1198
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
(Brought Forward). . . . . . . . . . . Stationery and Office Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . Postage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insurance on Life of Dr. Gordon.. . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nov. 21/27 to Dec. 31/29 $119,788.86 476.31 1,094.18 563.50 435.98
Total Disbursements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $122,358.83
JUNE, 1931
Year 1930 Total $76.872.58 $196,661.44 69.50 545.81 476.40 1,570.58 (121.00) 442.50 194.17 630.15 $77.491.65
$199.850.48
$77,574.61 77,491.65
$200,3635.84 199.850.48
Summary Total Receipts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$122,791.23 Total Disbursements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.358.83 Balance in Bank and on Hand, December . 31,1929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ Excess of Receipts over Disbursements for Year1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance in Bank and on Hand. December 31. 1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
432.40
0
82.96
0
515.30
We hereby certify that the above Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements is in accordance with the books of the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION for the period November 21,1927, to December 31, 1930. (Signed) PASLEYA N D CONROY, Cerlified Public Accountants Dated March 18, 1931 Approued, March 30: J. N. SWAN, Chairman MARTIN V. MCGILL,Vice-Chairman R. A. BAKER, Secre&ry R. M. PARK,Treesurer
WILEELMSEGERBLOM, Pas$ Chairman WM. MCPHERSON, Past Chairmen N EIL E. GORDON, Editor-in-Chief
Industrial Interest Shown in Maizolith, New Cornstalk Material. So much public interest has been aroused in the substance, maizolith, developed by C. E. Hartford, Jr., a t the U. S. Bureau of Standards, that the Bureau has had to take up the work again in order t o supply the demands for samples. The story of maizolith concerns a senior student a t the Iowa State College, and his laboratory thesis. Young Mr. Hartford, who was working for a degree a t Iowa State, discovered that if cornstalk pulp is put through certain mechanical operations and then combined with water, it will form a tough jelly. When this jelly dries it is tough and horny and much like hard rubber. The Bureau of Standards asked Mr. Hartford t o come on the government payroll and work on his cornstalk rubber. Mr. Hartford came t o Washington, completed his work, wrote a paper on it, and resigned. The Bureau considered the matter closed and the work finished, but suddenly there developed such a continuous public demand for sample of maizolith, that a man had to be put back on the cornstalk rubber detail. "The project is again active," says the Bureau.-Science Service
