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INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Johns Hopkins Research Conference in Chemistry HE Seventh Annual Research ConT ference of the Chemistry Department of The Johns Hopkins University will be
June 15
held from June 7 to June 25, 1937, a t the Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Va. T h e object of these conferences is to provide an opportunity for discussion among a group of specialists in a particular field of chemistry. A subject is selected for each week and a leader in the field is appointed chairman for that week. The subject i s subdivided and speakers are asked to discuss the phase in which they have socialized. Particular attention is paid to the effect of related fields on the subject under discussion. The day usually begins with a more or less formal lecture outlining some field of research and directing attention t o its unsolved problems. This is then followed by a discussion by the members of the group. The meetings are kept as informal as possible; there are no printed papers and no formal record of the proceedings is kept. The nature of these conferences is such that an attendance limited to those working in the field under discussion, or in closely allied fields, is most desirable. To this end an attempt is made to keep the group sufficiently small so that each |person attending has an opportunity t o take part in the discussion. The group usually meets twice in the day, leaving either the afternoon or evening open for recreation. Since these conferences are held in such surroundings that they provide an opportunity of combining a summer holiday with scientific discussion, many of the members bring their families. There are ample opportunities for sports, with two golf courses—the Cavalier and the Princess Anne—fine tennis courts, swimming in either surf or pool, as well as horseback riding, fishing, boating, and various game facilities. The conference is for three weeks on several fields of scientific research. The program given below is to be regarded as a tentative outline to be filled in or modified as may seem best.
June 16
A.
Enzymes
J. M. NELSON*. Chairman
June 7
June 7 to 11 H. LINEWEAVER. Some Contributions of Physical Chemical Methods. DEAN
June 8 June 9 June 10
BURK.
Thermodynamic
Relations in Nitrogen Fixation and Coupled Synthetic Reactions. H. SOBOTKA. Enzyme Models. J. H. NORTHROP. Properties and Isolation of Bacteriophage. M. L. ANSON*. Cathepsin. L. HELLERMAN. Some Aspects of Enzymatic Catalysis. DAVID B. HAND.
The Role of the
Prosthetic Group. K. G. STERN.
June 11 B.
Structure and Ac-
tion-Mechanism of HematinContaining Enzymes. J. M. NELSON. Summary and General Discussion. Phenanthrene Chemistry OLIVER KAMM, Chairman
June 14 to 18 June 14
OLTVER KAMM. R. E. MARKER.
Introduction. New Experimen-
tal Methods and Procedures. F. O. RICE. Thermal Decomposition of Polynuclear Ring Systems.
R. E. MARKER 1 OLIVER KAMM E. F E R K H O U
J* Sex Hormones. I
JAMES WADDELL
/ Vitamine
NICHOLAS A. MILAS (
June 17
LYNDON* SMALL.
D.
Phenanthrene
Alkaloids. R.
C. ELDERFIELD.
Cardiac
Glueosides and Toad Poisons. June i s
TORSTEN HASSELSTROM.
Ch*»m-
istry of Resin Acids. KYLE WARD.
Reactions of Abi-
etic Acid. E. R. LITTMAN-N.
Progress in the
Field of Retene Chemistry. . V. SICKMAN. The Mechanism of Oxidation in the Gaseous ami Liquid States. H. B. HASS. The Chlorination of Organic Compounds. KARL HERZFELD.
Kinetics of
Polymerization in Liquid Systems. D. V. SICKMAN*.
June 24
June 25
The Mechanism
of Polymerization in Gaseous Systems. E. O. KRAEMER. Physical Properties of High Polymere. R. J. FLORY. Linear Condensation Polymers. R. E. BURK. Influence of Catalysts on Polymerization.
Further information m a y be obtained from F. O. Rice, Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, M d . World Congress o f Universal Documentation N INTERNATIONAL committee of documentation, on which Watson Davis, director of Science Service, Washington, D. C , represents the United States, has been created t o organize and conduct a World Congress of Universal Documentat ion scheduled to be held in Paris, August 16 t o 21, 1937. The purpose of the congress is t o inquire into the existing state of documentation, examine principles, programs, and methods, and exchange views concerning the results obtained in an attempt t o formulate a plan of work and service, and make a collective general agreement to uphold any decisions that may be made. It is planned t o cover the whole field of sources, forms, and organization of documentation under such headings as production of documents, their grouping, the technic of documentation, administrative and technical organization, and the worldwide system of documentation. Under each of these headings a considerable number of topics will be discussed. The organizers are hopeful that there may be extensive American participation and point out that the congress will be held coincidentally with the Paris Exposition. Those wishing special details concerning t h e project should address Watson Davis, director of Science Service, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D . C.
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