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NE of the most important recent events in Chemical Education was the meeting of the American Chemical Society in Memphis, April 20 to 24. For several years it has been the a s tom at the spring meeof the Division of Chemical Education to feature a student program. The one this year was especially successful. It began with the Student Breakfast, attended by nearly a hmdred-most of them in the "young" category, hut including also a considerable number of "older students," some of them prominent members of the Society. p t e e n papers were given by students from nine Werent instrtutions, during the morning and afternoon sessions. As usual, many of these papers were on research subjects in connection with eraduate work. The general program of the Division was largely devoted to a Round Table on the Problem of Teaching Chemisuy. The several papers in this symposiumappear elsewhere in this number.
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HE Navy Department has awarded contracts for 14 experimental gliders, four of which will be made of a wood-impregnated plastic. Nitrogen isotope of atomic weight 15 (N1*)is now available in the form of ammonium nitrate from Eastman Kodak Company. One of the ontstanding developments of the year in the glass industry is said to have been the increasing application of new and special glasses in airplane manufacture. A newly developed machine, the "rheotron" or electron accelerator, inaeases the speed of electrons to within one-tenth of one per cent of the speed of light. In doing this a 20,000,530-
volt electron stream or X-rays of the same power are produced. This is equivalent to a beam from more than 1OOO grams of radium or more than the world's available supply. A 1M),W0.000-volt machine is under construction. How fats can he administered by injection into the veins in cases in which mouth feeding is impossible or undesirable is the subject of research which has been started by Dr. Alexander Brunschwig, professor of surgery at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Lucia Jordan Dunham. Though doctors have for years been able to give W M U S injections of carbohydrates such as sugar for emergency nutrition, it has not been possible to supply fats by this method. This tvoe .. of "narenteral" nutrition mav bemme of .narticular importance as a result of the war since it may help to make possible a balanced diet for p-ns whase digestive apparatus has been injured or for whom an operation may make emergency nutritional hwsts necessary. In many cases in which surgical operations are necessary, they are very hazardous because of the di5culty of providing satisfactory emergency nutrition. To aid in conserving the nation's vital supply of pig tin, United States Steel Corporation subsidiaries are installing nine additional electrolytic tin plating production lines and six supplemental production lines for chemically treating black plate. Electrolytic tin plate is produced by mating black plate with tin by means of an electric current passing through a solution, rather than by the conventional dipping of black plate into molten tin. ~~
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103rd MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DMSION OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION Memphis, Tennessee, April 20-24, I942 MINUTES OP TEE EXECUTIVE COWITTEE
A MEETING of the Executive Committee was held in the Auditorium. Room D, Tuesday, April 21, a t 5:00 P.M. Those present were: F. E. Brown. Chairman of the Division; A. J. Currier. Vice-Chairman: C. E. White. Treasurer: L. L. Quill, -.
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CH&YICAL EDUCATION; and P. H. Pall, &tary: At the suggestion of Dr. George L. Royer, Chairman of the Division of Analytical and Miao Chemistry, a motion was made and carried that our Division co6paate with the Division of Analytical and Mino Chemistry in a symposium on "Teaching and Practice of Analvticat Chemistrv" to be held at the meeting in Buffalothis fall. After discussion of the value and excellent results of the Book Exhibit which the Division was conducting at this Memphis meeting, a motion was carried that the Executive Committee end- the remmmendation of the Board of Publication that our Division conduct similar Bmk Exhibits at the sprinp . - meetings of the Soeiety. The secretary read a letter from Lloyd E. Blanch, Senior Specialist in Higher Education, Chairman. Committee on College Curriculum Adjustments. Federal Security Agency. U. S. Officeof Education, in which he requested our Division to select three to five persons as a committee to make a study, and subsequently the content submit a reoort. .~~~ ~ on-how~ , ~ of chemistrv in the liberal arts college curriculum can he adapted, so far &may seem advisable, to aid most in the solution of the problems confronting ~
thenation in wartime. Motion was carried that the Chairman - - - am point a committee to formulate a report as requested by the U. S. Officeof Education Wartime Commission. Thc Chairman asked the Secretary to write to the followmg men asking them to serve on the committee: ProfessorJohn E. Cavelti, Allegheny College, as Chairman Profwor Sidney J. French, Colgate University ProfessorROY I. Grady. Colleae of Wooster Professor ~ n k r e wJ. S&lett.ir., Dartmouth College By motion a bill of $5.00 from the American Science TeacherAssociation for annual dues was approved. I t was suggested tha we ask the Association for a report. Some plans for the Buffalo meeting, in addition to the join symposium with the Division of Analytical and Miao Chemistry were discussed. 0.M. Smith. Chairman of the Committee on Examination and Tests, made a brief report in which he stated that a copy ol the 1942 Coiiperative Test in Chemistry can he secured by any member of the Societv unan navment of fiftv cents. He also stated that his commi&eeeeexp&& to hold a t&day iheeting in BuBalo immediately preced'i the Society's meeting this fall This committee is operating entirely on funds received from tht sale of tests. The budget for 1 9 4 1 4 is $600. This year, for tht k t time, a tw&honr Co6perative Test in Organic Chemistry i! available. This is a new venture, Dr. Smith stated. Dr. C. E. White, Treasurer, submitted a report. The meeting adjourned at 6:40 P M. PAULH. PALL,Sendary
