ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Future Summer Symposia recent 11th annual Summer Symposium a t Schenectady (August Tissue, page 31 A ) was devoted t o the topic, fused media. It drew an attendance of about 100, approximately half that of most earlier summer symposia. The reason for such a relatively small group is undoubtedly the highly specialized nature of the subject. Fused media, while of growing intereat. are of current concern to relatively few analytical chemists. This is not t o say t h a t the Division of Analytical Chemistry and AXALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, cosponsors of these symposia, should try to select topics on the basis of their crowd-drawing ability. Nor should the original aim of these conferences namely, to present a limited number of papers with sufficient time for adequate discussion, be altered. Summer symposia, me feel, have been devoted to topics of new or growing interest and often explore new frontiers. The subjects of the 11 symposia held t o date illustrate this point: HE
1948--Nucleonics and Analytical Chemistry 1949-Organic Reagents 1950-Role of Separations in hnalytical Chemistry 1951-Standards and Standard Methods 1952-The Analysis of Materials for Ingredients of Unknown Constitution 1953-Analytical Chemistry of Less Familiar Elements 1 9 5 G R e c e n t Developments in Titrimetry 1955-Role of Reaction Rates in Analytical Chemistry 1956-Analysis of Industrial Wastes, Rapid Methods of Analysis, and Analytical Problems Encountered in Biological Systems 1957--Pl’ucleonics and Analytical Chemistry-Ten Years After 1958--9nalytical Chemistry of Fused Media The fused media symposium. n-e feel, )vas marked by stimulating discussion, both during the formal sessions and the informal gatherings, and social events scheduled by the hosts. General Electric Co. and Union College. This is one of the major assets of the symposia. K e have one suggestion which might help increase attendance and yet retain the desirable characteristics of the symposia. I n cases where topics under consideration are highly specialized, we feel that the program committee should consider having two or three such topics scheduled for a single symposium. The 1956 symposium, for example, included three subjects and n-as quite successful. By featuring several topics, the symposia will bring together specialists in several different fields, thus providing a greater possibility for cross-fertilization of ideas. The summer symposia held to date represent a major contribution in probing the frontiers of analytical chemistry. Those in future years. we are sure, will continue this trend.
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