October, 1923
INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
995
MILWAUKEE MEETING HE events of the short five days occupied by the Sixtysixth Meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY held a t Milwaukee, Wis., September 10 to 14, inclusive, can be recorded in comparatively little space, but only time can record the farreaching effect which the developments a t Milwaukee will have upon the future of American chemistry. In summarizing, briefly, the outstanding features of the meeting, first place must be given to the two prize awards which SOCIETY as a rewill be sponsored by the AMERICAN CHEMICAL sult of the generous gifts of the Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation on the one hand and Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan on the other. Stimulation for both the workers in chemistry and those who are about to begin a career is provided through these two magnificent prize offers. Next in order of importance perhaps was the splendid scientific showing made by the SOCIETY through the work of its divisions and sections, which provided a total of more than three hundred papers on a wide range of chemical and allied subjects. Not only were these papers of intense interest to the assembled members, but many of them furnished interesting newspaper stories, thus keeping the work of the SOCIETY before the public. The great interest displayed by college men, as well as those identified with the industries, in the subject of chemical education and the general recognition that the future of chemistry depends largely upon the training of the coming chemist, as well as the desire of all to make this training as effective as possible, might well be characterized as another outstanding feature of the meeting. The award of the first Priestley Medal to Dr. Ira Remsen; the public meeting a t which Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, delivered an address full of practical suggestions for bringing chemistry home to the public; the trip to Madison, Wis.; and lastly, the splendid manner in which the convention was handled by the local committee completes the brief survey of outstanding features, but by no means describes the various other items of business and scientific interest which transpired. Entertainments for all and especially for the ladies were provided most lavishly by the local hosts. Following the council meeting on Monday, the meeting was formally opened Tuesday morning in Plankinton Hall of the Municipal Auditorium. Clare H. Hall, the chairman of the local section, presided. Welcoming addresses were made by Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, State Senator Oscar Morris, and President Albert C. Fox of Marquette University. President Frank-
lin responded for the SOCIETY, after which two general addresses were delivered. Charles F. Burgess, director of the C. F. Burgess Laboratories, spoke on ‘Warketing Chemical Discoveries,” and Dean Arthur I. Kendall, of the Medical School of Northwestern University, spoke on “Bacteria and the Chemist.” Special general divisional programs arranged by the Divisions of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and the Section on Chemical Education occupied the afternoon of the first general meeting day. In the evening a dinner and entertainment were provided which turned the thoughts of those present from science to sociability, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. All the divisions and sections met some time Wednesday or Thursday, and some on both days. Symposia on “Bread,“ “Soils, Fertilizers, and Crops,” “Synthetic Methods,” “Gelatin,” “Chemistry of Glandular Products,” “Activated Sludge,” and “Biological Chemistry” were held in connection with several of the divisional meetings. The Section on Chemical Education held a joint meeting with the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry and the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. While few of the last group attended the meeting, the main object was accomplished, because educators and industrialists were provided with an opportunity to air their views, which they did, and a wholesome cooperative effort will very likely result. Mention has already been made of two features of the public meeting on Wednesday evening. The closing number on the program of the meeting was an address by President E. C. Franklin on “Systems of Acids, Bases, and Salts.” The trip to Madison, Wis., including inspection of the University of Wisconsin buildings and the Forest Products Laboratory, proved to be very delightful to the one hundred and fifty or more who spent Friday as the guests of the Wisconsin-Section. Industrial excursions in Milwaukee had been provided for those not desiring to make the trip to Madison. Newspapers of Milwaukee were quite generous with their space in recording the doings of the SOCIETY and it was quite evident from this and from the remarks of Mayor Hoan that chemistry has found an important place in the activities of the City of Milwaukee. Doubtless the recent meeting will help to impress its importance more firmly upon the public. This should be compensation, in a small way a t least, for the splendid hospitality and untiring efforts of the Milwaukee Section in making the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the SOCIETY so successful.
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GUESTSOP WISCONSINSECTION AI MADISON, Wrs
