ganic acids. A second line of investigation will be studies of the enzyme systems concerned with organic acid metabolism in leaves. Another phase includes a study of the specific transformations or changes in organic acids in detached leaves in culture solutions. Still another line oi research will be in attempt .to determine the function of 'socitric acid in leaves of succulent plants.
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I F you are a user or possible user of any of the chemicals we manufacture, there may be questions in your mind. Write to us. Should the answers not be immediately avail able, our organization will study and work on your inquiries until the correct answers are found. Naturally every inquiry is considered strictly confidential.
Printing Ink Fellowship T h e National Printing Ink Research Institute at Lehigh University has been awarded a grant provided by the Flint Ink Co. establishing the Howard Flint Fellowship for g r a d u a t e work in print ing ink technology. This fellowship will augment the work of the Institute and provides a stipend and tuition to the recipient. T h e first Howard Flint Fellowis to be Thomas A. Sparta, graduate of Lafayette College, who came to Lehigh after one year at U. S. Rubber Co. This is the second such fellowship following the Sinclair Fellowship now held hy John Miller.
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EDUCATION Standard Oil (Ind.) Awards Undergraduate Scholarships Ten of the 14 technical u n d e r g r a d u a t e scholarships that Standard Oil C o . ( I n d i a n a ) has established in liberal arts col leges in t h e Midwest have already been awarded. Each of the colleges has re ceived $1000, half of which goes to an outstanding senior chemistry student. T h e other half goes to the chemistry depart ment. According to company spokesmen, the grants have m e t a very definite need in the departments by supplying funds for new equipment, additions to the tech nical library, and traveling expenses for visiting lecturers. In announcing t h e awards, Rohert E. Wilson, chairman of the board, commented that the colleges selected have had unusual records in training students for graduate work. They were selected on the basis of lists recently published hy several edu cators who have studied the contributions of small colleges to the training of scien tists. Dr. Wilson pointed out that the shortage of scientific and engineering personnel is becoming progressively worse in this country, and that S t a n d a r d Oil is particu larly concerned about the future supply bf chemists and chemical engineers. "?Vn (important source of men for graduate training has been the small liberal arts pollege," h e said. "Support of privately endowed institutions through scholarships -o the leading students in chemistry will strengthen these colleges a n d help them continue to furnish outstanding men to graduate schools." /OLUME
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Colleges at which scholarships have been established are: De Pauw University, Manchester College, Wabash College, Cornell College, Grinnell College, Iowa Wesleyan, Hope College, Kalamazoo College, Carleton College, St. Olaf College, College of Sc. Thomas, Central College in Missouri, and Beloit College. U of Wisconsin Opens Chemical Engineering Building The University of Wisconsin chemical engineering department recently moved into its new $885,000 building on the UW college of engineering campus. Finishing touches are being put to the new building which lias three stories and basement.
providing 10 laboratories in addition to several offices and other special service and work rooms. The building will gradually be put into full use during the fall semester as it is finished and the moving job completed. U o f Chicago Offers Postdoctoral Fellowships isn Statistics Three $4000 postdoctoral fellowships in statistics are offered for 19o3-54 by the University of Chicago. The purpose of these fellowships, which are open to holders of the doctor's degree or its equivalent in research accomplishments, is to acquaint established research workers in the biological, ph\sieal, unci social
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sciences with the role of modern statis tical analysis in the planning of experi ments and other investigative programs, and in the analysis of empirical data. These fellowships, which represent the third year of a five-year program sup ported by the Rockefeller Foundation, are intended to give statistical training to scientists whose primary interests are in substantive fields rather than in statistics itself. The closing date for applications is Feb. 1, 1953; instructions for applying may be obtained from the Committee on j Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago I 37, 111. FSA Lists 200 Foreign Teaching Positions More than 200 teaching positions in other countries are available to qualified United States teachers, according to the Of lice of Education of the Federal Secur ity Agency. One hundred exchange teach ing positions in the United Kingdom are available to U. S. elementary teachers, primary through the junior college and to secondary school teachers in all subject fields. Other positions are available in Furope, Near East, Far East, and Africa. Details on all positions will be furnished by the Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, Division of International Edu cation, Washington 25, D. C. Applica tions should be submitted before Oct. 15, 1952. C a n a d a ' s Research Council Offers P o s t d o c t o r a t e Fellowships
Fort> years ago West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company pioneered in producing the first so-called by-products of the paper industry. T o d a y such products as Nuchar Activated Carbon, Liqro Crude Tall Oil and Indusuil Refined Tall Oil are important co-products of paper manufacture arid the Industrial Chemical Sales Division has available a staff of technical service men to advise on I he ever-widening applications for these chemicals from the paper industry. The newest addition to Industrial's chemical line i s I N D U L I N pine wood lignin. I N D U L I N is available in three standard reproducible grades in tonnage quantities. I t is already being used commercially in t h e following industries or processes: rubber, asphalt emulsions, ceramics, drilling muds, fire foams, protein removal, storage batteries, textile dyeing and a s a sequestering agent. Our Development Department will be glad to furnish technical information and a sample of I N D U L I N for the use in which you a r e interested. N U C H A R Activated Carbon · I N D U L I N Pine W o o d Li g nin · LIQRO Crude Tall O i l · INDUSOIL Distilled Tall O i l · T A L L E N E Tall O i l Pitch T A L L E X Abietic A c i d
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The National Research Council of Canada will award about 25 postdoctorate fellowships for research in chemistry. The awards are for 1953-54 at the NRC's laboratories at Ottawa. In addition, 15 awards will be made in physics and five in biological sciences. Application blanks may be secured from the Secretary, Laboratories Awards Committee, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada. Education
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A million dollar building has been opened to students of the nation's first graduate school of industrial administra tion at Carnegie Institute of Technology. The school was founded in 1949 with a $6 million gift from the W. L. and May T. Mellon Foundation. The Twelfth Annual Science Talent Search was launched recently when high school students throughout the United States were invited to compete in the competition. The project is sponsored by YVestinghouse Educational Foundatior and is conducted by Science Clubs ol America. The forty finalists will be in: vited to Washington, D. C. to attend the Science Talent Institute in February Scholarship winners will be announced ai the conclusion of the institute. AND
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