Society Officials, Committees, and Student Affiliate Chapters Divisional Officers
Officers HE list of officers of the SOCIETY will T appear in the NEWS EDITION three times a year.
National Officers and Directors PRESIDENT. Charles A . Kraus, Brown University, Providence, R. I. PRESIDENT-ELECT. Samuel C. Lind, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. SECRETARY
AND
BUSINESS
MANAGER.
Charles L. Parsons, Mills Bldg., Washington, D . C . Assistant Manager, Alden H . Emery. TREASURER. Robert T . Baldwin, 5 0 E a s t 41st St., New York, N . Y . DIRECTORS. Ex-Officio, the President, t h e President-elect, the most recent P a s t President (Frank 6 . Whitniore), the Secretary, and t h e Treasurer. Regional, T o w n e s R. Leigh, R . £ . Swain ( 1 9 3 7 - 3 9 ) ; Erie M . Billings, H . H. Willard (1938-40); Arthur J. Hill, E . R. Weidlein (1939-41). At-Large, R. E . Wilson < 1936-39); Willard H . D o w (1937-40); G . J . Esselen (1938-41); T h o m a s Midgley, Jr. (1939-42). C O U N S E L . Elisha Hanson.
Editors
AGRICULTURAL
OP THE AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY. Arthur B. Lamb, Chemical Laboratory, Harvard University, 12 Oxford S t . , Cambridge, Msvss. CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS. E . J. Crane, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Assistant Editor, Elmer Hockett. INDUSTRIAL
AND E N G I N E E R I N G
CHEMIS-
TRY. H . E . Howe, Mills Bldg., Washington, D . C. Assistant to Editor, N . A. Parkinson. PUBLICATION MANAGER. Harvey F. Mack, 20th and Northampton Sts., E as ton, Penna. N E W S SERVICE. Director, H . E . Howe, Mills Bldg., Washington, D . C. Managing Editor, James T. Grady, 6 0 9 Journalism Bldg., Columbia University, N e w York, N. Y. SCIENTIFIC MONOGRAPHS.
W. A.
Noyes,
University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. TECHNOLOGIC; MONOGRAPHS.
H. E. Howe,
Mills Bldg., Washington, D . C . CHEMICAL R E V I E W S . W. Albert N o y e s , Jr., University of Rochester, River Campus, Rochester, N. Y, Assistant Editor, Louise Kelley. Published by Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md. J O U R N A L OP PHYSICAL C H E M I S T R Y .
Samuel
C Lind, School of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Assistant Editor, Louise Kelley. Published b y Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, M d .
Members of Council EX-OFFICIO. National Officers, Directors. Editors of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Abstracts, and Industrial and Engineeervng Chemistry. Past Presidents, Roger Adams, L. H . Baekeland, W . D . Bancroft, Edward Bartow, M . T . Bogert, Moses Gomberg, Arthur 8 . Lamb, Irving Langmuir, W m . McPherson, J. F. Norris, W . A . N o y e s , L. V. R e d m a n , C. L . Reese, E . R . Weidlein, Prank C . Whifcmore, W. R. Whitney. Chairmen of Divisions and Councilors of Local Sections (listed under Divisional a n d Local Section Officers). CouncUors-a^Large. W . L. E v a n s , E d ward Mack, J?., C. E . K . Mees, R. E . Rose (1937-39); Wm. Mansfield Clark, A. C . Fieldner, B. S . Hopkins, A . S. Richardson (1938-40); Cteorge D . Beal, Henry Gilman, Harry N . Holmes, Harold C. Urey (1939-41).
FOOD.
Chairman,
HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY.
Chairman,
Ten-
n e y L. D a v i s ; Secretary, Mildred W. Grafflin, Hercules Experiment Station, Wilmington, Del. INDUSTRIAL
JOURNAL
AND
R o y C . N e w t o n ; Secretary, Gerald A . Fitagerald, T h e Birds E y e Laboratories, 3 C o m mercial St., Boston, M a s s . BIOLOGICAL. Chairman, Joseph J. Pfiflfner; Secretary, G. O. Burr, D e p a r t m e n t of B o t a n y , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, M i n n . C E L L U L O S E . Chairman, George L. Clark; Secretary, William O . K e n y o n , Research Laboratory, E a s t m a n K o d a k C o . , Rochester, N. Y. CHEMICAL E D U C A T I O N . Chairman, Martin V . McGill; Secretary, Norris W . Rakestraw, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, R . I. COLLOID. Chairman, Lloyd H . Reyerson; Secretary, Arthur M . Buswell, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. FERTILIZER. Chairman, Egbert W . M a gruder; Secretary, H . B . Siems, Swift & C o . , Fertiliser Works, Union Stoc£* Yards, Chicago, 111. G A S A N D F U E L . Chairman, Frank H . Reed; Secretary, Gilbert Thiessen, 6625 Woodwell St.. Pittsburgh, Penna.
AND ENGINEERING
CHEMIS-
TRY. Chairman, W . L . Badger; Secretary, Howard S. Gardner, Department of Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. M E D I C I N A L CHEMISTRY. Chairman, W a l ter H . Hartung; Secretary, Russel J . F o s binder, Maltbie Chemical C o . , 250 H i g h St., Newark, N . J . MICROCHEMISTRY. Chairman, Lawrence T . Hallett; Secretary, George L. Royer, 124 W e s t Cliff St.. Somerville, N . J. ORGANIC. Chairman, Werner E . B a c h m a n n ; Secretary, Ralph L . Shriner, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana. III. PAINT
AND VARNISH.
Chairman,
Wm.
H o w l e t t Gardner; Secretary, G . G. Sward, 2201 N e w York A v e . , N . W . , Washington, D . C. PETROLEUM. Chairman, Per K. Frolich; Secretary, Cary R . Wagner, Pure Oil C o . , 3 5 E a s t Wacker Drive, Chicago, III. PHYSICAL
AND
INORGANIC.
Chairman,
George Scatchard; Secretary, Harold C . Urey, Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University, N e w York, N . Y . R U B B E R . Chairman, George K. Hinshaw; Secretary, H . I . Cramer, Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. SUGAR. Chairman, A. R . N e e s ; Secretary, Edgar W. Rice, National Sugar Refining Co. of N e w Jersey, 129 Front S t . , N e w York, N. Y. WATER, SEWAGE, A N D SANITATION.
Chair-
man, A. P . Black; Secretary, Charles R. Hoover, 8 Pike Place, Middletown, C o n n .
Local Section Officers A K R O N . Chairman, J. P . Maider; Secretary, J. J. Allen, 527 Dorchester Road, Akron, Ohio; Councilors, W m . I. Burt, C . R. Park, Winfield Scott. ALABAMA. Chairman, S. S. Heide; Secretary, J. T . Vann, American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birmingham, A l a . ; Councilor, J. N . Carothers. A M E S . Chairman, W. B . King; Secretary, J. C . Eck, 3 0 6 Chemistry Bldg., I o w a State College, Ames, I o w a ; Councilor, F. E. Brown. 312
B A T O N R O U G E . Chairman, A. R . C h o p p i n ; Secretary, Sumner B . Sweetser, 2960 H y a c i n t h Ave., Baton Rouge, L a . ; Councilor, Cecil L. Brown. CALIFORNIA. Chairman, W . Hirschkind; Secretary, P a u l F . Bovard, 981 Folsom S t . , San Francisco, Calif.; Councilors, W m . C . Bray, Dosier Finley, Norman N . G a y , Chas. G. Maier, George S. Parks, Leo V . Steck. CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.
Chairman,
A.
W . Hutchison; Secretary, Samuel Yuster, Experiment Station, Pennsylvania S t a t e College, S t a t e College, Penna.; Councilors, R. A . Dutcher, B . J. Miller. C E N T R A L T E X A S . Chairman, W . A. Felsing; Secretary, John Griswold, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Councilors, H . R . Henze, E . P . Schoch. CHICAGO. Chairman, Charles D . H u r d ; Secretary, James J . D o h e n y , Jr., 4247 W e s t E n d A v e . , Chicago, 111.; Councilors, Edgar B . Carter. G u s t a v Egloff, W . V. E v a n s , B . B . Freud, Arthur Guillaudeu, E . H . H a r v e y , L. M . Henderson, W . M . H i n m a n , C . D . Hurd, W . C . Johnson, F . C. K o c h , J . C . Morrell, G. L . Parkhurst, H . I . Schlesinger, E . H . Volwiler. C I N C I N N A T I . Chairman, A . W . Broomell; Secretary, Ronald C . Stillman, 1560 Ambrose Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio; Councilors, J. T . R . Andrews, F . F . Heyroth, W . C. Preston. C L E V E L A N D . Chairman, E . C . Hughes; Secretary, W . J. Bartlett, 1133 E a s t 152nd St., Cleveland, Ohio; Councilors, R. E . Burk, Carl L. Johnson, Carl F . Prutton, E . E . Ware. COLORADO. Chairman, W . L . Conrad; Secretary, Robert T . Phelps, Chemistry D e partment, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.; Councilor, A. C . Nelson. C O L U M B U S . Chairman, H . L . Johnston; Secretary, M . L. Wolfrom, 168 Fallis R o a d , Columbus, Ohio; Councilors, J . B . Brown, R. C . Williams. CONNECTICUT V A L L E Y . Chairman, Philip S. Barnhart; Secretary, C . Sterling Webber, 64 Gillette Ave., Springfield, M a s s . ; Councilors, Lewis B . Allyn, Joseph S . Chamberlain, Evald L . Skau. CORNELL. Chairman, Paul F . Sharp; Secretary, James L . Hoard, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N . Y . ; Councilor, John R . Johnson. DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
Chairman,
W. H.
Clark; Secretary, H . M . Bulbrook, B o x 185, 828 H T a y l o r St., Fort Worth, T e x a s ; Councilor, J. L. Whitman. D A Y T O N . Chairman, Clyde S. A d a m s ; Secretary, Rodger L . Schaefer. T h o m a s & Hochwalt Laboratories, Inc., D a y t o n , Ohio; Councilor, Charles A . Thomas. D E L A W A R E . Chairman, M. A. Dahlen; Secretary, J. B . Nichols, D u P o n t Experimental Station, Wilmington, D e l . ; Councilors, Cole Coolidge, J. W . Hill, H . A. Lubs, J. M . Peterson, J. T . Power, G . S. Skinner. DETROIT. Chairman, Arthur R a u ten berg; Secretary, Ralph D . Hummel, 9235 Agnes, Detroit, Mich.; Councilors, T . A . B o y d , A . W . Bull, J. J . Jasper, 0 . E . Kurt. E A S T T E N N E S S E E . Chairman, Charles O. Hill; Secretary, C . A . Buehler, Chemistry Department, University of Tennessee, K n o x ville, Tenn.; Councilor, C . D . Susano. EASTERN
N E W YORK.
Chairman,
A.
L.
Marshall; Secretary, E . K . Bacon, Chemical Laboratory, Union College, Schenectady, N . Y . ; Councilors, C. B . Hurd, E d n a H . Shaver. E R I E . Chairman, J. E . Cavelti; Secretary. Allison B . Evans, 1519 French S t . , Erie, Penna.; Councilor, J . E . Cavelti. FLORIDA. Chairman, Gertrude V e r m i l lion; Secretary, J. Erskine Hawkins, U n i -
NEWS EDITION
MAY 10,1939 veraity of Florida, Gainesville, F l a . ; Coun>cUors, A . T . Cole. J. J . Taylor. G E O R G I A . Chairman, Elise C . Shover; Secretary, John J. M c M a n u s , R o o m 416, N e w P o s t Office, Atlanta, G a . ; Councilor, Paul Weber. H A W A I I A N . Chairman, Harold E . Clark; Secretary, Will R . McAilep, Experiment S t a t i o n . H . S. P . A . , Honolulu, T . H.; Councilor, John H . P a y n e . ILLINOIS-IOWA. Chairman, Arthur C. Hanson; Secretary, Richard M . Howlett, 5 1 7 2 4 t h S t . , Moline, 111.; Councilor, J . F. Goggin. I N D I A N A . Chairman, Edward J. Hughes: Secretary, Lawrence Newburn, J . I . Holcomb M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co., Indianapolis, Ind.*, Councilors, N o r m a n J. Harrar, W m . Higburg, A . A. R o s s . I O W A . Chairman, Louis J. Waldbauer; Secretary, H o w a r d H . Rowley, Department of C h e m i s t r y , State University o f Iowa, I o w a C i t y , I o w a ; Councilor, W m . G. Eversole. K A N A W H A V A L L E Y . Chairman, Thomas W . B a r t r a m ; Secretary, Charles M . Blair, 5 1 3 H i g h l a n d A v e . , South Charleston, W. Va.; Councilors, Bernard H . Jacobson, Granville A . Perkins. K A N S A S C I T Y . Chairman, Harold P. Brown; Secretary, J a m e s A . Austin, 110 E a s t 6 6 t h S t . , K a n s a s City, M o . : Councilors, G . Harry Clay, Arthur W . Davidson. K A N S A S STATE COLLEGE.
Chairman,
H.
W . M a r i o w ; Secretary, A . T . Perkins, Kans a s S t a t e College, Manhattan, Kans.; Councilor, H . H . King. L E H I G H V A L L E Y . Chairman, Howard M. C y r ; Secretary, Britton A. Shippy, Residence Park, Palmerton, Penna.; Councilors, C . D. Pratt, C . W . Simmons. L E X I N G T O N . Chairman, W a y n e H . Keller; Secretary, Fred W . Oberst, U . S . Public H e a l t h Service Hospital, Lexington, Ky.; Councilor, Harry R . Allen. L O U I S I A N A . Chairman, R a y m o n d Freas; Secretary, E . F. Pollard, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, T u l a n e University, Station 20, N e w Orleans, L a . ; Councilors, Charles E. C o a t e s , H a l W . Moseley. L O U I S V I L L E . Chairman, H . E . Carswell; Secretary, G u i t a Marble, University of Louisville, Louisville, K y . ; Councilor, A . W. Homberger. M A I N E . Chairman, George F . Parmenter; Secretary, Lester F . Weeks, Colby College, Waterville, M a i n e ; Councilor, W m . C . Root. M A R Y L A N D . Chairman, John C. Krantz, Jr.; Secretary, Edward S. Hopkins, Montebello Filters, Hillen Road, Baltimore, Md.; Councilors, A. H . Corwin, J. C. W- Eraser, F. C. H e t t i n g e r . M E M P H I S . Chairman, Clarence B . Weiss; Secretary, R o b e r t F . Gould, Pulp P l a n t Laboratory. B u c k e y e C o t t o n Oil Co., Memphis, T e n n . ; Councilor, J. R. Meadow. M I C H I G A N S T A T E COLLEGE:.
Chairman,
D.
T. E w i n g ; Secretary, C . D . Ball, Jr., 647 Sunset Lane, E a s t Lansing, Mich.; Councilor, E l r o y J. Miller. M I D L A N D . Chairman, G . H . Coleman; Secretary, N o l a n d PofTenberger, 5 1 6 McD o n a l d St., Midland, M i c h . ; Councilors* E. C. Britton, W . R. Veassey. M I L W A U K E E . Chairman, John R . Koch; Secretary, R o b e r t R. Austin, 4 9 0 4 West Vliet S t . , Milwaukee, W i s . ; Councilors, George M . BufTett, Henry B . Merrill. M I N N E S O T A . Chairman, Charles A . Mann; Secretary, H . H . Barber, School of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, M i n n . ; Councilors, H . O. Halvorson, F . H. MacDougall, G . H . Montillon. M O N T A N A . Chairman, P . C . Gaines; Secretary, Jessie E . Richardson, Montana State College, Bozeman, Mont.; Councilor, 0 . E . Sheppard. N A S H V I L L E . Chairman, James M . Breckenridge; Secretary, H . A . W e b b , Departm e n t o f Chemistry, George Peabody Col-
313
lege for Teachers, Nashville, T e n n . ; Councilor, A . W . Ingcraoll. N E B R A S K A . Chairman, W. E . Militser; Secretary, E . R o g e r Washburn, C h e m i s t r y D e p a r t m e n t , University of Nebraska, Lincoln, N e b r . ; Councilor, C. S . H a m i l t o n . N E W H A V E N . Chairman, H . B . Vickery; Secretary, Werner Bergmann, Sterling C h e m istry Laboratory, Y a l e University, N e w Haven, Conn.; Councilors, D . T . K e a c h , Erwin B . Kelsey. N E W Y O R K . Chairman. W . W . W i n s h i p ; Secretary, Cornelia T . Snell, 6 6 Park A v e . , N e w York, N . Y . ; Councilors, J . J . Beaver, C. D . Carpenter, L y m a n C. Craig, R . H . Crist, E . J . D u r h a m , R . L . Garman. T h o m a s G o v e t t , Philip D . Kratz, D . H . Killeffer, C. V . King, L. G . Longsworth, H . B . Lowe, C. A . Marlies, M a r y H . M c K e n n a , J . B . Niederl, F . W . P o w e r , R . J. Quinn, Foster D . Snell. G . H . W a l d e n . L. W. Waters, R . R . Williams. N O R T H C A R O L I N A . Chairman, N e v i l l I s bell; Secretary, I v a n D . Jones, N o r t h Carolina S t a t e College, Raleigh, N . C ; Councilors, R . W . Boat, D . G . Hill. N O R T H J E R S B T . Chairman, R . H . Gerke; Secretary, H e n r y J. W i n g , 21 E l m Place, Mill t o w n , N . J . ; Councilors, H . T . B o n n e tt, M . L. Crossley, R o n a l d G . D u n n i n g , H . E . Eastlack, Carleton Ellis, E . R. H a n s o n , J . H . Ingmanson, H . F . Jordan, R. H . Kienle, R . W . McLachlan, E . B . P e c k , W . R i e m a n . I l l , H . G . Walker. N O R T H E A S T T E N N E S S E E . Chairman, Louis J. Figg, Jr.; Secretary, Lester W . A . Meyer, 8 1 2 Y a d k i n , Kingsport, T e n n . ; Councilor, F . R . Conklin. NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.
Chairman,
D.
Romund Moltzau; Secretary, Peter P. Pritzl, S t . Norbert's College, W e s t D e Pere, Wis.; Councilor, Herbert L. D a v i s . N O R T H E A S T E R N . Chairman, Ernest H . Huntress; Secretary, Alberto F . T h o m p s o n , Jr., E a s t m a n Chemical Laboratory, M a s s a chusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; Councilors, Gardner R . Alden; A v e r y A . A s h d o w n , Arthur B Ian chard, John J . Healy, Jr., Arthur D . H o l m e s , Frank C . H o w a r d , Harold A . Iddles. Walter L. Jennings, Florence C . Sargent, Wilhelm Segerblom. NORTHERN
WEST
VIROINIA.
Chairman,
W . A. Koehler; Secretary, Ira J. D u n c a n , Experiment Station, Morgan town, W . V a . ; Councilor, Gordon A. B e r g y . N O R T H W E S T E R N U T A H . Chairman, Corliss R . K i n n e y ; Secretary, A . C . Titus, University of U t a h , Salt Lake C i t y , U t a h ; Councilor, W . D . Bonner. OKLAHOMA. Chairman, R . J . K a u f m a n n ; Secretary, J . A u s t i n Burrows, Oklahoma A . & M . College, Stillwater, Okla.; Councilors, Richard L . H u n t i n g t o n , Robert D . S n o w . O M A H A . Chairman, J . P . Maxfield; Secretary, R . R . B i i g g s , Nebraska Power C o . , Omaha, N e b r . ; Councilor, H . A . Senter. O R E G O N . Chairman, Bert E . Christensen; Secretary, George E . Brissey, 2 4 3 0 N o r t h e a s t N i n t h A v e . , Portland, Ore.; Councilor, J a m e s W . Ferguson. P A N H A N D L E P L A I N S . Chairman, E l m e r G. H a m m e r s c h m i d t ; Secretary, W. M . D e a t o n , H e l i u m Plant, B o x 2250, Amarillo, T e x a s ; Councilor, C . W . Seibel. PENNSYLVANIA—NEW
YORK
WESTERN
B O R D E R . Chairman, Ogden Fitz Simons; Secretary, R o b e r t G . C a p e l l , Y . M . C . A., Warren, P e n n a . ; Councilor, R a l p h W . Hufferd. PHILADELPHIA. Chairman, Alexander G. Keller; Secretary, Lyle L. Jenne, 8 2 5 C i t y H a l l A n n e x , Philadelphia, Penna.; Councilors, H . J. M . Creighton, S. W . Ferris, Carl Haner, Joseph W . E . Harrisson, J . B .
Hill, L . C . Hurd, W . J. K e l l y , H . S. L u k e n s , H . C . Porter, O. L . Shinn, W m . Stericker, L. D . Stratton. P I T T S B U R G H . Chairman, L. H . A l m y ; Secretary, R . W. Bridges, A l u m i n u m R e search Laboratories, P . O. B o x 7 7 2 , N e w K e n s i n g t o n , Penna.; Councilors, H. V. Churchill, G . J . C o x . L . H . Cretcher, J . D . Edwards, C . G . King, J . C . Warner, W . P .
Yant. P R I N C E T O N . Chairman, J o h n T u r k e v i t c h ; Secretary, Charles R o s e n b l u m , Frick C h e m i s try Laboratory. Princeton University, Princeton, N . J.; Councilor, H e n r y Eyring. PUGET SOUND. Chairman, Earl G . Thompson; Secretary, Victorian Sivertz, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, W a s h . ; Councilors, W . R . Gailey, T h o m a s G . T h o m p s o n . P U R D U E . Chairman, T h o m a s D e Vries; Secretary, Fred J. Alien, D e p a r t m e n t of C h e m istry, Purdue University, Lafayette, I n d . ; Councilor, E d . F. Degering. R H O D E ISLAND. Chairman, Richard B . Earle; Secretary, W . George Parks, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, R h o d e Island State C o l lege, Kingston, R . I . ; Councilors, Dana Burks, Norris W. Rakestraw. ROCHESTER. Chairman, D o n a l d K. T r e s s ler; Secretary, T h o m a s F . Murray, Jr., Research Laboratory, E a s t m a n Kodak C o . , Rochester, N . Y . ; Councilors, W . R . Bloor, E . K . Carver, V. J. Chambers, C . J. S t a u d . SACRAMENTO. Chairman, R. P. Tucker; Secretary, G . A. Richardson, College o f Agriculture, University o f California, D a v i s , Calif.; Councilor, M a x Kleiber. S T . J O S E P H V A L L E Y . Chairman, George F. Hennion; Secretary, Andrew J. B o y l e , Chemistry Hall, N o t r e D a m e , Ind.; Councilor, H . B . Froning. S T . L O U I S . Chairman, John H. Gardner; Secretary, H . A . Carlton, 360O North Second St., S t . Louis, M o . ; Councilors, Theo. R. Ball, Fredrich Olsen, R o l a n d R . R e a d , Franklin D . Smith. SOUTH CAROLINA. Chairman, Nelson M c K a i g , Jr.; Secretary, H a r r y E . Sturgeon, Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C ; Councilor, J a m e s E . Mills. S O U T H J E R S E Y . Chairman, J. M . T i n k e r ; Secretary, C . B . Biswell, W o o d s t o w n , N . J . ; Councilors, W . S. Calcott, F. B . D o w n i n g . SOUTHEAST
KANSAS.
Chairman,
D.
J.
D o a n ; Secretary, O . W . C h a p m a n , K a n s a s S t a t e Teachers College, Pittsburg, K a n s . ; Councilor, W . B . Parks. S O U T H E A S T T E N N E S S E E . Chairman, Walter S. H u d e ; Secretary, E m e r s o n P . P o s t e , P. O. B o x 5 1 , N o r t h C h a t t a n o o g a S t a t i o n , Chattanooga, T e n n . ; Councilor, Irvine W . Grote. SOUTHEASTERN T E X A S .
Chairman,
H.
B.
Weiser: Secretary, A . J . Hartsook, T h e Rice Institute, Houston, T e x a s ; Councilor, H . B . Weiser. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Chairman,
W. A.
B u s h ; Secretary, Harry V . W e l c h , Western Precipitation Co., 1016 W e s t N i n t h S t . , Los Angeles, Calif.; Councilors, G . A . Alles. A. O. B e c k m a n , W . A. B u s h . N . M . M c Grane, Ethel M . Terry, W m . G . Young. S Y R A C U S E . Chairman, A. J . King; Secretary, Gerard M . Edell, 213 Westminster A v e . , Syracuse, N . Y . ; Councilors, A . L. Elder, R . C . Roberts. T O L E D O . Chairman, H e n r y R . Kreider; Secretary, Julian H. Toulouse, Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Toledo, Ohio; Councilor, N e l s o n W. Hovey. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
Chairman,
M.
J. C o p l e y ; Secretary, Charles C . Price, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.; Councilors, J. C . Bailar, H . F . Johnstone, D o n a l d B . K e y e s . UNIVERSITY
OF
MICHIGAN.
Chairman,
J. Halle tt Hodges; Secretary, Joseph O. Halford, 1 0 1 5 Church S t . , A n n Arbor, M i c h . ; Councilor, R o y K . McAlpine. UNIVERSITY
OP
MISSOURI.
H e n r y E . B e n t ; Secretary,
Chairman,
Lloyd B . Thomas.
INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
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110 Sohlundt Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, M o . ; Councilor, Neil E . G o r d o n . V I R G I N I A . Chairman, J . C. Forbes; Secretary, I>onald A . Rogers, S o l v a y Process C o . , Hopewell, V a . ; Councilors, W . Catesby Jones, Ira A. Updike, John H. Y o e . VIRGINIA B L U E RIDGE.
Chairman,
R
E.
H u s s e y ; Secretary, Frederick F . More he a d , 155 H i g h St., Salem, V s . ; Councilor, J. W . Watson. W A S H I N G T O N . Chairman, Frank C . K r a cek; Secretary. R a y m o n d M . H a n n , N a t i o n a l Institute of H e a l t h , Washington, I>. C ; Councilors, N a t h a n L. Drake, H . T . Herrick, J a m e s H . Hibben, Guida E . Hilbert, G . E . F . Lundell, B e n H . Nicolet, B e n j . D . v a n E v e r a . WASHINGTON-IDAHO
BORDER.
Chairman,
Stewart E . H a s l e t ; Secretary, Philip W . S c h u t s , Chemistry Department, W a s h i n g t o n S t a t e College, Pullman, W a s h . ; Councilor, Harry S. Owens. WESTERN CONNECTICUT.
Chairman,
E . J.
Roberts; Secretary, William C . Moore, 4 2 Chesterfield R o a d , Shippan Point, S t a m f o r d , Conn.; Councilora, B . T . Brooks, N . A . Shepard. WESTERN N E W YORK.
Chairman,
A.
G.
Scroggie; Secretary, J. Frederick Walker, J r . , E. I. d u P o n t d e Nemours & Co., Inc., R . & H . Chemicals Department, Niagara Falls, N . Y \ ; Councilora, C . M . Brown, L . H . F l e t t , M . L . Ross, W . B . S c o t t . W I C H I T A . Chairman, J . Willard H e r s h e y ; Secretary, L. A . Enberg, E a s t P l a n t N o . 2 , Carey Salt Co., Hutchinson, E a n s . ; Councilor, Eldon A . Means. W I L S O N D A M . Chairman, Grady T a r b u t t o n ; Secretary, D a v i d B . Ardern, B o x 1582, Wilson D a m , Ala.; Councilor, K e l l y L . Elmore. W I S C O N S I N . Chairman, O. A . H o u g e n ; Secretary, W m . E . Roseveare, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, M a d i son, W i s . ; Councilors, H e n r y A . S c h u e t t e . Harry Steenbock.
Committees (April, 1939, t o April, 1940) Members of the SOCIETY should note t h a t these committees are their c o m m i t t e e s . S o m e of these c o m m i t t e e s .deal with v e r y general and all-important problems. T h e y desire t o serve a s clearinghouses a n d a r e anxious t o h a v e suggestions a n d t h o u g h t s from individual members. S e n d your s u g gestions t o t h e chairman of t h e c o m m i t t e e . T h e r e is no c o m m i t t e e s o able or representat i v e t h a t it cannot profit b y t h e individual ideas of the membership. ACCREDITING EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
(established 1936). Chairman, Robert E . Swain, Chemistry Building, Stanford U n i versity, Calif. Term expiree April SO, 1941' A. W . Hixson. Term expiree April SO, 1942: Roger A d a m s . Term expires April SO, 1948: Edward Mack, Jr. A D V I S O R Y TO T H E B U R E A U O P M I N E S A N D B U R E A U OP STANDARDS O N N O N F E B R O U S
M E T A L S . W m . B . Price, SOCIETY'S representative, ScoviU M f g . C o . , Waterbury, Conn. A N A L Y S I S O F COMMERCIAL F A T S A N D O I L S
(established 1926). Chairman, R . C . N e w ton, Swift & Co., Chicago, 111.; J . E . D o h e r t y , C. P . Long, K . S. Markley, V . C . M e h l e n bacher, H . J . Morrison, W . J . Reese, H . A . S c h u e t t e , M . L. Sheely, L . M . T o l m a n , H . P . Trevithick, J . J. Vollertsen. ANALYTICAL R E A G E N T S (established 1917). Chairman, W . D . Collins, U . S . Geological Survey, Washington, D . C ; J . V . F r e e m a n , P . H . Messinger, R . A. Osborn, Joseph R o s i n , J o h n R . Ross. Edward Wichers, H . H . W i l lard. ANNUAL
REPORT
O N ATOMIC
WEIGHTS
(established 1897). G . P . Baxter. Coolidge Memorial Laboratory* Cambridge, M a s s . A W A R D FOR T H E E L I L I L L Y A N D C O M P A N Y P R I Z E I N BIOLOGICAL C H E M I S T R Y (estab-
lished 1934). Chairman,
President-elect of the
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
(a) N o m i n a t -
ing C o m m i t t e e for A w a r d : Term expires April SO, 1940: Lawrence W . Bass. Term expire* April 20% 1941: Vincent du Vigneaud. Term expiree September SO, 1941: B e n H. Nicolet. (6) C o m m i t t e e o n Award: Terms expire December Sl9 19S9: W m . Mansfield Clark, G l e n n E . Cullen. Terms expire December SI, 1940: R . Adams Dutcher, H . B . Lewis. Terms expire December SI, 1941: Paul E . H o w e , Vincent du Vigneaud. B O R D E N C O . A W A R D (established 1938). Chairman, President-elect of t h e A M E R I C A N CHEMICAL SOCIETY, (a) N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e for A w a r d : Term expire* September SO, 19S9: P. A . L e v e n e . Term expires September SO, 1940: E . B . H a r t . Term expire* September SO, 1941: W . H . E d d y . (6) C o m m i t t e e on Award: Terms expire December SI, 19S9: E. J . Cohn, C . G . K i n g . Terms expire December SI, 1940: A . J. Hill, D . B . Jones. Term* expire December SI, 1941: R* A. Gortner, J . H . Northrop. COOPERATION W I T H CHEMICAL
WARFARE
SERVICE (established 1920). Chairman, H. E. H o w e , Mills B l d g . , Washington. D . C. Research: Roger A d a m s , W . D . Bancroft, Charles A . Kraus, A . B . Lamb, E . R . Weidlein, F . C . Whitmore. D e v e l o p m e n t : W . K. Lewis, G. A . Richter, C . M . A . Stine, L . T. Sutherland. P r o d u c t i o n : G . O. Curme, Jr., Bradley D e w e y , W . H . Dow, L . C . Jones, M . C . Whitaker. Physiological: G . E . Cullen, Paul D . Lam son, E . K . Marshall, Jr., D . D . Van Slyke, V i n c e n t du Vigneaud. C O U N C I L POLICY (established 1923). ExOfficio: Chairman, Charles A. Kraus, Brown University, Providence, R . I . ; R o b e r t T . Baldwin, E . J . Crane, H . E . H o w e . A . B . L a m b . Samuel C . Lind, T h o m a s Midjzley, Jr., Charles L. Parsons, Frank C. Whitmore. Term expires December, 19S9: Erie M . Billings. Term expires December, 1940: G . J. Esselen. Term expires December, 1941: Walter A. Schmidt. E X C H A N G E (established 1907). Chairman, E. J . Crane, Ohio State University, C o l u m bus, Ohio; H . E . H o w e , A . B . L a m b . HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND EXPLOSIVES.
to Cooperate w i t h National Fire Protection Association C o m m i t t e e o n t h e Same Subject (established 1923). Chairman, G . W . Jones, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, P e n n a . ; F. F . Chapman, A . H . Nuckolls. INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL (established 1921). Chairman, Martin H . Ittner, Colgate-Palmolive-Peet C o . . Jersey City, N . J.; R . F . Bacon, J. H . Beal, J . G . Davidson, W . H . D o w . E. H . Killheffer, R . H . M c K e e , H . W. Rhodehamel. LICENSING INQUIRY (established 1939). Chairman, F . W . Willard, 12 Hawthorne Place, Summit. N . J . ; Arthur Guillaudeu. H. S. Lukens, Foster D . Sneil. M E M B E R S H I P (established 1876). Chairman, W. D . Collins, U . S. Geological Survey, Washington, D . C ; H . E . H o w e , Charles L . Parsons. NATIONAL
RESEARCH
COUNCIL
REPRE-
SENTATIVES FROM A . C . S. Terms expire July 1, 19S9: G . J . Esselen. F. W . Willard. Terms expire July 1, 1940: F . C. Frary. Geo. M. Norman. Terms expire July 1, 1941: H . E . H o w e . A. M . Patterson. NOMENCLATURE, SPELLING, AND P R O N U N -
CIATION (established 1894). Chairman, E . J . Crane, Editor, Chemical Abstracts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Board of Editors of the Journal of the American Chemical Society: Editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry; L . T . Capell, A . M . Patterson. P A P E R (established 1908). Chairman, B . L. Wehmhoff, 119 A s p e n St., C h e v y Chase, Md.; B . W. Scribner. H . J. Skinner. PATENT A N D R E L A T E D LEGISLATION
(es-
tablished 1899). Chairman, F. W . Sullivan. Jr., Route 1, Augusta, Mich.; F . E . Barrows. Carleton Ellis, H e n r y Howard, J . C . Morrell, C. H . Potter, W . A . Schmidt, O . W . Storey. PREPARATION A N D PUBLICATION O F A LIST
OF
VOL. 17, NO. 9
R I N G SYSTEMS U a s m IN O R G A N I C C H E M -
ISTRY, joint with t h e National Research Council (established 1 9 2 2 ) . Chairman, A . M . Patterson, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; M . T . Bogert, L . T . Capell, Charles D . Hurd. W. A . Noyea. T o P R E P A R E A PABQ>HLB;T F O B T H B G U I D ANCE O F PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS I K C H E M -
ISTRY (established 1938). Chairman, E d ward S. Hopkins, Mootebello Filters, Hillen Road, Baltimore, M d . ; Warren C . J o h n son, W . T . Read. PROFESSIONAL S T A T U S (established 1935). Chairman, Thomas Midgley, Jr., Worthing* ton, Ohio; Webster N . J o n e s , D o n a l d B . K e y e s , Charles D . Lo^wry, William MoPherson, H . L. Trumbull. S M A L L LOCAL S E C T I O N PBOBLSI&CS ( e s t a b -
lished 1938). Chairman, Frank C . W h i t more, Pennsylvania State College, S t a t e College, Penna.; R. L . Copson, T e n n e y L D a v i s , E d . F . Degeriog, B . B. Freud, C . S. Hamilton, Edward Mack, Jr., B . D . v a n Evera, H . B . Weiser, W . P. Y a n t . SOAP
A N D SOAP
PRODUCTS
(established
1935). Chairman, F . W. Smither, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D . C ; R . E . Divine, J. E . D o h e r t y , C . P . Long, E . B . Millard, M. L. Sheely, M. P . Trevithick. STANDARD APPARATUS (established 1917). Chairman, W . D . Collins, U. S . Geological Survey. Washington, D . C ; W . A . B o u g h ton, J . V . Freeman, R . A . Osborn, Edward Wichers, H . H. Willard. STANDARD M E T H O D S FOB THE E X A M I N A TION O P W A T E R A N D SEWAGE, t o C o o p e r a t e
with the Committee o f the American Public Health Association (established 1920). Chairman, Arthur M . Buswell, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.; W. D . Collins, C . R . Hoover, F . W. Mohlxoan, F . G. Straub. STANDARDIZATION O F BIOLOGICAL. S T A I N S
(established 1924). JL.C. S. Representative on the Commission: John T . Scanlan, Bureau of Chemistry and S o i l s , Washington, D . C . STANDARDIZED M E T H O D S FOR V I T A M I N R E -
SEARCH (established 1321). Chairman, H . C . Sherman, Columbia "University, N e w York, N . Y . ; A . D . Emmett, E . V . M c C o i i u m , E . M . Nelson. S U P E R V I S I O N O F CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
CATALOG (established 1915). W . R . Veazey, D o w Chemical Co., Inc., Wilmington, D e i . SUPERVISORY O N STANDARD
METHODS
or
ANALYSIS (established 1910). Chairman, H . H . Willard, University of Michigan, A n n Arbor, Mich.; B . L . Clarke, I . M . Kolthoff, G. E . F . Lundell, W . W. Skinner. W O M E N ' S AWARD rN CHEMISTRY (initiated
b y Francis P. G a r v a o and established 1936). Chairman, Virginia Bartow, C h e m i s t r y D e partment, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Terms expire April, 1940: Virginia Bartow, W . A . Hamor. Terms expire April, 1941: Henry Gilman, Lois W. "Woodford. Terms expire April, 194&? Win. L l o y d E v a n s , M a r y L . Sherrill. W O M E N ' S S E R V I C E (established 1927). Chairman, Lois W. Woodford, 111 Hubbard A v e . , Stamford, Conn,; Virginia Bartow, Agnes F a y Morgan, Cornelia T . Snell, M a y L. Whitsitt, Helen B . Wigman.
Chapters of Student Affiliates Albright College, Reading, Penna. California Institute o>f Technology, Pasadena. Calif. Central College, Fayette, M o . Colorado State College, Fort Collins, Colo. Hamline University, St. Paul, M i n n . Indiana University, Bloonoington, Ind. Lafayette College, ISaston, Penna. M a n h a t t a n College, New York, N . Y . Montana State University, Missoula, M o n t . Niagara University, Niagara U n i v e r s i t y , N . Y. Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. Oregon S t a t e College, Corvallia, Ore. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, T r o y , N . Y .
NEWS EDITION
M A Y 10,1939 Rhode Island State College, Cranston, R. I. Rice Institute, Houston, Texas. St. Louis University. St. Louis, Mo. Texas Christian University. Ft. Worth, Texas Union College, Schenectady, N . Y. University of California, Berkeley, Calif. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penna. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio.
Members Elected April 1 to May 1 ARSON
SECTION.
Carson
J.
Bergert,1
Holland D. Fox, P. William Perdriaus, H. W. Sutton. BATON ROUGE SECTION.
E. M. Hattox.
MILWAUKEE SECTION.
Kenneth Ralph
MINNESOTA SECTION.
Cyril D . Evans,
Baars.1
Keith Lawaon,1 William D . Murphy,1 P. Milton Ruoff, G. H. Tennant Co. NEW
Nostri.1
H A V E N SECTION.
Anthony A
O. E. Cushman,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SECTION.
Harry
C. Stamey. CENTRAL
TEXAS
SECTION.
August
H.
Meinrath,1 Alfred H. Paessler,1 Larkin Skinner, Jr.,1 Barnaby Ledyard Towie. 1 CHICAGO SECTION.
William H. Bolger,
1
Charles E. Bradley, Jr., Wayne L. Denman, Roberta C. Eversole,1 Victor E. Fishburn, Westelle Hausman, R. S. Huffman, Harry Kroll,1 Carl O. R. Olson,1 George Edward Prewitt, Walter Arthur Raczynski,1 Jean Elisabeth Saurwein, Robert D . Sohuets,1 William M. Selby, Christ L. Stellwag,* Dale V. Stingley, Arthur W. Thomas. 1 CINCINNATI SECTION.
Nelson S. Knaggs. 1
CLEVELAND SECTION.
George J. Chertoff,
1
1
Elmer A. Neuman, Nick Nicoiaides, Virgil Howard Wells, John A. Yanko. 1 COLUMBUS SECTION.
A. R. Olpin.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY SECTION.
Robert
K. Mueller, Harold E. Wicher.
Richmond O. Aus-
1
1
tin, Robert S. 1Barrows, Paul Block, Jr., Saul Chodroff, Donald DeCain,1 Louis 1 Dorfman, Thomas F. Egan, Erie Feyertag, James R. Gaskill, Robert Gordon, Edgar 1 Hagman, Harry O. Henkel, Harold M. 1 1 Lang, Ernest E. Lewis, Stanley Longman, Gerry P. Mack, Leonhard F. Marx, Robert Maurmeyer, Max Mayer, Elisabeth Monroe,1 Frank D . Pickel, Fraser P. Price, Jr., 1 John L. Riegel, 1 Carl Rosenblum, Philip A. Tabenkin, Eugene A. Wahl,1 Mildred Lisle Wickes, George H. Williams, Jr., Eric R. Woodward* Lodovico Zempliner. NORTH CAROLINA SECTION.
DELAWARE SECTION.
C. D . Ender, Wil-
DETROIT SECTION.
William R. Coleman,
Carl Cunov,1 Francis C. Mericola, Gordon W. Wilcox. EAST TENNESSEE SECTION.
William Aus-
tin Bonner,1 Dorothy E. Williams.
Charles Smart.1
GEORGIA SECTION. INDIANA SECTION.
Thomas L. Hendrix,
Jr. KANAWHA VALLEY SECTION.
G. H. Law,
LOUISVILLE SECTION.
Albert Morrison.
MARYLAND SECTION.
B . Wilson Allan,
Irvin Bachman, Robert S. Di Paula, Clarence H. Evans, Bernard Gehauf, W. P. Heath, Mary Elisabeth Miller,1 William E.1 Piper, Harry Scherr, Robert G. Stover, William Carleton Supplee, Karl Weigert, Harold B. Weisblatt. MEMPHIS SECTION.
H. J. Crail, Riley
McGaughran,1 Herbert Marx Rosenberg. MIDLAND SECTION.
George W. Hooker.
Bruce G. Bald-
win, K. H . Ballard, Charles H. Benbrook, George W. Carnrick,1 Arthur DeCastro, W. E. Flood, O. R. Fry, Albert P. Giraitis, Raymond R. Goldberg,1 Ralph M. Hill, R. Bradford Holmes,1 John A. Kenney, John Newton Kenyon, Karl Hermann Lorenz, Thomas Moffat, John E. Nelson, Felix J. Skowronski. NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SECTION.
C. Schreihart.
1
Edwin
SECTION.
Raymond L.
Arnett,1 Sidney W. Benson,1 Albert E . 1 Chouinard, Hubert Cole, Jr.,1 Richard1 1 Cramer, Matthew 1 Cotton Darnell, Jr., Laurent O. Dubois, Carl Simeon Ferguson, William Montgomery Hearon,1 Robert N. 1 Manning, 1 Frank A. Monroe, Jr.,1 John F. 1 Twombly, Frederick J. Viles. Jr., Jacob 1 Louis Yamins. OKLAHOMA SECTION.
Herbert R. Erick-
son, Robert M. Isham, Marvin D . Livingood,1 Preston Madden,1 Robert Bynum Smith. OREGON SECTION. E. West. PANHANDLE
John M. Hogl,1 Lloyd
PLAINS
SECTION.
E.
M.
PENNSYLVANIA-NEW YORK WESTERN BOR-
DER SECTION.
CALIFORNIA
SYRACUSE SECTION. TOLEDO SECTION.
Bernard A. Dunne. 1
PHILADELPHIA
SECTION.
Charles
W.
Bowden, Jr., 1 Edwin H. Carnarius, Lyman 1 Chalkley, James H. Cogshall, V. A. Hansen, 1 James B. Kirkpatrick, Frederick S. Leinbach, Ruth Liehtin,1 Gerard Paul Nelson,1 E. T . Scafe, Henry G. Staaterman.
SECTION.
Mal-
Louis H. Decker.
Albert J. Boyle.
OF
ILLINOIS
SECTION.
Emanuel Ginsberg.1 John H . Ladd,1 Carl F. Segal.1 VIRGINIA SECTION.
Alfred R. Armstrong,
E. S. Harlow, Carl M. Hill, John Marshall Moseley. WASHINGTON SECTION. Curtis B. Backus,
Jr.,1 Clyde W. Balch, Edwin J. Cameron, Margaret S. Furry, Adam M. Gaddis, Eva R. Hartoler, Morris Kaplan, Robert G. Keenan,11 Youart Herbert Kerslake, Marian W. Kies, Dorothea E . Klemme, Joseph F. Puncochar, Daniel1 Ready, Lydia A. Rolf, Walter Sohlesinger, Norman Q. Sprague.1 WASHINGTON-IDAHO
BORDER
SECTION.
C. Wilbur Larkam.1 Lester L. Winter.1 WBSTERN CONNECTICUT SECTION.
Ken-
neth B. Cary. WESTERN N E W YORK SECTION.
Herman
J. D'Innocenso,11 Joseph Hugh Fraser, Edward H. Heller, Wilbert A. Herrett. Isabel M. Klein,1 Theodore R. Latour, John D. Pollard, Charles William Rehm. WICHITA SECTION. WISCONSIN
NORTHEASTERN
Adler.1
Max Sturm.
SECTION. Frederick
E.
W.
No SECTION. D . Barat, R. A. Barry,1 Alf Bjercke, D . F. Breazeale, Raymond D . Chapman, Walter E. Clark,1 Francisco Cusi 1 M.,1 George Emerson Easton, Alfredo J. 1 Espinosa, W. K. Gilkey, Allan Chaloner Hill, J. W. Hina, Walter Kangro, Sakujiro Kimura, John T. Maloney, James P . Mit-1 chell, William 1E. Palmer, James J. Pyle, C. Hale Rice, Edward Godfrey Taylor, Herbert F. Verity. 1
Junior member.
Pathologists a n d Bacteriologists W i t h d r a w from Triple Agreement AT A meeting of the council of the XJL American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, held in Richmond, Va., April 5, 1939, the following resolution was adopted: Since the agreement between the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY,
the
American
Medical Association, and the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists was consummated in 1924, the policy PITTSBURGH SECTION. J. G. Burtle, Sister M. Hildebert Mudler, Adrian J. M. of the American A&sooiation of Pathologists and Bacteriologists has changed in the direcVeigle. tion of restricting its activities to the "advancement of the knowledge of disease." RHODE ISLAND SECTION. Paul C. Cross, 1 For this reason the American Association of James H. Maker, J. E. Marshall, Jr., 1 Pathologists and Bacteriologists, without Wang Tse-Fu. prejudice, withdraws from the agreement. ROCHESTER SECTION.
Gilbert Shaw.
Milton Clapp,
Jr., Eunice Martha Moore,1 Irving Waltcher.1
Frost, Jr., J . D. Lehr.1
lard A. Geiszler, John Ward Greiner,1 Charles M. Lambert,1 Arthur W. Larohar, J. Glenn Little, Marcus L. Little, Adolph Renold, R. S. Schreiber, J. B. Wiesel.
Di
SOUTHERN
colm M. McAllister,1 Earl 1P. Miller,1 William Fairbairn Montgomery, Robert W. Mouiton,1 David Pressman.1
UNIVERSITY
N E W YORK SECTION.
NORTH JERSEY SECTION. CALIFORNIA SECTION.
Byron E. Lesley, Gordon Edward Mathison," Ray H. Nagel, William Newell Nelson, Jr., 1 Arthur A. Thorn.1
315
Herbert E. Stok-
inger. SACRAMENTO SECTION.
Clarence E. Lar-
son. ST. LOUIS SECTION.
Helen E. Johns,1
James Jay Lawler,1 George A. Lorenz, Rene Oehler, Royal V. Prevallet. SOUTHEAST TENNESBEE SECTION.
John
A. Kosik. SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS SECTION.
Robert
O. Coleman,1 Joseph Ray Nelson, 1 Henry O. Nicholas, Sam Roden. 1
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A I/THOUGH tax-free denatured ethyl alcoXJL holwas adopted in England in 1855and became well established in other countries by 1891, it was not until the Tax-Free Industrial and Denatured Alcohol Act of 1906 was passed b y Congress that indus-
trial alcohol was made freely available in the United States. In 1907 the output was 1,780,276 wine gallons; in 1914, 10,404,976 gallons* and in 1918, more than 50,000,000 gallons per year. At present millions of gallons of anhydrous ethyl
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