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Situation Wanted as ASSISTANT IN FOOD OR BIOANALYSISOR IN PHYSIOLOGICAL LOGICAL RESEARCHhy woman, college graduate. Can accept position in Eastern States only. Address 32 Vassar Street, Worcester, Mass. Western Reserve University. The Jeavons Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry a t Western Reserve University of Cleveland, for pure science research in inorganic chemistry, provided by the J. H. R. Produds Co., has recently been awarded t o Mr. Roland Ward, a graduate of Paisley Technical College, Paisley, Scotland, and the University of London. Mr. Ward has had a broad fundamental training and bas had several years of experience in industrial chemistry both ahroad and in this country. The Jeavons Fellowship carries a stipend of $1200 per year with exemption from tuition and laboratory fees. No teaching is required, the fellow devoting his entire time t o graduate study leading t o the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The appointment is made for one and one-half years, the present one ending July, 1930. GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR 1928-1929 T h Cushman Graduate Fellowship. Established 1924 by Mr. H. D. Cushman,
President of the Ferro Enamelling Co., for fundamental research in reactions a t high temperatures. The present studies are concerned with those reactions evolving gases. The stipend for this fellowship is 5900 and exemption from tuition and laboratory fees, or a total value of approximately $1200. Appointment for onc year, hut the fellow is eligible t o reappointment a t an increase in stipend of ,8300 providing his work is satisfactory. The Ohio Chemical Graduate Fellowships. Two fellowships established 1927 by Mr. J. G. Sholes, President, The Ohio Chemical and Mfg. Co., for fundamental research in gases, particularly in the The chemistry of anesthetic gases. stipends for these fellowships are $9Cnl a year and exemption from tuition and laboratory fees, or a total value of approximately $1200, and the fellow is eligible for reappointment providing his work is satisfactory. I n the above fellowships, no teaching is required and the Fellow's entire time must he devoted t o graduate study, hut the Fellow will be permitted a vacation of one month during August. Fellows t o be appointed now will be expected to begin work June 24,1929, for one year. I n addition to his research which will be the
basis for his thesis, the Fellow will pursue advanced courses toward the Doctor of Philosophy degree. These fellowships are open only t o graduates of accredited colleges, preferably with some graduate training. Applicants should have thorough foundation in chemistry and physics, and a reading knowledge of French and German. Exnerience in the manipulation of gases and in the simpler operations of glass-blowing is desirable. Letters of application must he accompanied by a recent photograph of the applicant, by an official transcript of the applicant's undergraduate and record, and by direct sealed letters from qualified persons indicating his character, health, ability, and accomplishments. Applications should be made before April lst, t o Dean of the Graduate School, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. University of Pittsburgh. During the week of February 4th. Professor Alexander Silverman, Read of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Pittsburgh, attended the annual convention of the American Ceramic Society in Chicago and delivered the opening address of the Glass Division, Tuesday, February 5th, on "Modern Glass Manufacture in Europe and Glass Calledions in European Museums." He showed four reels of motion pictures that were taken during his three month tour of Europe last summer, which included matters of ceramic interest in France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, and Scotland. He reported as Chairman of the Education Committee on glass education in Europe. At this meeting plans were discussed for the tour and reception of the British ceramists who will visit the United States in the spring. Northwestern University. A new departure for the chemistry department of Northwestern University is the organization of a non-credit seminar among the
more mature students and the younger instructors. Its purpose is to provide a medium for discussion of the more neglected phases of physical organic chemistry. The general theme will he the relation of physical properties to chemical constitution. Among the topics on the tentative program are: magnetic permeability, magnetic rotation, size and shape of molecules, dielectric constants, electrical absorption and liquid gratings. The non-credit feature i s expected t o eliminate the "dead wood" and to insure spontaneous debate and criticism. University of Nevada. At a recent meeting of the chemistry staff with a numher of the advanced students in the department, Profwor G. W. Sears, head of the department of chemistry and Consulting Chemist, U. S. Bureau of Mines, reviewed his work on the fusion of rare metal ores. The latest portion of this work was published in the J. Am. Chm. Soc., in January, 1929, as the third paper, entitled, "Determination of Tantalum and Columbium." The chemists of Reno and vicinity have arranged with the Sacramento Section of the American Chemical Society that the Section will he entertained in Reno for the September meeting, while the Reno chemists will he the guests of the Section in Sacramento for the October meeting of this year. Detailed plans are being drawn up for a new science building, which has been donated t o the University by Mr. Clarence Mackay, who has already built and endowed the Mackay School of Mines of the University of Nevada. The new structure will house the departments of chemistry, physics, and mathematics and is to be called the Mackay Science Building. Construction will begin this spring and occupancy should be possible some time during the summer of 1930. Mr. S. Allan Lough, of the department of chemistry of the University of Nevada, has been promoted t o the rank of assistant professor.
The College of the City of New York. A science survey course was started last term and included the general topics of astronomy, geology, and physics. Enrolment was about six hundred. That course is being repeated this term, and in addition, the second half year's work has begun with about the same number of students enrolled, which includes the branches of chemistry and biolom. The chemistry lectures (eight in all) are given by Professor Benjamin Harrow, and twice that number of recitations are held by members of the staffs of chemistry and biology. The lectures in biology will be given by Professor Melander of that department. Mr. Bernard A. Starrs has resigned from the staff of the department of chemistry. The following men have been appointed Fellows in the department of chemistry: Saul S. Hauhen, Casimiro Liotta, Julius Wunsch. ~
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Columbia University. Dr. H. Louise Campbell spoke a t a joint meeting of the New York City Dietitians' Association and the Greater New York-Southeastern District Home Economics Association on Monday, February 11th. Her subject was "The Relation of Diet to Health and Vitality." Professor V. K. La Mer addressed the Philadelphia Section, A. C. S., on February 21st. The subject of his talk was "Neutral Salt Action." Professor A. W. Thomas lectured on the "Fundamental Chemistry of Colloids" before a joint meeting of the Porter Scientific Society of Franklin and Marshall College, and the chemists of the Armstroqg Cork Company in Lancaster, Pa., on February 14th. Rutgers University. Rutgers University scored the highest ranking in a chemistry test given in twenty-eight of the land grant colleges in the United States, according to a report received by Dr. Peter A. van der Meulen, professor of general and physical chemistry a t Rutgers.
Announcement of the results of the nationwide test is made in the annual report of the committee of instruction of the Association of Land Grant Colleges, which conducted the examination as a method of measuring teaching efficiency. The test was given a t the close of the last school year t o members of the freshman class in chemistry of tEe twenty-eight colleges. The median or middle score of the 250 students taking the test from Rutgers was 87, while the median score of the second highest institution was 80.50. Other colleges ranked from 78.4 to 37.25. One objective of the examination was to test the teaching efficiency of the instructors by obtaining the average median grade of those students who had had highschool chemistry, and those who had studied chemistry in college for the iirst time. It was found that the median grade of the 182 students a t Rutgers who had had high-school chemistry was 93, and that of the 68 who had not had such previous training w a s 74. The scope and content of the text used were developed as a result of careful analysis of the various textbooks used in college courses in general chemistry. The test in each instance was given under standard conditions. Dr. Ralph G. Wright is head of the Rutgers chemistry department. Among the twenty-eight colleges taking the examination were Arizona, Cornell, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Pcnn State, and Virginia. Cincinnati Section, A. C. S. The 304th Meeting of the Cincinnati Section of thp American Chemical Society was held in the Chemical Auditorium of the University of Cincinnati on Pebruary 13,1929. a t 8.00 P.M. Professor Wilber Stout of the Department of Geology a t Ohio State University addressed the Section on "The Ceramic Industry of Ohio." Originally a chemist, Professor Stout was attracted t o a study of the stratigraphy of the coal deposits of
Ohio and an investigation of the geology of Ohio fire clays. His reputation in this field has become national. His appointment as Ohio State Geologist, succeeding Dr. Bownacker, recently deceased, is an assurance of his continued activity in this field. The 305th Meeting was preceded by an informal dinner served in the Women's Building of the University of Cincinnati a t 6.30 P.M., Wednesday, March 13, 1929. The regular meeting opened a t 8.00 P.M. in the Auditorium of the Chemistry Building. The speaker was Austin M. Patterson, professor of chemistry a t Antioch College, whose subject was "International Chemistry." Dr. Patterson is a former editor of Chenica2 Abstracts, a Councilor of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, a member of the International Committee on Organic Nomenclature and Chairman of t h e American Committee on the same subject. His extensive intercourse with foreign chemists and his wide acquaintance with chemical literature have given Dr. Patterson a unique ability t o deal with such a suhject. Lexington Section, A. C. S. The 132nd regular meeting of the Lexington Section of the American Chemical Society was held in Kastle Hall, University of Kentucky, a t 4.00 P.M., Tuesday. February 12, 1929. Dr. G. Davis Buekner spoke on the topic "The Hydrogen-Ion Concentration of the Reproductive Organs of the White Leghorn Chicken." Dr. Buckner gave us a preliminary report on important and significant results obtained from re-
cent researches in his chosen field of hiochemistry. The 133rd meeting was held in Kastlc Hall, University of Kentucky, on Tuesday, March 12, a t 4.00 P.M. Dr. A. S. Richardson of the Chemical Division of the Procter and Gamble Company spoke on the topic "The Hydrogenation of Vegetable Oils." Ninth Annual Educational Conference a t Ohio State University. The Ninth Annual Educational Conference at Ohio State University, Columbus, will he held on April 4, 5, 6, 1929. More than twenty out-of-state speakers have been engaged to address the general and sectional meetings. The speakers are well known in their particular fields, and their addresses will cover a wide range of educational interests. Three new sections-Adult Education, Attendance Supervisors, and Higher Edutation-have been added t o the Conference Program this year. The Adult Education Section will he directed by Mrs. Jessie Allen Charters, an expert in adult-parental education, who is a regular member of the Ohio State University faculty. A. 0. Heck, professor of school administration in the College of Education, has charge of the sectional program for attendance supervisors, school nurses, and visiting teachers. The new director of the University's Bureau of Educational Research. W. W. Charters, will preside a t the meetings of the Higher Education Section. Mr. Charters was recently made editor-in-chief of the Journal of Higher Education which will he issued for the first time next September by the Ohio Statc University Press.
Chemistry's Next Job. Dr. Charles H. Herty says the ultimate mission of chemistry is good health. A writer in Discmery,published in London, says that chemistry's next war will be a war t o kill germs. Putting one and one together. we get a picture of another great job for chemistry!-Bu~iness Chemistry
