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Science Building, Loyola College women's college located in historic Fred erick; and St. Joseph's (1902) at Emmitsburg. All offer majors in chemistry leading to bachelors' degrees. The College Park br&ncli of t h e Uni versity of Maryland is an outgrowth of the Maryland Agricultural College, second in the United States, chartered i n 1856. Systematic agricultural experimentation was recognized as an important part of
its operations. From t h e first, chemical instruction was thorough, with abundant laboratory practice, particular attention being given t o agricultural analyses. The present university was founded by merging the Baltimore and College Park Schools in 1920. I n addition t o t h e College of Agriculture, there are located a t College Park, Colleges of Commerce, Education, Home Economics, and Arts
and Sciences, t h e Graduate School, t h e Experiment Station, and t h e Extension Service. Maryland is proud of her institutions of higher learning, not only proud of their traditions and accomplishments, b u t looks hopefully toward t h e future, confident that in chemistry she will be able t o keep step with the pace and tempo that she did so much to establish.
Laws Regulating Clinical Laboratories AWS requiring examination of blood specimens serologically by laborato L ries approved b y state departments of
Health Service, t o arrive a t a procedure properly t o conserve t h e public welfare:
The meeting on the morning of Oct. 22 took up the question of training of laboratory personnel. Dr. A. H. Sanford, Chairman of the Committee on Training of Laboratory Personnel, made certain recommendations as to the qualifications of clinical labora tories which were to take part in the serodiagnosis of syphilis. Dr. F. C. Whitmore. President of1 the American Chemical Society, 1939, N E W S EDITION. Pittsburgh, Pa. t was very definitely op A special meeting was called for October 21 and 22, 1938, in Hot Springs, Ark., by posed to the assembly's taking any action on Dr. Sanford's report at that time. He the U. S. Public Health Service, in cooperawas backed in this objection by a number of tion with the American Society of Clinical members present, including Dr. Reuben Pathologists, t o consider these matters. Kahn, the originator of the Kahn test. After At this meeting President Whitmore of considerable discussion, it was decided by the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY prevote of the assembly that the committee sented an address, entitled "The Chemist's report of Dr. Simpson be tabled and that, Part in the Clinical Laboratory." The instead, a conference should be called of AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCEETY has been representatives of the United States Public very anxious t o publish t h e address of Health Service, the American Public Health President Whitmore and also t h e text of Association, the American Medical Associa the resolutions offered at H o t Springs, but tion, the American Chemical Society, the has been unable t o obtain a release pending Society of American Bacteriologists, the publication b y the Public Health Service, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, which will probably be delayed for many and such other organizations as might be in more weeks. I n t h e meantime, fearing terested in this question, the conference to that much harm will be dome to the public decide the matter: the point at issue was welfare if laws sustaining monopoly, pro posed for the medical profession by the whether or not the performance of serological technique and its control requires a director American Society of Clinical Pathologists, with a Doctor of Medicine degree, or whether are passed, we are publishing here the only or not a Doctor of Philosophy or a Doctor of extract which we nave been able to find one of the sciences degree would not be in the medical press concerning t h e meet sufficient to entitle a director to properly ing at H o t Springs. We are doing this and efficiently conduct such a laboratory. in order that the various state legislatures, It is believed by the writer that this was a through our members, m a y be warned t o very wise action on the part of the assembly delay action until they h a v e all the facts and it is hoped that as a result of the future before them. conference the entire matter will be definitely The following excerpt is taken from page cleared up. Certainly, the contributions of 4, Volume 2, Number 6, of the November, chemistry as set forth by Dr. Whitmore are of 1938, Gradwohl Laboratory Digest, which sufficient importance to entitle chemists to refers t o the H o t Springs meeting and the be in some way connected with this important vote passed a t that meeting for a confer advance. ence of representative organizations, to gether with the United States Public ι Should be State College.
health are being introduced into various states. Such a law has just been intro duced in the Senate i n Pennsylvania. I t is anticipated that these laws will consti tute attempts t o introduce monopoly for clinical pathologists with the degree of M.D., as outlined in the article on Clinical Laboratories, page 4 9 of t h e January 20,
As soon as release can b e obtained, Dr. Whitmore's address will b e published, a s well as the resolutions presented b y A. H . Sanford, Chairman of the Committee on Training of Laboratory Personnel, t o which the above excerpt refers. I n t h e meantime, it is hoped that all state legis latures will b e very critical of a n y legisla tion bearing upon t h e determination of factual relationships which are necessary to physicians for their proper diagnosis and treatment of disease. CHARLES L. PARSONS,
Secretary
Philadelphia Section Celebrates 40th Anniversary HE Philadelphia Section of the AMERI T annual Social Night on February 11.
CAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY will hold i t s
This year the meeting has a dual purpose— to celebrate t h e fortieth anniversary of the section, and to spend a pleasant social evening. A combination dinner, entertainment, and dance will b e held a t t h e Engineers' Club, Philadelphia, with assembly a t 6:30 p. M. As usual t h e ladies and friends of t h e local chemists will help to make the night a success.
FEBRUARY 10,1939
University B u y s Oil Refinery Nebraska School Gets N e w Equipm e n t for Chemical Engineering Department COMPLETE oil refinery has been purchased by the University of Nebraska for instruction in petroleum engineering under the Chemical Engineering Department. C. J. Frankforter, professor of chemical engineering, made a careful study of all the model refineries available before selecting the new unit, including those exhibited at the Century of Progress a t Chicago, the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, and many others. The model oil refinery is constructed of glass so that the physical and chemical changes taking place in crude oil refining can be clearly seen and studied. The unit includes a 50tube furnace with fractionating equipment capable of continuously separating crude oil into 11 different fractions, each of uniform and controllable characteristics. The new plant, a detailed scale model which actually refines crude oil exactly as large refineries do, is being; built for the university by Frank W. McCurry, Wichita, Kans. The unit is a duplicate of the portable glass refinery which has been exhibited as an educational feature for several years by The Derby Oil Co. The outstanding feature of this new equipment is that it is one of the few model refineries that actually refine crude oil, taking it direct from the well to the finished products. For this reason this model is most advantageous for instructional and experimental purposes. The Derby Oil Co. miniature refinery has been exhibited in actual operation at many schools, colleges, and clubs, including the annual meeting of the
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Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers, Inc., a t Chicago, and several annual state teachers' meetings. It was demonstrated January 30 before the Ad-Sells Club of Omaha, a group of more than 850 business and professional men. This is the largest organization of its kind in the country. On March 16 to 18 it will be exhibited a t the Engineer's Open House at Kansas State College, where it will appear for the fourth time. The unique model unit was developed by Frank W. McCurry, vice president of The Derby Oil Co., under whose supervision the new equipment for the university is being constructed. Mr. McCurry has spent several years in perfecting the miniature refinery, and in keeping it in pace with the latest developments of refining technology. Delivery will be made to the University of Nebraska this month at which time a demonstration will be 'ven before the Chemical and Engineering Departments.
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Mysteries o f Chemistry HE Mysteries of Chemistry broadT casts of the Philadelphia Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY have been well received. The broadcasts over Station WCAU alone, not including the International Short Wave Station W3XAU, have brought personal responses from such scattered points as New England, the Carolinas, and Arkansas. The Chemistry of Christmas broadcast given on Christmas Eve brought an especially favorable response. Apparently nothing like this has previously been heard over the air. That was the section's first attempt, in line with WCAU policy, to make its broadcasts as seasonal as possible. Suggestions as to how this can be further accomplished or how the entire Mysteries of Chemistry series can be made more interesting will
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be welcomed, as would any concrete help in supplying manuscripts or the means to provide the necessary typing, editing, recasting, etc. Communications should be addressed to O. F. Roller, Jr., Chairman, Publicity Committee, Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society, 4817 Regent St., Philadelphia, Penna. The Publicity Committee of the Phila-
delphia Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY wishes to record its grateful appreciation to the Arthur H. Thomas Co. and to Williams, Brown & Earle for presenting a stop watch to the Philadelphia Section for use in connection with these broadcasts. The broadcasts are on WCAU 1170 kilocycles, on Wednesdays at 4:30 o'clock until a more suitable time can be found. Future scheduled broadcasts follow: Feb. 22—"Chemistry and Milady's Perfumes," by J. Howard Graham. March 1—"A Chemist in Mexico," by Samuel S. Sadtler. March 8—"The Motor Car's Debt to the Chemist," by T. A. Boyd. March 15—"The Marvels of Cellulose," by Donald L. Gibson and Hiram S. Lukens.
D u P o n t Fellowships
E • INC., Wilmington, Del., has announced six $2,000 postdoctorate fellowI. DU PONT DE NEMOURS &
Co.,
ships for fundamental research in chemistry and eighteen $750 postgraduate fellowships for research in chemistry for the academic year 1939-40. Awards were made to the Universities of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio State, Pennsylvania State, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Stanford, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Yale.
