August 10, 1928
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Ready for t h e Swampscott Meeting Northeastern Section Invites All Members t o Enjoy a Week at t h e Seashore N e w England is ready t o receive, with a cordial welcome, the members of the A M E R I C A N CHEMICAL SOCIETY w h o will attend
the fall meeting, September 10 to 14, at Swampscott, Mass., twelve miles from B o s t o n , and an unforgettable occasion is promised, divided between scientific sessions of extraordinary interest a n d wonderful opportunities for sightseeing, entertainment, and recreation. Plans of the committee have reached their final stage and preparations are complete for t h e coming of more than two thousand chemists, their families, a n d friends. Details of hotel arrangem e n t s , transportation, motoring, visits to industrial, educational, a n d historical places, which have been announced from time to time in t h e N E W S E D I T I O N , have
been perfected. Hotel reservations already h a v e been made in large numbers and one of t h e most successful meetings in t h e history of the
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plan. The Hotel Hawthorne in Salem, a metropolitan hotel om the European plan, i s also convenient for motorists. TRANSPORTATION
All visitors are invited t o use the facilities of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce t o obtain information. The Chamber has a b o u t fifty-one stations in Lynn and Swampscott, prepared to b e o f service; each station exhibits a sign reading, "Tourist Informa tion, Lynn Chamber of Commerce." In addition, there will h>e markers of the SOCIETY on many of the automobile routes. Detailed informa tion regarding train service will be found on page 4 of trae
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M a y 20, 1928. I n formation booths o f t h e AMERICAN CHEIVIICAL SOCIETY, how-
e v e r , w i l l n o t foe maintained a t t t i e N o r t h and S o u t h Stations i n Boston, a s originally planned. RECREATION A N D ENTERTAINMENT
The facilities for recreation at S w a m p scott a r e equal t o Regarding hotels, those of any summer those w h o have y e t resort in the country. to make reservations The N e w O c e a n should bear i n mind H o u s e has tennis that the headquarters c o u r t s , a modified will be a t t h e N e w golf course, a baseball Ocean House, diamond, and a fiïie Swampscott, Mass., bathing beach; boats and that the Hotel of all kinds m a y he Preston has also been engaged. The Ho*:el engaged for the ex Preston also l i a s an clusive use of the e x c e l l e n t bathing SOCIETY. The com beach. 'Within ea^sy mittee desires to fill distance are a numA View f r o m a W i n d o w of t h e N o v Ocean H o u s e , S w a m p s c o t t , Mass. the N e w Ocean House ber of splendid counto capacity, and t o t h a t e n d invites members to select roommates try clubs, where privileges may be obtained ; and n o t far a w a y is or t o permit their assignment ; in this w a y the greatest number will a riding school. be accommodated at headquarters. All members of t h e Rubber The Northeastern Section has made elaborate plans f o r t h e Division will be quarterea at t h e Hotel Preston, which is on the entertainment of i t s guests. There will be teas each afternoon same street a s the N e w Ocean House, and only a short distance and dances each evening. On Tuesday there will be trips _ to away. There will b e room for other members also, but no single Salem, Marblehead, Lexington, and Concord. Tuesday evening rooms are available. The Paint and Varnish Division is assigned the members will see a "surprise" entertainment. Wed ι lesdiay to the Deer Cove I n n , Swampscott, Mass. Free motor service there will be a trip t o Salem, where some of t h e foremost examples will be provided a t all times between these three hotels. of colonial architecture will be inspected; also trips t o "Old B o s t o n / ' "New Boston," and the historic Wayside Inn i n Sud T h e majority of members will probably wish t o stay in Swamp scott or Marblehead, but if any plan t o stay in Boston they will bury. The President's address will take place WecLnesolay evening. Thursday there will be additional trips to Historic have desirable hotels at their disposal. There are a large number spots; in t h e afternoon the members will be entertained by of trains running on t h e Boston & Maine Railroad between North Harvard University, where the new chemical laboratories "will be Station, Boston, and L y n n or Swampscott, taking about twenty inspected. Provision also will be made during the meeting foxr a minutes; members should remember, however, that an elapsed visit t o Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Friday all "the time of about fifty minutes is necessary between Boston hotels members will be guests of the Northeastern Section at an all-clay and the hotels of Swampscott. outing through North Shore communities; a t noon a shore diirner β Those who make reservations at a n y of the hotels are asked to will b e served at one of the beaches. Those who plan t o s-fcay give the dates of their stay, so that t h e rooms c a n be assigned t o through Saturday will have a n opportunity to visit Plymouth. other members for remaining days; if cancellations are necessary Complete programs containing details of all activities will be it is urged that they be made promptly ; also, i t is essential that placed in t h e hands of each member upon registration. There members should m e n t i o n the AMERICAN ^CHEMICAL SOCIETY will b e an opportunity t o select the days o n which one wishes when making reservations. Hotel rates will b e found on page to visit certain places. The local section will have a num-ber 3 of the N E W S E D I T I O N for May 2 0 , 1 9 2 8 . of guides in service and plenty of automobiles s o that visitors Division chairmen and others interested in group meetings may find desired locations without difficulty. The Ladies' are asked to keep in mind that the Swampscott hotels will operate Committee is arranging an attractive schedule of special tripson the American plan during the meeting. Arrangements for T h e Northeastern Section wishes t o take this opportunity to special luncheons a n d gatherings other than those on the official compliment the SOCIETY upon the large number of hotel reserva program may be made through Kenneth E. Bell, 72 Clifton Ave., tions that have been received, and t o say that indications point Marblehead, Mass. It i s urged that communications be sent to to a record attendance. h i m well in advance s o t h a t adequate provision may be made and available rooms assigned t o the best advantage of all. Exploration of unchartered mineral deposits of t h e sub-Arctic Those who bring their automobiles are asked to stay at the regions by airplane is planned b y Canadian mining engineers and Hotel Rock-Mere a t Marblehead, Mass. This permits them to geologists who have sailed from Halifax. The ship carrying the enjoy t h e facilities o f a high-grade hotel facing the best part of explorers is completely equipped for flying forays after arrival at Marblehead Harbor, and enables those without cars t o be within Hudson Bay; it contains four airplanes fitted with pontoons and walking distance of t h e sessions. Marblehead is the next town to skiis. A stay of t w o years in t h e north country is planned.. Swampscott. and t h e Rock-Mere is conducted on the European HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
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Pacific I n t e r s e c t i o n a l M e e t i n g The Pacific Intersectional Meeting was held simultaneous with, and as a part of, the joint meeting of the Pacific and Southwest Divisions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Pomona College, Claremont, Calif., June 13 t o 16. Nearly one hundred chemists were registered a n d represented the following sections of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY:
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fornia, Sacramento, Southern California, Oregon, Northwest Utah, Puget Sound, and Arizona. The opening session, following a dinner in Guild Hall for all members of the Association, consisted of a series of stimulating reviews of the research in the natural sciences i n progress o n the Pacific Coast during the past year. The review on chemistry was ably presented b y \V. C Bray. The chemical program consisted of several general meetings, open to all scientists in attendance, as well as trie usual divisional meetings. The divisions that held meetings were: t h e Division of Analytical, Physical, and Inorganic Chemistry; the Division of Agricultural, Biological, and Organic Chemistry; and t h e Division of Chemical Education. T h e subjects for t h e addresses at t h e general sessions were judiciously chosen by the committee and treated of some phase of chemistry of general interest. T h e first was a brilliant address by Linus Pauling, of the California Institute o f Technology, entitled "The Nature of the Chemical Bond." Thoroughly conversant with the latest developments in this fundamental problem after two years of study abroad, the speaker showed that, with the application of the quantum mechanics to chemical reaction, the two principal factors which are responsible for chemical valence are the Heisenberg-Dirac resonance phenomenon and the Pauli exclusion principle. As illustrations, t h e speaker chose the hydrogen molecule and hydrogen molecule-ion, and stated that the foregoing principles verify G. N . Lewis' theory of the shared electron bond, which the latter had deduced purely from chemical evidence. Professor Bray, in the second general address, "Catalysis and Chemical Reaction," outlined the general method of determining mechanism of reactions from rate measurements, and chose as an illustration the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in a bromine-bromide solution. The constants calculated from the integrated rate expressions were shown to establish the hypobromous acid mechanism in this decomposition. H e stated that as our knowledge of mechanisms increases i t will be possible to predict with certainty a specific catalyst for a n y given reaction. E . C. Franklin, speaking on "Liquid Ammonia as a Solvent," showed some striking experiments t o emphasize the analogy between reactions in liquid ammonia a n d the corresponding reactions in the water system. J. H . Hildebrand, in h i s address on "Developments in t h e Theories of Solutions," outlined the principal features of his internal pressure theory o f solubility, and presented a new equation for expressing the deviations of regular solutions from Raoult's law. This equation, derived thermodynamically, makes it possible to calculate solubilities of solids in certain solvents if their critical solution temperatures are known. The last of the general lectures w a s on "Thyroxin a n d the Thyroid Gland," and was by George Barger, of t h e University of Edinburgh. Doctor Barger pointed out t h e theoretical problems and experimental difficulties which arose successively i n the synthesis of thyroxin in his laboratory, and how t h e research ultimate! y resulted in a successful commercial method of manufacture. He stated that the synthetic product w a s found by experiment to be absolutely identical i n its physiological effects with the naturally secreted product. The divisional meetings were replete with interesting papers, forty-nine in number and covering a great variety of topics. Abstracts of these papers will doubtless appear i n Science in due time. T h e sessions were well attended, and the papers evoked considerable discussion. One feature of the meeting which will b e well remembered was the showing of t h e famous Canti film, entitled "A Study of Living Tissues in Vitro." This film, prepared by Doctor Canti, of the Cancer Research Institute and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, was secured for the meeting by C . A. Kofoid, president of t h e Pacific Division. It depicted in a phenomenally striking manner the growth, division, and behavior o f living cells, as well as the behavior of cancer tissue before and after exposure to radiations from radium. The chemists' dinner at the Guild Hall Thursday evening was attended by about seventy chemists. After the dinner "The Rubber Latex" film was shown. In a brief business session, H. K. Benson, chairman, it was decided to continue to hold intersectional meetings annually in conjunction with the meetings of the American Association, and a program committee for next year's session at Berkeley was elected. On Friday evening a dinner w a s arranged for the chemistry teacners in universities, junior colleges, and high schools, at the condusion of which several members related some of their teaching experiences. Numerous trips were provided for t h e entertainment of the
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visitors. These included visits to the famous Huntington Library and Art Gallery, the M t . Wilson Observatory, the Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside, and t h e Big Pines of t h e Los Angeles County Park. A reception for all chemists was held in t h e Patio of Bridges Hall of Music on Wednesday evening. It was t h e general consensus of opinion that this intersectional meeting w a s highly profitable in every respect. T h e success of the program is i n largest measure due t o the vision and good judgment of J. K. Bell, chairman of the program committee.
Tenth Biennial Conclave of Alpha Chi Sigma T h e tenth biennial conclave of Alpha Chi Sigma was held June 16 t o 20 a t Chapel Hill, N . C. Sixty-four delegates were present. The principal business was the adoption of a revised constitution. Other business included favorable action on the petition of a group at Michigan State College for a chapter. The new chapter will be installed in t h e early fall and will make the fortyfourth. Favorable action was also taken on the proposition t o affiliate w i t h other professional chapters In a professional interfraternity conference. F. K. Cameron was initiated into t h e fraternity b y the degree team of R h o Chapter in such a manner a s to bring forth much applause from the delegates. R . M. Burns was presented w i t h the fraternity emblem, set with diamonds, a s a token of appreciation for his success as head of the organization during t h e past four years. T h e new Grand Council will consist of Paul D. V . Manning, C. A. Mann, M . E . Dice, W. S. Ritchie, a n d J. R. Kuebler. Social events included a dance and a real southern barbecue.
Frumkin t o Join University of Wisconsin Staff T h e University of Wisconsin has announced the appointment of A . Frumkin, o f the Karpow Institute of Chemistry, Moscow, as visiting professor of colloid chemistry. Professor Frumkin is o n e of t h e leading colloid chemists of Europe, and has made important. studies of adsorption, electro-capillarity, and t h e various phenomena encountered a t surfaces. He will continue his researches a t Wisconsin in September, and will give a course of lectures in colloid chemistry. I n the addition to t h e chemistry building, now nearing completion, a suite of laboratories h a s been provided for work in colloid chemistry. With the completion of t h e laboratories and the acquisition of Professor Frumkin, the university plans to expand its work in colloid chemistry and maintain its leadership in this field.
Oklahoma Section T h e spring meeting of the Oklahoma Section was held June 3 0 in" t h e Senior High School, Bartlesville, Okla. The meeting opened at 10:30 A.M. with the following program: "The Manufacture of Zinc and Sulfuric Acid at the Bartlesville Plant of the National Zinc Co.," by A. D. Terrell. "Some Chemical and Technical Activities of the Bartlesville Station of the U . S. Bureau o f Mines," by N . A. C. Smith. "Commercial Utilization of Compressed Propane and Butane Obtained from Natural Gasoline," b y R. C. Alden.
A. brief business meeting followed. The afternoon meeting consisted of trips through the zinc and sulfuric acid plant of t h e National Zinc Co., and through t h e Petroleum Experiment Station of t h e Bureau of Mines. Both meetings were well attended.
Toledo Section O n July 14 t h e third annual joint picnic of the Toledo Technical Societies w a s held at Toledo Post Island, with a n attendance of t w o hundred. In spite of several thunder showers, t h e picnic was a great success, and those in attendance enjoyed races, a horseshoe contest, indoor ball, trap-shooting, and bridge, followed by a basket lunch.
Recent Meetings of Local Sections Akron. M a y 24, 1928. "New Corrosion Problems," by S. W. Parr, President, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. June 22, 1928. "Synthesis of Phenol from Benzene Halides," by W. J. Hale, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich. Chicago. June 2 2 , 1928. "Atom Building and Cosmic Chemistry," by William D . Harkins, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. Connecticut Vailey. M a y 12, 1928. "Friedrich Woehler and Organic Synthesis," by William H. Warren, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Delaware. May 2 4 , 1928. "The Mechanism of Some Organic Reactions," b y F. O. Rice, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Northeastern. M a y , 1928. "The Science of Service," b y J. Frank D e Chant, Sheldon School, Boston, Mass. "New Warfare Developments with Special Reference t o Chemicals," by Amos A. Fries, Chemical Warfare Service, Washington, D. C. Rhode Island. M a y 11, 1928. "Hydrocarbon Research and Modern Gasoline," by Charles R. Hoover. University of Illinois. M a y 11, 1928. "Microcinomatograms of Brownian Movements and. Micromanipulator Experiments on Rubber I^atex," by G . L. Clark.
