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NElV ENGLAND AS~OCIATION of CHEMISTRY TEACHERS OFFICIAL BUSINESS 226th Meeting-May 6, 1944 Mechanic Arts High School Bosto,,,, Massachusetts FOLLOWING a welcome by Mr. James W. Dyson to the Mechanic Arts High School, the .E.A.C.T., the New England Biological Association, and the Eastern Association of Physics Teachers shared the following program: "The Army method of instruction," Capt. John P. Dempsey, Chief of Visual Aids, Signal Corps, First Service Command, Boston, Massachusetts; "Postwar teaching problems," George H. Blackwell, Science Master, Groton School, Groton, Connecticut; "The national search for scientific talent," Harlow Shapley, President of Sigma Xi, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The address by Capt. Dempsey included a film used by the Army as a visual aid in teaching officers how to teach. Some of these aids are available to groups of teachers through the Signal Corps of the First Service Command in Boston. In the afternoon, the N.E.A.C.T. heard a talk by Charles A. Schmitt, Carter's Ink Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, entitled, "The chemistry of writing inks." Mr. Schmitt, who has been a chemist with the Carter Ink Company for 52 years, related some of the experiences he has had in court cases involving the use of inks in signatures, forgeries, wills, and extortion notes. The following is an abstract of the business meeting. Election of officers:
Presiden.t: Millard W. Bosworth, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont Vice-President: Eldin V. Lynn, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, Massachusetts Secretary: Raymond E. Neal, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts Treasurer: Theodore C. Sargent, Swampscott High School, Swampscott, Massachusetts Curator: G. Davis Chase, Jr., Senior High School, New Britain, Connecticut Auditor: S. Walter Hoyt, Mechanic Arts High School, Boston, Massachusetts
Trustee of the Endowment Fund: ]VIary B. Ford, ~Ii[ ford, Massachusetts Division Chairmen: Central Divisiou, Helen S. French, Wel1esley College, Wel1es[ey, Massachusetts Southern Division, Clinton S. Johnson, Rhode Island Col1ege of Pharmacy, Providence, Rhode Island Western Division, Rev. Joseph A. Martus, S.]., Cranwell Preparatory School, Lenox, ~1assachusetts Northern Diuision, John Hogg, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire The secretary reported the current membership to be 392, which is the highest attained since the inception of the Association. The average attendance this year was 76. The trustees reported a trust fund of morc than Sl800 and recommended that members who were so inclined might well buy a war bond and designate the Association as beneficiary. Although the trust fund is not needed at present, a larger fund might be needed in the future and this idea was suggested as a means of increasing it.
NEW MEMBERS Raymond R. Andrews, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Con· necticut Helena I. Dunn, Ward Senior High School, Westerly, Rhode Island Gertrude T. Eastman, High School of Commerce, Worcester, Massachusetts Richard P. French, Bloomfield High School. Bloomfield, Connecticut Jean V. Johnston, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut John P. Lane, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts Mildred R. Newlin, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut Edward W. \Vhitmorc. Memorial High School, Middleboro, Massachusetts George E. Zink, Brooks School, North Andover. Massachusetts
SIXTH SUMMER CONFERENCE As announced in the June issue of THIS JOURNAL, the cost of meals and lodging at the Sixth Summer Conference, New London, Connecticut, August 24-8, will be $3.00 per day or $12.00 for the entire conference.
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All members and others in attendance must register to help carry the expenses of the conference. The schedule of registration fees is as follows: Members:
$3.00 if paid before August 1st. $4.00 if paid after August 1st. Nonmembers: $6.00 includes membership in the Association and subscription to THIS JOURNAL for one-half year. Nonprofessional guests: S t .50.
All correspondence about the conference should be addressed to Miss Helen Crawley, 45 Lawton Road, Needham, Massachusetts. The following tentative program has been outlined;
"Electronics," speaker not announced Reception to ex-presidents of the Association
Evening, August 27 "Yellowstone Park chemistry," Irwin B. Douglass, University of Maine, Orono, Maine "Atomic transmutations," John R. Dunning, Columbia University, New York City
NINTH SESSION-Sunday
SESSION-Mond,ay Morning, August 28 "Chemistry of plastics," Robert P. Courtney, Bakelite Corporation, Bloomfield, New Jersey "Plans for a National Science Teachers Association," Philip G. Johnson, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Summary of oxidation-reduction symposium, John A. Timm, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
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SESSION-Thursday Evening, August 24 Motion picture-Millard W. Bosworth. Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont \Velcome--Katherine Blunt, President. COllnecticut College, New London. Connecticut "Chemists, capitalists. and Communists," \Villiams Haynes, Stonington, Connecticut
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Morning, August 25 Speaker on oxidation and reduction "Victory in the ocean," representative of the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan "Behind the plate," George A. Hogaboom, formerly Chief Electroplating Consultant, WPB, Conservation and Substitution Division
SECOND SESSION-Friday
THIRD ~ssION-FridayAfternoon,
August 25 "Demonstrations of gas laws," Rev. Bernard A. Fiekers, S.J., Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts "Demonstrations," Elbert C. Weaver,. Phillips Academy, Andover, Massacllusetts Round table discussion on oxidation-reduction-Mary C. McKee, Connecticut College, and Norris W. Rakestraw, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
FOURTH SESSION- Friday
Evening, August 25 Motion picture- -Millard W. Bosworth, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont "Wartime production of ethyl alcohol," Philip A. Singleton, Monsanto Chemical Company, Everett, Massachusetts
SESSION-Saturday !forning, August 26 Speaker on oxidation and reduction "Women in industry," Lois Woodford, Amerkan Cyanamid Company, Stamford, Connecticut "Comprehensive survey of synthetic medicinals," C. Pauline Burt, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
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SESSION-Saturday Afternoon, A ugust :xi Business Session "Leather chemistry," Kenneth E. Bell, Lawrence Leather Company, Peabody, Massachusetts Oxidation-Reduction round table-McKee and Rakestraw
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SESSION-Saturday Evening, August 26 Motion picture---Millard \V. Bosworth, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont Topic and speaker not announced
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Topic of general interest
Afternoon, August 27
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Millard \V. Bosworth, newly elected President of the N.E.A.C.T. for the term )944-6, teaches the physical sciences In Vermont Academy at Saxtons River, Vermont. "Bozzy" is a camera fan and makes use of his hobby as a teaching aid. He is probably better informed than anyone in the N.E.A.C.T. on the availability and content of films which may be lIsed as aids in teaching high-school chemistry.
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