Local Activities and Opportunities The Nebraska Academy of Science. On May 7, 8 and 9, a t Lincoln, Nebrarka, the Nebraska Academy of Science gave much more than usual attention to science teaching. The general session Friday morning, May 8, was given to two educational topi-: "The Museum and the Education of Nebraska" by P. G. Collin., of the university of Nebraska Muaeum and "The Place of Science in Education" by Walter L. Locke of The N e b a s k . Sl.1~ Journal, Rabbi S. B. starre1s and Father John P. Mecormiek, prerident of Creighton University of Omaha. Chemists in attendance were particularly interested in the address on "Enzymes and Plant Diseases" by Professor Geza Doby of the Univ m i t y of Budapest, Hungary. Papers in the chemistry section of special interest to teachers of chemistry were: "The Content and Scope of High-Sehwl Chemistry Teaching" by W. F. Hoyt of the Peru Teacherr' College, "New U x s for Broken Eleetrie Light Bulbs" by D. J. Brown and R . F. TeRt of the University of Nebraka and "Finding and Salvaging the Superior Student" by B. Clifford Headricks of the University of Nebraska. The chemistry teacherr of the state were pleased when one of their number. Professor Jmcph A. Moos of Cotoer Collepe, was elected t o the presidency of the Academy for the coming year. University of Nebraska. Doctor Charles Radewald, inrtruetor in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Nebrarka for the past two years har accepted the position of Asaktant Professor in the Department of Chemistry a t Washinaton University. His work in the new position begins with the opening of the fall semester. State University of Iowa. A regional meeting of the A. C. S. wag held a t The University of Iowa, May 8 and 9. Over 250 from Iowa and surmUnding stat- were prerent. The general meeting on Friday afternoon was addressed by Dr. Jam- Norrir, President of the American Chemical Society. He spoke on "Re-
Dr. J. H. Matthews. of the University of Wiseonrin gave an address on "Recent Developmen* in Photo-Chemistry." lwlowing the banquet. Dr. Ira Remsen gave the principal ad&. Dr. Remsen in his wual happy vein told of the progrers in chemistry since his early days in the laboratories of Germany.
Saturday morning was devoted to five group meeting. Of these the educational group proved Unueually interesting. Dr. Ruth and Mr. Stoddard of the department of psychology of the State Univerrity of Iowa presented r report of their investigations on the Correl+tion of Aptitude Tests with Examination Records in Freshman Chemistry. Their results showed a marked correlation. They also brought out the praetieability of a training test for thme who offered chemktry for entmnee ns a mean. of placing them io comee courses. Dr. H. P. Lewis of Cornell Collcge advocated n simplification of the curriculum in chemistry in colleges where the teaching force is too small t o
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few years at Ames in which he showed that those who had had c o m e s in high~sehoolchemistry made higher grades than those who had not and that larger numbers continued in advanced work. This opinion wag shared by a majority of tho3e present. The lart paper on the program was read by Prof. P. C. Monensm of Coe Colleee on an "Introduetion to Chemistry." Mr. P. E. Goodell, associate editor of Tnrs J O U RNA L , reported on the work of the Iowa Committee on Chemical Education. A very cordial feeling of eo6peration wss shown between the men of the larger institutions and those in the smaller colleges and high schwh. The latter were strongly encouraged to undertake research work dona lines adanted to their situations. Yale University. Dr. Robert D. Coghill has been rerooointed t o a research oorition in the division of organic chemistry at Yale University. Dr. Coghill is t o be one of the re3earch fellows under Profe.ror Trent B. Johnson, who in directing research in tubercular bacilli. T h k tubercular bacilli investigation in pupported by a special gmnt from the National Tvbereulosis
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,spices of the S t Louis Section of the American chemical society and other scientific mzaniza,i,"s Ohio Chemistry Teachers. The chemistry teachers of Northeastern Ohio are especially aetive in Chemical Education s. is shown by the
following abstract circular letter which has been recently sent out by them: Dear Chemistry Teacher: "The response t o t h e P a w ' s Chcmislry Tcrt, form B has been wonderful. Fifty out of a possible seventy sehwls are to give t h e t e s t ; 2500 students are t o be tested. The NortheastOhio ChemirVy teachers are showing a wonderful spirit of e&+peration on this first problem to be tackled. You will get the testing committee report in the fall, end will also bear of good work by the Committee on laboratory work. "As a side-line t o the rest of its work, the general committee, M. V. McGill, Loraie, C . B. Fleming, Sandurky, and K ; M. Persing. Cleveland, are undertaking t o compile a chemistry scrap book for the benefit or chemistry teacherr of Northeastern Ohio. "Thi? i r what roc wan1 from you. Often some teacher has devised a piece of laboratory apparatus t h a t is cheaper, safer and better than those described in laboratory manuals or textbooks; or maybe you have p u t into operation some helpful suggestion from an outride source t h a t has made you feel m a d ; or perhaps you have found some new way of putting ehemiztry a c m s effectively in t h e class r w m or laboratory. I f you have, we want it. If the idea comes f m m something you have read, refer us t o its source. I f i t is your own discovery, let us have i t and give i t publicity, through t h e JooasAr. orr C m r r c n r ,
Eoocmmn. "We want t o begin compiling this during the summer. S m d in to any member of the e o n mittee any diagrams, descriptions or helpful ruggestionr for laboratory set ups or teaching methods t h a t you have found valuable. If they are not complete mough, we shall correspond with you. This scrap book is only possible thmugh your co8peratian and will be available for your use. I t goes without saying t h a t t h e better the co8peratioo, the more quickly the scrap book will be available. We want i t t o be wholly a Northeastern product. "Plan$ oue already under w a r for a real treat a t ' t h e fall meeting, October 30th. Yours for Chemistry organization t h a t does something.University of Maryland. Dr. Robert Calvert has accepted the position as Head of the Industrial Chemistry Division a t the Univerrity of Maryland. Dr. Calvert has had eight years of industrial experience, approximately six with t h e DuPont and two with the Celite Co. H e will take u p his full duties with t h e opening of t h e fall oemepter. Northeastern and Rhode Island Sections of A. C. S. The members of these two ~eetionpof the American Chemical Society united in a n outing at the Riverside Recreation Grounds on Friday afterown a n d evening, June 5th. T h e omgram of sports included baseball. tennis, canoeing and swimming. Thmugh t h e m8puation of t h e Chemical Warfare Service, airplanes gave exhibition Bighh in t h e afternoon.
A smoke screen was produced with hand grenades. Motion pictures and an exhibition of Chemical Warfare devices were edditional features of the entertainment. Dinner and dancing in the evening completed a gala event for the A. C. S , members of e a r t u n Masnachuretts and Rhode Idand. Hibh School Science. Analysis of a c l a s of 576 students in Chemistry I a t Symeuse university during 1924-25; shows t h a t 270 high ~ e h o o l s in 18 stater were represented. 45 per cent of these students had had n course in high school ehemintry, while 55 per cent had not; 65 per cent had had lligh school physics, while 35 per cent had not.
Unpublished Preparations for "Organic Syntheses." The swzertion has been made that "Organic Syntheses:' an annual publication of ratirfactory methods for the preparation of organic chemicnls, can increaseits scope of usefulncs~ by making available direction$ for preparation. which have bcensubmittcd for future volumes. The following is a lipt of some of the preparations which are now being checked by the editors. Those who wish a copy of directions for some of the listed preparations can procure the same by writing to Henry Gilman, Iowa State Culleqe, Ames, Iowa. Acetamidine Aemlein Benzal pinaeolone Benzylaniline m-Bmmobenryl chloride o-Bromotoluene P-Cyaoo~B-phenylaerylicaeid Cyclohexyl-bromopropenc Puroie acid Hydroxylamine base 9-Iodadimethylaniline 9-Iodoguaiaeol Mandeli" acid l-Methyl-2qyridone Myristie atid Naphthnldehyde Phcnyl isothioeyanate ~ w - P h t h a l y chloride l Propionaldehyde Pyromellitic acid Pyrrol earborylie aeid Thiophoagene Thymaquinone o-Toluamide rrTolyleoe diamine Viscose Rhode Island State College. The Second Annual Chemirtry Week wan held a t Rhode Island State College from May 4-9, 1925. The general Purpose of the week as a whole was t o interest as many people ar possible in the ~cieneeof chemistry and its applications to our daily life. The number of persons to be interested was, of course, confined t o those directly concerned with the welfare of the college, namely, the present s t v d m t body and alumni and the general pvblie
On Friday the R. I. Section of the American of Rhode Island. It in difficult t o m-"re how Chemieai Society held its May meeting a t the mccensfulb the accomplishment of this p q o s e mllege, with about twenty of its members from was realized. but a brief descriotion of the variaue the vicinity of Providence motoring to Kinmton. activities of the week will indicate to what a varied extent those responsible for the plans went in After visiting the exhibit and dining a t the college. the members listened to P lecture on "Optical their effort.. A popular industrial and edveational exhibit GI-" by J. C. Hostctter, manager of the Central Fdln plant of the Corning Glass Works. Bewas held thmughout the whole period. I n addicause of Mr. Hortetter's unique experience in tion to the displays sent in by manufacturers, the thip subject nod the many ~amplenhe had to illusinstructors and students in the department artrate hip talk, this also proved to be a valuable ranged quite a series of exhibits, the students participating in a contest for prizes offered by a feat- of the week. On Saturday wss held the semnd annual chemnumber of manufacturers and deakrs in materials istry contest for the high school students of Rhode of chemical interest. On the lart day of the exIsland, arranged for this time because of the large hibit, became of the greater attendance a t that number of high sehool people a t the mllege in time, a few indvrtrial Brms staged demonrtmconnection with the Interreholsstic Track Meet, tionr. There was, for example, Lhe water gar an annual anair. Twelve school. entered 57 generator demonntxated by the Providenee Gar students in the contest and several series of prizes Co.. an exhibition of glass blowing by Mr. Biekwere offered to individuals and t o teams rep="ell of M a d a s t e r Bicknell, Cambridge, and sentiog the vnriour schools. As n major prize. explanations of scientific apparatus by a reprethe Chemistry Alumni Trophy attracted the sentative of George I,. Clallin Co., Providence. most interest, being a silver plated metal wash As a meam of interesting the general student bottle on an ebony standard, and having t o be body, the chemistry department of the mllege won three years in succession by a school t o be had secured the service. of Harrison E. Howc. retained permanently by that sehoal. This ycsr editor of the Journol of Induslrid and Enginawing Chcrnirlry, who addressed the weekly sss~mbly the team from Pawtvcket High School wrested pmzersion of the trophy away from Rogers on the subject of "Chemietry in the Nation's High School of Newpart. And in so doing, the Business." Those who have heard Mr. Howe tc~m ineidcntdly won for the library of the v h o o l will know that it is unn~cessaryt o state in this n number of ehimirtry bookssud lor their tearhpr conneetion whnt a splendid talk he gave and how a war'? ruhrcrivftvnr to n numlwr 01 chcmlcal mveh inspiration he brought t o the chemistry jourrds. second place was won by Ro3taff and to those students more espcciailg interHigh School of Newport and third place by ested in chemistry. Technical H,gh School of Providence, each school Oo the followiaing day Frank W. Kemey, ink i n g entitled t o a number of chemirtry books structor in the department, gave a popular lecture and the chemistry teacher to a number of subon "Liquid Air" before the stvdent body and scriptions to journals. The members of the team local midents and this eyer fascinating subject, winning mrt place and the three highest scoring illustrated by simple experiments, proved one individuals alw received books as prizes. All of of the most svccersful features in connection with thene orires were awarded a t the same time ss the the week as a whole. On soother evening, the awards for the track meet were announced and students' Chemical Society held a banquet, with there seemed t o be fully ao much rivalry and some Faculty members as their guests, and had excitement in the contest of brains ar of invited thr chemistry alumni of the college to brawn. return to renew old acquaintances and t o view copies of the examination used in this year's the exhibit. The eoaperation of the chemistry contest, a4 well a. that of last year will be mailed dumni of the college had been previously s e c m d to any person requesting same. And detailed by having them mntribute toward. a trophy. information in renard t o methods wed in makine which was osered to the high school winning the annual chemistry contest. And moreover, revera1 of the alumni had taken an active part in securing and arranging displays for the exhibit Joseph W. Ince. and for the museum of the department.
