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Chemistry Program
Chemistry teachers are invited t o partic ipate in the 1949 College Chemistry Testing Program, which includes the fol lowing tests: 1. ACS Cooperative General Chemis try T e s t for College Students, Form 1948 2. ACS Cooperative Organic Chemis try Test, Form W (Revised 1948) 3. ACS Cooperative Chemistry Test in Qualitative Analysis, Form Y 4. ACS Cooperative Chemistry Test in Quantitative Analysis, Form Y 5. A C S Cooperative Biochemistry Test, Form X 6. ACS Cooperative Test in Physical Chemistry, Form W T h e tests have been widely used and have been found valuable in providing an independent measure of the achievement of students. This year the national norms have been already computed and are sent to instructors with tests. T h e instructor therefore, can make an individual compari son between his students and the students in other schools of the nation. T h e tests may also be used for diagnostic purposes to discover strengths and weaknesses of individual students as well as of a class as a whole. These tests are sponsored jointly by the Division of Chemical Education of the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL S O C I E T Y
and
the
Educational Testing Service. T h e y have been constructed by the Committee on Examinations and Tests of the Division of Chemical Education with the cooperation of hundreds of chemistry teachers. Tests m a y be ordered from : Educational Testing Service, 15 Amsterdam Ave., N e w York 23, Ν . Y . Cost of the tests averages about $2.50 for a package of 25.
New Chapters of Student Affiliates
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Marshall College Mississippi Southern College Morehead State College Muskingum College Newark College of Rutgers University Occidental College Ohio Wesley an Universit}' Pennsylvania College for Women Porno -a, College Roosevelt College Rutgers University Siena College University of Arizona University of Miami University of Michigan University of Missouri University of Omaha University of Scranton University of Utah Upsala College Utah State Agricultural College Valparaiso University Western Michigan College of Education Wofford College This substantial increase brings the total Dumber to 202 active groups which repre sents an increase of 75% over the number of chapters in operation a year ago. Pe titions from other institutions are pending. The officers of the ACS are pleased with this high level of student interest, in the Society.
Beilstein
Furtd
The following corporations have made contributions t o the Committee o n Chemi cal Literature of the Philadelphia Section, ACS, for the Beilstein Aid Fund: Abbott Laboratories, Cutter Laboratories, Edwal Laboratories, Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., Her cules Powder Co., Kessler Chemical Co., LaWall & Harrisson, McNeil Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Monsanto Chemical Co., Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co., and Smith, Kline, & French Laboratories. According to F l o y d T. Tyson, chairman of the committee, contributions b y corpo rations are considered risk capital, not
charitable donations, as there is consider able possibility of ultimate profitable re turn in t h e form of a more readily acces sible chemical literature.
Sprenger to Head Pitget Sound Section Robert D . Sprenger, associate professor o f chemistry at the College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash., has been elected chairman of the P u get Sound Section of ACS. H e suc ceeds Joseph L. M c Carthy of the Uni versity of Washing ton. Other officers chosen b y the sec tion, which has i t s R. D, Sprenger headquarters in Se a t t l e , are William R. Moffitt of the Borden Aaron E . OCCbiy ui.V/, SALES oiitAox ixxchii, Markham of University of Washington, treasurer; and Collis C. Bryan, Mon s a n t o Chemical Co., Seattle, secretary.
San Francisco Meeting Abstracts T h e first printing of t h e book of ab s t r a c t s of papers presented at the San Francisco meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY was
s o l d out
at
the
t i m e of t h e meeting. T h i s has unfor tunately involved some delay in filling orders that were received after t h e meet ing, but a limited number of additional c o p i e s have b e e n printed and are now r e a d y for distribution. Orders should be sent t o t h e A C S ISTews Service, 1155 Sixteenth St., N.W., W a s h i n g t o n 6, D . C. T h e price is $2.00 p e r copy if remittance is sent with order; $2.50 per copy if bill must be rendered; S 1.00 per copy if divisional receipt bill i s s e n t with order and remittance. ·
Thirty-nine chapters of affiliates have recently been chartered in the following institutions: Carroll College The Citadel College of Our Lady of the Elms College of Saint Elizabeth College of the Holy Cross DePauw University Dun barton College of Holy Cross Georgia Institute of Technology Georgian Court College Heidelberg College Iowa State College Kansas State College Lehigh University Louisiana College
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ACS Student Affiliates Broadcast Gladys Schueler, Ron ald Johnson, and Ros alie Faulkner present the South Dakota State College edition of Headlines in Chem istry over ZK& campiAS radio station, Brooking s
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