EDITORIALLY S P E A K I N G
Each time page one appears, the urge to have a family chat seems to take over. Perhaps it is the attainment of 39 for the volume number, an age so notable in the minds of those who have passed it. Perhaps it is merely a habit which we hope could rate the more sympathetic consideration due a young tradition. Whatever the rationale: Greetings, friends, especially yon 2000 new ones whose names appeared on our subscription list for the first time in 1961. Two members of the Editorial Board have completed terms of service. They probably know as well as the editor that this will not mean that mail from this office to theirs will cease. The kind of help and advice given by W. F. Luder of Northeastern University and J. M. Pappenhagen of Kenyon College is something an editor cannot live without. Sometime we ought to publish a section for readers entitled "Look-what-you-have-been-spared." Readers should know how fortunate they are that the editor has men of judgment and ability to help him. Sometimes the lot of an editorial board meniber seems to be a dreary one, chiefly concerned with keeping inadequate material out of print rather than assuring the appearance of good articles. Both Jim Pappenhagen and Bill Luder have had their share of the editor's headaches passed on to them. Both have wielded a sharp but sympathetic pencil to the very great benefit of authors, editor, and readers. We want to say thanks for this help-and also to promise readers that we will not let the quality of our material slip by abandoning this source of advice completely. The two new names appearing on the list of Editorial Board members are not new to JOURNAL readers. Professors Ernest I. Becker of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and Professor W. T. Lippincott of Ohio State University are familiar to readers of these pages. Not only have their names appeared as authors of papers, but both are known for their wide range of professional activities. Professor Becker, whose research deals with %on-classical" aromatic compounds, is a professor of organic chemistry whose whole approach to the profession of being a chemist can be described as "non-classical." He has been at Brooklyn Polytech since 1940 when he received his doctorate from Western Reserve University. Professor Lippincott has recently come home from Michigan State and F1 rida to
Ohio State, and heads the business of general chemistry at the institution where he earned his doctorate in organic chemistry. His enthusiastic drive for modern chemistry to be presented by modern teaching techniques is familiar to the hundreds of participants in the NSF conferences he has directed. We welcome the opportunity to turn to these friends with even more frequency than we have in the past. Another old friend with a new outlet for his unique talents returns to our pages. Hubert N. Alyea of Princeton University is back with a new series, TOPS (see page 12). What could be a more appropriate acronym! Here is the master demonstrator's adoption of a new technique to do the job for which he is famous. Seldom have we seen advance copy of material which should inspire so much ingenuity in teachers. Our other features continue. We anticipate symposiums on Fused Salts, Honors Programs, Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Bonding, and Thermodynamics. Chemical Instrumentation, Tested Demonstrations, and Chemical Projects continue along with expanded Book Reviews, Editor's Basket, and the annual Book List. Another 1962 project will be the publication of a collection of reprinted papers dealing with current developments in inorganic chemistry. A list of suggestions bas been screened by professors; selections are being assembled. The response of readers for reprints (for example, this office has sold nearly 900 of the Sntton article on Ligand Field Theory) indicated a need; enthusiastic endorsement has been given the proposal by those whose opinions have been solicited. The 220page volume will appear early in 1962 and contain 40 articles which have appeared in THIS JOURNAL in recent years. Advertising in the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION has shown another year of gratifying growth. Certainly the 12% increase for 1961 over 1960 must reflect advertisers' confidence in both their products and the market represented by those who see our pages. We never can pass this by without reminding readers that we hope they will continue to mention THIS JOURNAL to advertisers. Doing so can be responsible for maintaininn subscription rates a t their present bargain price. We appreciate you 15,000 friends, old and nek. We hope you will not be disappointed in 1962. Volume 39, Number 7, January 7962
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