WALTEB J. MUBPHY, EDITOR
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We look ahead to 1950as a much more satisfactory year for editorial schedules. Also, we believe the following forecast of reviews and major features will compare quite favorahly with our 1949 and 1948 accomplishments:
bridy our activities in the year just ending and to announce some of the major editorial features scheduled for 1950. JANUAUY Fifth Annual Unit Operations Review Much can be ssid about each period. F m u o n a ~ Symposium on Titanium Total seriallynumbered pages roseto a new all-time high in MARCE Sympoeium on Flame-Retarding of Textiles 1949,reaching a total of 2970 pages in the technical section. APRIL Symposium on Operating Experiences with InThe three recent imues (this one is 300 pages in length), dustrial Waste Treatment Works attest to all-out efforts of our limited editorial s t d to clear MAY Symposium on Unit Processes away the remainder of our surplus backlog of accepted manuJUNE Facta and Figures of the Chemical and Chemica scripts. Barring major increases in receipt of manuscripts, Process Industries, Symposium on Ahrption and Extraction this issue is probably the last “jumbo” number for some time, .JULY S y m p i u m on Adsorption for with the present out-eized volume we have retnmed to a AUQUST Symposium on New Techniques in Chemical “aurrent” basisinmanuscript editingand publication. A200Literature psge technicalsectionshould prove adequate in the foreseeable Annual Unit Procaseea Review SEPTEMUE~ Third futnre to keep up with accepted manuscripts. OCTOBEU Fourth Annual Materials of Construction ReThe absorption of this editorial hacklog reassures your view editors that they made the proper decision in early 1947,when NOVEMBER Symposium on A Half Century of the Sulfur the atill-existing paper shortage prevented our increasing the Industry journal’s sire to accommodate the postwar inaux of manuSome of these features deserve special mention. June will scripts. We then faced the alternatives of restricting our be a pegk month of editorial interest, with “Facts and Figestsblisbed editorial scope by raising fiirther our already very ures” presenting a recapitulation of 1949 census findings; high acceptance standards, of eliminating coverage of some the Ahsorption and Extraction Symposium the same month fields, or of continuing existing policies and building up a will be the sequel to the annual Christmas Sympsium of the backlog with faith that future developments would enable us A.C.S. Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, tocatchup. being held this year on December 29 and 30 at Columbns, The paet two yeara have presented their editorialproblems. Ohio. Papera presented at previous Christmas symposia We have attempted to serve an optimum blend of author and have included substantial contributionsto the unit operations reader interest through continued prompt publication of literature, and the forthcoming one promises to be no excep papers particnlarly outstanding, of obvious timelmem, or very tion. The Materials of Construction Review will be acbroad interest. The approximately one in eight papers that companied hy a tabular supplement to the 116-pagecollection were thus given “priority” were published at the expense of of referenced data that appeared with the 1948 review. Titles those other papers that were printed accordingto chronological of some of the other features, such as the titanium symdate of acceptance, hut almost without exceptionauthors have posium, reveal the noteworthy and timely character of their been most considerate and understanding concerning delays. content. In consequence, little or no additional pressure h a been Obviouslywe cannot forecastall that will he published of an placed upon the editors for extra correspondenceduring t h e e outstanding nature next year. The spring program of the trying years, a kindness deeply appreciated. AMERICANCHEMICAL SOCIETY undoubtedly will offer much in Matters now seem happily past the stage where any further need exists for “priorities” and similar special arrangements. addition to the sulfur annivemxy feature for presentation in Authors of nonsymposinm papers will be happy that once symposiumform. As was true in 1948and 1949,several issues in 1950 UndoubWy will carry two or three symposia, rather more a paper that has been reviewed and made acceptable for than the one feature listed here. The weuspringS of applied puhlication will appear in print approximately 3 months later. This is the time needed for retaining the careful routine of chemistry show no evidence of running dry. Indeed, the industrial chemist and chemical engineer who checkingthat accompanieseach stage of manuscript handling. takes seriously his obligation to keep abreast of his profmion This willingness to invest time and energy to attain as near perfectionas possible in editorial accuracy is the fundamental may view rather ruefully this portentous preview. To him we editorial strength of the publication. Certainly it is one of the offer the sincere hope that the benefits he receives from our most important prerequisitesif ImwsAND ENQINEERINQpages will generously repay his labors over them. And we pledge our best eJTorts in reviewing and editing, so that the C H E ~ S T is ~ Yto m e its function as B technical sourcefinalprinted pages will he as palatable to his eye and dimtable medium of virtually unquestioned authority for the profesto his mind as the medium and the subject permit. sional chemist and chemicalengineer. 2671
