Local Activities and Opportunities University of Colorado. Dr. J. R. versity of Colorado in September, will be Ekeley, head of the Chemistry Depart- assistant professor ot biochemistry in the ment, who left last April t o attend the School of Pharmacy a t Purdue University International Convention of Pure and this year. Applied Chemistry in Bucharest and who Two wings of a modem chemistry buildspent the summer in Paris returned for ing are under construction and will be the opening of the fall term. ready for occupancy in September, 1926. Dr. P. M. Dean, who was on sabbatical leave during the past year, spent the University of Nebraska. Those of the greater part of his time working with University of Nebraska chemistry staff t o Prof. Moreau in Paris. participate in army training service durinp Prof. C. F. Poe has spent the summer the summer were: Lieutenant-Colonel doing research work in the Baker Chemi- C. J. Frankforter who was an instructor a t cal laboratory, Cornell University. Ft. Des Moines; Captain T. J. Thomspon Prof. H. B. Van Valkenburgh did re- and Lieutenant Edgar Boschult of the search a t the University of Chicago dur- chemical warfare service were in training ing the past summer. a t Denver, Colorado, for the last two weeks Dr. Frank E. E. Germann has been of July. granted sabbatical leave for the year Doctor and Mrs. Cliff S. Hamilton 192526 and will he associated with the represented the University of Nebraska Carnegie Institution of Washington, doing chemistry staff a t the California meeting research on the Fluorescence of the Plati- of the American Chemical Society. Dacnocyanides in cooperation with Dr. Edw. tor and Mrs. Hamilton made the outL. Nichols, Emeritus Professor of Physics going trip by the southern route and rea t Cornell University. Thc research turned by the northern. work will be conducted in the Department Professor Henry Wing of Doane College of Physcs a t Cornell, Rockefeller Hall, faculty douhly celebrated his 1925 sumIthaca, N. Y. mer. He completed his work at the UniDr. W. W. Howe has been appointed versity of Nebraska for his master's deto fill the position of Dr. Germann during gree in chemistry and took unto himself the latter's leave of absence. a wife. Mrs. Wing is the daughter of Dr. M. S. Carpenter, who was awarded W. R. Jackson, former State Superinhis degree a t the University of Colorado tendent of Nebraska. in June, has been awarded the fellowship Twelve of the graduate degrees granted of the Perfume Industries granted to Dr. by the University of Nebraska the spring Boggart a t Columbia University. and summer of 1925 went t o students Dr. J. S. Fulmer, who received his de- majoring m chemistry. The hst included gree a t the University of Colorado in ten masters and two doctors. One docSeptember, will be an instructor in out torate went t o C. H. Whitnah who sailed chemistry department this year. in April to his position in Judson College, Dr. Margaret Klemme, who received Rangoon, Burma, India, and the other t o ber degree a t the University of Colorado Fred Jensen who took the position as in September, will be in charge of the associate professor of physical chemistry University dispensary a t Purdue this year. in Texas A. and M. College, &ginning Mr. Karl Klemme, who was granted September first. the msster of science degree a t the UniStudents from Nehraska who are con-
tinuing their graduate work in other in- be made to the Nela Park Laboratories stitutions this fall are: Ralph H. Edee, where cafeteria luncheon will be served. Frank W. Johnson, and Edmund F. Slat- An interesting program is planned for the terly a t Northwestern University; Elmer afternoon, among the places to be visited E. Fleck a t Princeton; and Ralph F. TeEt heina the Lamp Development Laboratory at Xlas~achuscttsInAtute of ~echnology. and t h e various build& of Home a i d Two men of the list receiving master's de- Color Lighting Demonstrations and Ingrees go into industrial work; Henry A. dustrial and Auto Ligbting DemonstraBaehr with a milling company in King- tions. Several interesting speakers are fisher, Okla., and Joel L. Burkett to also listed. Proctor Gamble and Co. Syracuse University. The Department Former students who have visited the of Chemistry of Syracuse University has University of Nebraska's Department of been reorganized on the chairmanship Chemistrv durina the summer include basis. Professor R. S. Boehner is chairDoctor Saul of the teaching man for 1925-6. sM of the University of Cincinnati: There are 547 students enrolled in the ~ o c t o M. r H. power oithe ~ a y ~o o u n - class in General Chemistry. During the dation Research Staff and Doctor Ingersol first week of school those who had studied of the teaching staff of Vanderhilt Uni- high-school chemistry, about 200, were versity. given placement examinations as an aid UniversiQ of Wisconsin. Drs. Elmer in sectioning them. The lowest 10% 0. Kraemer and S. M. McElvain have have been dropped back with those who heen advanced to assistant professorships; had no high-school chemistry. Copies Dr. E. L. Sevringhaus is now an associate of the placement examination questions professor of physiological chemistry and will be gladly exchanged with other inDr. W. H. ~ & n has been made a full stitutions. professor of agricultural chemistry. On Sept. 10th. Dr. R. A. Baker ad- I n the D e h e n t of Chemistry, Drs. dressed the Annual Conference of the C. R. Wise and 2. L. Whitford have re- Chinese Students' AUhce which met signed their instructorships to enter com- in Syracuse. His subject was "The mercial work. Probable Future of Chemical Warfare." Washington State Association of ChemUniversity of Plorida. Dr. Townes R. istry Teachers. The Washington State Leigh, Head of the Department of ChemAssadation of Chemistry Teachers wiU istry and formerly Director of the School hold their annual meeting in conjunction of Pharmacy, has been elected Dean of with the meetings of the W. E. A. in the recently created College of Pharmacy Tacoma on October, 29th and 30th. The a t the University of Florida. meeting on the 29th will be in the form Prof. A. P. Black was on leave of abof a dinner a t 6.30 P.M. The business sence during 192445 doing graduate meeting together with papers will be work a t Harvard University. He has held on the afternoon of the 3Mh. The returned to the University of Florida. executive committee will submit a reDr. H. G. Oddy, formerly lecturer in vised constitution and by-laws a t the the Department of Chemistry a t the Tacoma meeting for acceptance. 'University of Alberta, Canah, is now iT. E. 0. T. A. The Chemistry and assistant professor of chemistry a t the Physics Section of the Northeastern University of Florida. Mr. Burton Otte, formerly of the ChemOhio Teachers' Association will hold their meeting in Cleveland on October 30th. ical Warfare Service, has been appointed Morning sessions of the N. E. 0. T. A. Curator for the Department of Chemistry are general and will he held in the Public a t the University of Florida. Dr. F. A. Gilfillan, formerly of the DeAuditorium; following this a trip will
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partment of Pharmacy of the Oregon State College has been elected head of the Department of Operative Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy a t the University of Florida. Dr. Franklin J. Bacon, who for several years had charge of the Department of Pharmacognosy for Eli Lilly and Company, is head of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy in the College of Pharmacy a t the University of Florida. Mr. Emst Stuhr, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, has been elected instructor in pharmacology a t the University of Florida. Mr. Lymann Fonda, a graduate of Purdue University, has been elected instructor in pharrnacagnosy a t the University of Florida. Mr. M. B. Natlack, formerly assistant chemist a t the Bureau of Standards and recently an instructor in chemistry a t the Georgia School of Technology holds a fellowship a t the University of Florida in the Department of Chemistry. He will investigate the preservation of citrus fruit juices. Columbia University. On Commencement Day, June,1925,President Nicholas Murray Butler laid the comer-stone of Havemever Annex. the large new wing of Columbia's Chemistry Building. This winn- will contain about one hundred and fifty rooms, most of which (as well as a large part of the main building) will be devoted to graduate instruction and research. It is expected that a description of these new laboratories, which include many interesting features of construction and arrangement worked out by Professor Freas of Columbia, will be available shortly. The stipend of University FeIlowships a t Columbia has been increased to $1500 for the academic year. Usually one such fellowship is awarded in chemistry each year. There are also a limited number of special Fellowships and University scholarships &ng smaller stipends. The greater number of oppor-
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tunities for graduate students to meet part of their expenses while studying a t Columbia are in the form of part-time assistantships. Such an appointment may pay anywhere from $100 to $1000 for the academic year, depending upon the amount of time and responsibility involved. The majority of these parttime assistantships pay either $400 or $500 per year, and cany duties which intetfere but little with the holder's opportunity as a graduate student in chemistry. Chicago Association of Chemistry Teachers. The Chicago Association of Chemistry Teachers, on Sept. 18, discussed with Dr. David Klein of the Wilson Laboratories, "How Far Is Uniformity Desirable in High-School Chemistry?' The point was established that all schools should teach thoroughly the recognized fundamentals so that pupils going from one school to another would not find serious interruption of, nor omissions in, the chemistry already studied. The question of laboratory practice was much discussed. The practice of taking up laboratory study after the topic has been assigned from the text-hook or discussed a t length in class was emphatically condemned as wasted time. The pupil should have working knowledge of his laboratory problem hut where the topic is assigned from the text before laboratory practice, it means that the pupil learns little from the laboratory practice and furthemore has little incentive to learn. In this manner pupils are denied the training of thinking. Where the text and manual are dosely coordinated as most of them are and as many teachers think desirable, the pupil can and does use the text to find most of the data hefore undertaking laboratoty work. Many teachers even permit pupils to use texts in the laboratory for this purpose despite the fact that the scientific method requires that it be derived by laboratory investigation. For these reasons the text and manual coardination subverts the highest values of the laboratory ,work,
namely; the sense training hy original observation of data and the reasoning from facts t o warranted conclusions. Dr. Klein from the standpoint of the public asked the teachers of Chicago t o teach a uniform list of fundamentals in chemistry in an experimental way that would deliver the values and appreciation of the scientific method to the pupils. University of Kansas. Dr. H. M. Elsey, associate professor of physical chemistry, has been granted leave of absence from the University of Kansas for the coming year and will he associated with the Research Department of the Westinghouse Campany of Pittsburgh. University of California. Dr. Russell W. Millar, assistant professor of nhvsical chemistry a t the ~ n i v e r s i t yof calif&&, Southern Branch, recently resigned his position t o join the research staff of the Bureau of Mines. Berkeley, California. Lake View Hi& School. Prof. H. R. Smith, professor of chemistry in the Lake pive View High School, Chicago, Ill., will. an address a t the Wisconsin State Teachers' Meeting in Milwaukee, November 6th, on the "Achievements of Pupils in Laboratory Instruction." This talk will he based on the results of research in teaching carried on last year in collaboration with Mr. W. W. Carpenter of Columbia University. University of Kentucky. Dr. G. Davis Buckner, newly elected chairman of the Lexington Section, recently declined an offer of the position of research professor of poultry nutrition in the Pennsylvania State College and will remain in his present position as research chemist in the Kentucky Experiment Station. Benjamin W. McKay, a graduate of Hiram College, received his Master's Degree from the Ohio State University in June. 1925. He has been aDoointed .. instructor in chemistry a t the University of ~ e n t u c k yand will assist in the course in General Chemistry.
Manlev M. Windsor. formerlv instructor in chemistry in the University of Kentucky, has resimed to take a oosition a t the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. John Holtzclaw has resigned as instructor in general chemistry and will teach this year in the Anchorage (Ky.) High School. Dr. J. S. McHargue of the Kentucky Experiment Station read a paper entitled "Manganese and Plant Life" a t the Los Angeles meeting of the A. C. S. Dr. McHargue is councilor of the Lenington Section and will report on the California meeting in the near future. He was recently elected Vice Chairman of the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The Executive Committee of the Kentucky Chemistry Teachers' Association recently held a meeting at Lexington. Plans were completed for the autumn meeting which will be held a t the University. The addition t o Kastle Hall, University of Kentucky, is rapidly nearing completion. The new building will provide added office, library, and research laboratory space, and give new laboratories far the Divisions of Or~anic,Physical and Quantitative Chemistry. The new chemical laboratow of the University of Louisville is nearly completed. This building will offer greatly increased facilities for the work of the department. Prof. V. F. Payne, professor of chemistry, Transylvania College, is the new Secretary of the Lexingon Section of the A. C. S. New members of the Section are as follows: Earl Mathias Bilger, prof. of chemistry, Berea College; Elmer L. Huber, Millersburg (Ky.) High School; Cecil E. Bales, Louisville Fire Brick Ca., Graham, Ky. R . N. Maxson, praf. of inorganic chemistry, University of Kentucky, will speak on "Theories i f Gel orm mat ion" a t the October meeting of the Kentucky Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi.
