A N A L Y T I C A L CH EM1S T R Y WALTER J. MURPHY, Editorial Director
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Go West Analysts Go West copy, and the unexpectedly large attendance of analysts a t the divisional sessions at the recent ACS national meeting in Dallas. .4t the day-and-a-half symposium in Dallas on vapor phase chromatography, there were as many as 700 analysts in the lecture room a t one time, and a t least 300 attended the one-day session on the subject of thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. Large audiences such as these demonstrate conclusively that we still have not reached a saturation point in meetings devoted to the broad subject of analytical chemistry. The addition of an exhibit of instruments to the summer symposium at UCLA next month is an experiment that mill be watched with a great deal of interest. Unquestionably, the exposition staged in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Conference has helped materially to build up attendance a t the conferences. Certainly, the exhibits now are a very integral part of these meetings. Those who have been responsible for the planning and operation of the Pittsburgh conferences very wisely have seen to it that the scientific and technical sessions are not the “tail that wags the dog.” An unusually large committee has been involved for well over a year in planning for the summer symposium a t UCLA. The general chairman, John Mitchell, Jr., Robert L. Pecsok, chairman of local arrangements, and their associates are to be congratulated. In addition to the innovations already mentioned, they have secured Herbert bleyer, chief chemist of the Motion Picture Research Council which serves nine of Hollywood’s major studios, as the banquet speaker. The title of his address is a challenging one, “Hollywood Has Chemical Problems.” The California Chamber of Commerce assures us that every month is a good month to visit the state. JITe hope to take advantage of the symposium being held in LA by including a number of other interesting industrial and scenic areas in our tour. We strongly suspect that just about everyone who attends the symposium has the same objective in mind.
six innovations in the planning for the Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry are in evidence in the final program published in the April issue of this journal. This annual event, cosponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry and AXALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, for the first time will be held on the West Coast on the spacious campus of the University of California at Los Angeles. The ninth in the series of summer symposia, lengthened to a 3-day meeting, is a distinct departure from the pattern of former years. Instead of dealing with one subject, three topics are scheduled for the June 14 to 16 meeting: The Analysis of Industrial Wastses, Rapid Methods of Analyses, and Analytical Problems Encountered in Biological Systems. The fourth innovation is the addition of an exhibit of scientific apparatus by local manufacturers and supply houses. Fifth in our list, we are happy to note, is that an introductory lecture will be given by the Fisher Award winner, Ernest H. Swift of California Institute of Technology and honorary chairman of the symposium. His subject will be coulometry. Finally, a very interesting ladies’ program has been added, something that has been talked about in connection with these meetings, but without tangible results until this year. -4t first blush, it might seem ungracious to our hosts and hostesses to mention the subject of air pollution. However, smog is no longer wholly identified with the city of Los Angeles, although admittedly LA for a wide variety of reasons has been plagued by this nuisance more perhaps than any other city in this country. Smog conditions have been reported in other parts of the United States as well, and it seemed appropriate to the program committee to devote a t least one full day to papers dealing with the analytical aspects of air pollution and industrial wastes. h large turnout of analysts is expected for the 1956 summer symposium. We have been interested and especially pleased to note the record-breaking registration at the LSU symposium and the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectros-
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