of the afternoon session was a n informal dis cussion b y Thomas Midgley on the use of lead t e t r a e t h y l and other anti-knock preparations i n commercial gasolines. Mr. Midgley w a s followed with close at tention and;, answered m a n y questions. The following officers were elected : Chair man, R. R. Matthews; Vice-Chairman, R. K. Wilson; Secretary, W. A. Gruse; Executive Committee, É. W. Dean and W. F . Paragher.
INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
September 20, 1923
Local Section C h a i r m e n and Secretaries Meet A meeting of past and present officers of Local Sections of the American Chemical Society w a s held Thursday, September 13th, a t 3 P.M. in t h e Municipal Audi torium in Milwaukee. More t h a n thirty were present representing twenty-eight different Local Sections. W . Lee Lewis and E. M . Billings were reelected as Chairman and Secretary, respectively. T y p e constitutions were not considered at t h e meeting owing t o t h e fact t h a t mimeographed copies were not available for distribution. Intersectional or regional meetings were t h e main subject of discussion. I t was pointed o u t t h a t the idea of local sections getting together for regional meetings was not new a s such meetings had been held nearly t e n years ago. I t was also shown t h a t expenses have been very low in cases where regional meetings have been held recently a n d it was suggested t h a t when i t is possible t o hold such meetings t h e young men of t h e local sections concerned be asked, as far as possible, to present t h e papers. M a n y other valuable suggestions concerning this i m p o r t a n t subject wrere m a d e a n d a complete report of these will be sent t o every Local Section. I t was suggested t h a t each Local Section Secretary be furnished with a copy of t h e letters mailed t o the Councilors just pre vious to t h e Council meetings of t h e Society. This would place each Local Section executive committee in a better position t o appoint substitute Councilors
when necessary and it would also insure more complete files for each Section. T h e arranging of itineraries of promi n e n t chemists was urged and t h e secre t a r y was instructed to do this whenever possible.
Government Positions Open T h e United States Civil Service Com mission announces the following open competitive examination: ASSISTANT E X A M I N E R , P A T E N T O F F I C E
T h e examination will be held through out the country on October 4, 5, and 6. I t is to nil vacancies in the P a t e n t Office a t an entrance salary of $1500 a year, plus the increase of $20 a month granted by Congress. Applicants must select one of t h e fol lowing optional subjects: Chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, electrochemistry, general chemistry, mechanical engineering. Competitors will be rated on t h e sub jects of physics, mechanical drawing, technics, mathematics, language (French a n d German), and the optional subject. Full information a n d application blanks m a y be obtained from t h e United States Civil Service. Commission, Washington, D . C , or t h e secretary of the board of U. S. Civil Service examiners a t t h e post office or customhouse in a n y city. T h e construction of t h e canal through t h e Coyuca a n d S a n Jeronimo lagoons to the Northwest of Acapulco, Mexico, is bringing to light products available for exportation, notably a n almost in exhaustible supply of mangrove.
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Dinner to Dr. Browne A n u m b e r of friends of Dr. C. A. Browne are planning a dinner in his honor before he leaves for Washington to be come Chief of t h e Bureau of Chemistry. I t is expected t h a t a t least fifty will be present. T h e dinner will be held at t h e Chemists' Club, 52 E a s t 41st Street, N e w Y o r k City, Tuesday, September 25th, a t 7 P.M. .Walter L. Jordan, 83 Washington Place, N e w York, is in charge of t h e arrangements. T h e A l a b a m a Section will resume its meetings on October 6, a t Hotel Hillman, Birmingham, a t 8 P.M.
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