APRIL, 1951
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YOUR DIVISION DIVISION OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION of the American Chemical Society
SUMMER is still two months away and the fall even Inorganic Chemistry in presenting a symposium on farther, yet it is not too early to begin planning on Bond Energies, Force Constants, and Bond Distances attendance at the 120th Meeting of the A. C. S. which (George H. Glockler, State University of Iowa). is to be held in New York to celebrate the 75th anni- These seven symposia will fill all the available hours versary of the founding of the Society. The prelim- Tuesday through Friday since none of them will run inary program covering the meeting dates September 4 concurrently, and Wednesday afternoon is being rethrough 7 is listed in Chemical and Engineering News for served for the special annivemary celebration of the April 2 but a further amplification of the description of Society. the program of' the Division of Chemical Education An additional highlight of the program of the Divimight help in planning your attendance at the meetings. sion will be the luncheon to be held on Thursday, Seven symposia have been planned by the Division. September 6. President Conant of Harvard, an exNo general papers will be given at the New York meet- chemist who is not so "ex'd" that he has lost interest in ing. Each of the symposia will consist of invited papers chemistry, will be the luncheon speaker. One of his only with the exception of the session on Lecture greatest recent interests has been experimentation a t Demonstrations, chairmaned by H. N. Alyea of Harvard with a beginning chemistry course, and he will Princeton. He is soliciting ideas from which the best discuss some of his ideas and their results under the mill be chosen for use at the meeting. Yours may be title, "The Place of History in Teaching Chemistry." submitted by writing directly to hi. Divisional dues, $1 per year, should be sent to F. D. The other symposia cover the gamut of chemical Martin, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, in education starting with the discussion of College-High- anticipation of the Fall meeting so that abstracts of the School Relationships in Chemistry under the direction symposia may be received before leaving for the meetof E. C. Weaver of Phillips Academy. What to Leave ing. Your Divisional Officers are now soliciting suggesOut of General Chemistry (James M: Holbert, University of Chattanooga), Subject Matter versus Student tions for symposia for the 1952 meetings. Your sug(L. L. Quill, Michigan State College), Contents of the gestions for such symposia would be welcome for it is Basic Courses in Chemistry (Philip J. Elving, Pennsyl- only by keeping in touch with the interests of the indivania State College), and Graduate Instruction (Henry viduals in the Division that adequate schedules can be Bent, University of Missouri) complete the coverage of arranged. the entire training curriculum. In addition the Division is cooperating with the Division of Physical and J. A. CAMPBELL, Chairman
