Local Activities and Opportunities Dartmouth College. Leon B. Richardron, professor of chemistry, has just published "A Study of the Liberal College." This is in the farm of n report t o Resident Hopkina of Dartmouth; and i t involves an investigation of the educational methods of 33 eolleges and universitie. in the United States. Canada, England and Scotland, which were visited by the author during the early part of 1924. New England Association of Chemistrg Teachers. The ninety-third meetlng of the N. E. A. C. T. was held a t the University of New Hampshire. Durham, N. H..on May 2. Prof. G. A. Pedey of the University gave i n interesting paper an "A New Sulfuric Aeid Tower Process." Prof. Melvin Smith, also of the University discussed "Research Roblems a t the IJniversity of N. H." Prof. W. W. Obear of the Somerville High Sehwl presented a paper on "What n Boy Likes." This was followed by an inspection of the laboratories sod various social activities. The next meeting will be held a t Movnt Hermom. Mans.. when the fallowing papers will be presented: Address of W e l c o m c D r . H. 9. Cutler, Priaeioal of Mount Herman School. "Teaching a Lesson in Metallurw"-Mr. Vernon G. Smith. Vermont Academy. "LectureTnbleExperiments." "The Goldschmidt P r a e s s for Silicon. an Illvc tration of Hydrolysis." "A Simple Method of Preparing Satisfactory Dialyzing Membranes"-Dr. Paul Letex, APsistpnt Proferror of Chemistry. Marsachusetts Agrieultursl College. "Catalysis: The oxidation of Ammonia Harfcncd by Platinumw-Mr. A. W. Phillips, Instructor in Chemistry, Massaehusetts '48% culturn1 College. "Crystal Models Showing the Arrangement of Atoms and What May Be Learned from Them." "Adsorption of Ammonia by Charcoal and the Production of Liquid Ammonia'LDr. C. A. Peters. Professor of Inorganic and Soil Chemistry, Massachu$etts Agricultural College. "Chemistry and Modern Medicineu-Dr. C. E. Bolret, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Dartmouth College. "Putting the I S into Chemistry'CDr. Gustavur J. Esseleo. Jr.. Viee-Resident and Director of Research, Skinner. Sherman and Esselen, Ine., Baron. Mvsrachusetts. Discussion, "Laboratory Notebooks. Porms. Results and Value." Opened by Professor Jceeph S. Chnmherlnin. Professor of Oraanic Chemistry.
Massaehurettr Agricultural College: aod Mr. Elwin Damon, Keenc High School, Keeoe. New Hampshire. Motion pictures. "The Story of Sulphur." Courtesy of the Bureau of Mines. "Beyond the Miemcope." Courtesy of the General Electric Company. Other meetings scheduled for the gear are: Wherton College, Norton, Mass., Nov. 14. Bridgeport High S e h d . Bridgeport, cono., Dee. 5.
The Chemistrg Teachers of Northeastern Ohio met in Cleveland, December 13. 1924. The committee in charge reported upon the six following problems: 1. Uniform laboratory rwukements with a carehlly organized list of demonstration e b periments. 2. Working out and carrying into operation a suitable testine - oromam. . 3. Prowr correlation between ehemistrv and physics. 4. Study of the building needs with some recommendation. for future changes ia the chemical laboratory. 5. What are the objectives in hirh--iehool chemistry with special referenec to the sixty percent who do not go t o college? 6 . Whet difference in subject matter should be made for the fast and t k slow students? What should be the minimum course of study? Shall students of slow learning rate be excluded from chemistry? Each problem wsr discussed and committees appointed to make r&rts a t later meetings. The spring meeting of this assmiation war held in Cleveland, Mareh 21. The following report of the committee for arrnnging a suitable testing program was vnanimously adopted: 1 A rtandmrdized test shall be given all pupils of chemistry in Northeastern Ohio who have completed one year of chemistry, test to be given two weelo before the close of schoolin the wring of 1925 2. The name of the test shall not be made known in advaoce. 3. sufficient data shall be called for so that all studie.i can be bared oo uniform conditions. Rsnaselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Aluminum Company of America, addressed th8 meeting on "Aluminum." Bronn Uni~ersity. Dr. Charles A. Kraut, head of the Department of Chemistry of Brown University, addresed the April meeting of the Eastern New York Section of American Chemical Society in the Rerearch Laboratory of the General E l e ~ i eCompany. His topie war "The Amphoteric Nafore of the Elements." His talk was concerned with his own research work an liquid ammonia solutions in a field in which Dr. Kraus is a n neknowledged authority today. The Asbrasha Academy of Science held itr annual meeting for 1925 in Lincoln. May 7. 8 and 9. The place of the Sciences in Education and the Worth of a Museum in Science Teaching. "Finding and Salvaging the Superior Student." and "The Content and Scope of HighSehool Chemistry Teaching" were of special interest t o teachers of chemistry. summer Covne in Methods of Teachimg HighSchool Chemistry. The eounc in Methods of Teaching Senior High Sehwl Chemistry a t the Summer Session of the Masszhuoettr In3titute of Technology will be given by Mr. Charlea H. stone, instructor in chemistry a t the Boston English High School. His twenty years' experience in teaching secondary-school chemistry well qualifies him for the position 01 showing other teachers how t o present the subject. According to the S u m m a Session Announcement Mr. Stone is editor of Gray. Sandifur and Hanna's -Chemistry." author of articles in the Jaurnal of Chamicol Edurolion, prst president of the New England Association of Chemistry T eac h ers , member of the Commission appointed by the College Entrance Examination Board to revise the entrance requirement in Chemistry and member of the Science Council far the Boston Intermediate Schools. Pvrther information about the course may be obtained from prof. E. F. Miller, Chairman S u m m a Session committee. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Univenib of Utah. At the April meeting of the Northwestern Utah Section of the American Chemical Society, Dr. C. E. Maw, Professor of Chemistry at the Brigham Young University of Provo wa3 the principd alspeaker. His subject was "The Anomalous Behavior of Sodium Sul6te when Oxidized by Oxygen." princeton University. To supplement the ~ o r of k the Department of Chemistry of Princeton University, the Chemical Club war organized a* a student undertaking. Due to the liberality of the late Mr. Albert Plaut. it has been possible t o obtain at frequent intervals speakers of meat.rnominenccin the chemical world, to address . the Club. The terms of Mr. Plaut'n bequest provide that: "The income . . shall be used under the direction of the D e ~ a r t m e n tof Chemistry in the interests of the student organization known as the
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"Chemical Club," and particularly for the benefit of its undergraduate members, as long as that Club motinues in existence, and primarily to recure talks before the Club by men of distinction in the field of industrial chemistry m a related science." Further emphasis is laid on the d r sirability of undergraduate participation in the activities of the Club. D u i n g the second t u r n or the present academic year the Chemical Club has been addrcrred by P10fe.m~ P. Debye of the T ~ h n i s e h eHaehschulc of Zurich, Dr. Carl Benedieks of the Metallographic Institute of Staekholm, nad Prof-r H. S. Taylor of Princeton.
Dr. H. C. Parmalee, editor of "Chem. end Met." addressed the R. I. Seetion of the American Chemical Soeiety on "Extending the Scientific and Engineering Methods into Buoineu." Florida Education As~ociation. The 38th Annual Session of the Florida Education Armciation wan held in Daytona, where the following add re sac^ were given: "YO" w a n t to Live a Little Looper." Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Waehington, D. c.; "The Leaf and the k b o r a t o r y . Dr. Townes R. Leigh, University of Florida: and "Chemistry and Its Relation to Other Sciences," by the same speaker. "The Romance of Science. Nature's Story of World-Building," Dr. Charles Payne. Univ. of Minnesota. During thin session the chemistry teachers of
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University of Florida. The Department of Chemirtry of the University of Florida is asking the legislature for funds for a new building that will provide adequate space and equipment for the ever~increasiognumber of young men of Florida who are studying chemistry. This new building will be an excellent and much needed addition t o the e.mpus, and together with the enlarged facvlty that is expected, the department will be in a position to give the very best training in all branches of chemistry. The graduate students in the Department of Chemistry are engaged in studying problems of local interest. It has long been known that oranges a r c often ready to be eaten while their color ie still green, and that certain gases have the property of hastening the coloring process. Mr. I,. E. Dupont is rearching for a gas that u.ill bring about this coloring most effirriently and without causing any deleterious effects on the
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,,.ct,~e of the indurtry oo r whnlr, to rho. thcic who b a v r hrcl ouly fheorct#~ill C O U W ~how ,,ln.l,n,.ntnl ur ll",, oror. nrr rnrnrt1 "llt ,on a large reale: and to give students having rome training io the field of industrial and chemical engineering the opportvnity of hearing special subjects presented to them by experts in their respective fields. This course w111 be open to students who are cndvrxd either by their college profruor, or r h o arc ~ D l sto rhola rr:dcntlrlr that th'y arc study. IDP "hemism. or rhrmlc"1 elcgiocmnb in .vmc institution, or those who have completed their course of study, or to those who wish to refresh their minds upon technical details. Registration ail1 begin Monday afternoan, September 28th. in the hall of the Exporitioo. Clars work begins Tuesday morning at 9.00 o'clock and the entire group of students will meet for one hour during the morning for a lecture of general interent to all. The rest or the time, the e1%Srer will be divided into two sections. section one will con.irt of student. of chemistry who have not had the opportunity of learning how unit proeesser are carried out, these students being either thore who have taken only courses in theoretical chemistry or thore who have not yet reached courses in applied chemistry or chemical engineering. Section Two will be comprised of advanced student. in chemical engineering and thore who have had rvmeienf training or experience t o understand how chemical equipment is made and work*.
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In outlinin~the course of lectures. Pro]. W T . Read of Yale university, who is a member of the Advisory committee of the Exposition, and who will have charge of the c o m e nt the Erpmith", say. that the generat 1eetvres will be given, one each day for four days beginning Tuesday morning, and the outline comprises such topics ss: "Application of Chemistry t o Industry." "American Chemical Indurtw of Today." "Sourcen of Information for Chemist. and Engineers" and "Buying and Selling Produets of Chemistry." These 1eetues will have a broad genera1 swpe and he of valve t o all students. The subsequcnt lectures going into detail* of ""it p-tiee. for section one will be of n more elementary nature and will illustrate and confine to the simplest possible statement of principles involved and denwipti" of typical zpparatu.. 'The plans include two lectures each day for four days upon these subjects and will include cornideration of the followiog: Disinlrgrnlim Crushing, Grinding and Puiveriring Mmholirol SeDarolim Srpnuntion of solids from solids Scparsfion of solids from liquids Sc~nrnfionof solid5 lrom naecr Filtration, grading and elassifyiog Centrifugal separation, settling, thickening, dust collection and precipitation Liquids from Liquids. ete. Scpnrnlia with Phosr Chongr Evsporntion, dirtillation, drying rnd the theory and discussion of apparatus Hondlim of Marnialr Vertical, lateral and horizontal transportation Mnleinl, of Conrlrurlion What materials t o use, when, where and why. For Section Two, the lecture4 will be on rpceinl topics of chemical engineering of somewhat the same nature as presented in the course a t the Ninth Exposition of Chemical Indvstries and f.,lIowingromewhat along the lines outlined nhovc. The rpe.kers will discus their subject" for about twenty minutes and there will be i o u or five subjects discusred each day. They will not he of so technical a nature ss to inelvde all the mathematies of their subject, bffause if is assumed that student. in this section have already had the preliminary knowledge of these subjects. The diseu.siona wilt be presented by authorities in their lines and be of live, up-to-the~minute material, because the speakers will be selected from the industtics and among thme eompanic. which are foremost in their Liner. If is planned t o have guides well acqmaiotcd and well informed on the subject of chemistry and chemical engineering. competent t o direvss the subjects of the various exhibit. for the students ap they p a u fmm exhibit to exhibit in their
t o w of inspection. Theae tours of inspection will be mapped out in advance so t h a t they will conform closely with t h e dircur~ionin the lecturer which have already been heard by the students. The motion picture program which is always a feature of the Exposition will also be valuable and useful for these stvdents in carrying forward ideas and industriai impre3sions which cannot be shown in all their dctaila in t h e Exposition. Already three mlleges have indicated t h a t the students whom they send t o attend this murse of l e c t u r e will be given credit for t h e work mnducted here and the credit marks which they will receive and which will be bared upon t h e final examination by those in charge of the course will be accepted by there colleges. I t is expected t h a t ~ e v e r a lother college. and universities will give similar credit for work done a t the Exposltiao.
An "Open House" a t ~ a n d e i b i l t University. More than 2500 people--citirens of Nashville and towns within a radius of fifty mile.-accepted the hospitality of the Chemise? Department of Vanderbilt University on the evening of April 1st. io t h e second annual ''Open House" exhihitian t h a t has been arranged i n t h a t inntitution. T h e invitation had been extended through the newspapers. by announcements i n t h e civic elubr, thmugh a perwnal appearance before t h e legirlature then in re~sion,and by t h e familiar "afriend-tells-a-friend" method of passing on the news. The most competent students, graduate and undergraduate, had been selected to instruct t h e noo-chemical b u t inquisitive citizen na he passed, and every demonstratloo was planned t o stimulate questioning and awaken interest through euriodty in chemical happenings. Much use was made of the miniature chemical plant in actual operation. I n t h e general ehemutry iaboratarie, the procese3 of manufacturing nitric acid, sulfuric acid and variour important 3~119wvrr b o n g rorricd on m clFlclent v v . ~ r : r t ! r \ . 7'11 cvolvfroo 01 artiCcial irsht. imm rh? i n < # w n t vtnc koul ro rhc modern n m nnnnt!: -nd mc.cl,.rn Marda lamp was displayed in steps. Tests for the detection of colors in foods and beverage., the detection of adulterants in household articles of food or clothing, the various spectacular dirplays of colored fire. artificial fountaim, metallic vegetation. etc.. were carried on continuously for the benefit of the byptanders. A vo1eano erupted every twenty minuter, sometimes oftener. Fortunes were told by t h e H F and the Hz.9 methods, and the ]at-t shade3 in secret inks were displsyed. A strong stream of water came apparently out of a small wireless antenna, "by wireless from Niagara," the attendant explained. w a t e r fa"ects, both hot and cold, burned with vigorous Elmer to the complete mystification of all a h a were not exceedingly observant. R a s h of clear water turned to ink in an instant "ripht before your very eyes;' while a demonstrator stood many yards away. In t h e organic section, numerous preparations were going on, and several m e ehemieab were on
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exhibition. A large assortment of Amerieanmade dyes was acmmpanied by sample. of t h e shades t h a t they produce. The chemistry of the household war especially emphasized in thip rection, and many a housewife was intereted t o find the familiar contents of t h e kitchpn cabinet displayed on the laboratory shelve.. I n Physical Chemistry, the "dngiog jellies" attracted t h e attention of musicians, while a most speetnevler dixplay of Oeirrler bulbs fascinated the artists. Radium and its "shooting stars" were seen for the first time by covntless intelligent and educated citizens. The arrangement of atoms and molecules war explained and illustrated by models to all who would nod their heads in underatanding. I n the Industrial Chemical Section a miniature Muscle Shoal. was set o ~ int the form of a Bow sheet, with actual products in view. An ertensive exhibit of miero~photographswas shown in t h e metallographie room. A splendid arnortment of gas mantles in =I1 stages of manofaehlre, a display of new silica ware with "the light t h a t goes round a corner:' and a glawblowing laboratory presided over by a skillful wizard were viewed at all times by an interested crowd. I n the electrical laboratory, the display of measuring and rectifyins instruments, of motors and coils, was essentially a mmplete exhibit of t h e liaison between physic^ a n d chemistry in t h e active serbice of mankind. There were countier practical joke3 hidden all over the building, bllt nil were of a perieetly harmles nature-emember, i t was ~ p r i lthe first. There was much comment on the skillful and etlective labeling of all rooms, exhibits, proecsser and spots of special importance in a set-up 01 apparatus tbet might otherwi~eleaveonlyanimpresriou of bewilderment in the mindof alayman.
Denver Cvrdcvlvm Studies. In Denver, about 40 subject matter eommifteer, composed largely of classroom teachers, have been appointed to revire the course of study. Many experts are being called io to make t h ~ i rcontributions in special fields. E. Waite Elder, of E a ~ tHigh School, is Chairman of the Science Committee. This Committee h a . recommended t h a t biology be taught in the ninth grade, the last grade of t h e Junior High School, chemistry in the l o t h grade and physics in the eleventh; t h a t additional advanced courses in there subjects he offered as cleetivcs in the 12th grade. A t present biology is being given in the loth, physics in the 11th and chemhtry in t h e 12th. Massachusetts Institute ef Technolo=. Under t h e amspice. of t h e NortheastSection of t h e Amaican Chemical Society and t h e Boston Section of t h e American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Oil and Power Week was observed a t the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday evening, April 24. 0thmeetings had been held earlier in the week at Lowdl, Woree.ter, Gardner, and East Cnmbridge. AU of t h e leading seienti6c and engineering
organizations of the country, of which the A. C. S. is the largest, have participated in t h e effort to make the meetings held all over the country focllr attention on the everimrearing demand for petroleum products for power and heating purposes, the present pmdigiously wasteful methods in it$ pmduction, transportation and use, and to -rider meaos for conrematian of this material, which is seemingly essential t o our modern life. So important has this eonservation problem become that President Coolidge has appointed a Federal Oil Conservation Board which, with the help of the United States Geological Survey, is now studying the pmhlem of oil conservation. This is a serious government problem, n i n e no nation can be ~uccessfulin the handling of presentday war fighting weapmr, the airship, aeroplane, warship, and automobile, whme supply of petroleum products is limited. At the Technology meeting, Professor John F. w e d of M. I. T. presided and the speakers were (1) Dr. w w e n K. Lewis, Head of the Department of Chemistry, M. I. T., who spoke on "Petroleum-A Raw Material"; (2) Mr. Otto Nonnenhruch, Asst. Chief Engineer, Worthingkon Pump and Machinerg Co. discussed "The Diesel Engine in Power Generation"; (3) Mr. H. Howard Smith, of the Boston Consolidated G s s company, took up the subject of "Gas-the Ultimate Fuel": and (4) Professor R. T. Harlam, Director of a New Course in Fuel Oil Engineering, dinevssed "Oil as a Domestic Fuel." It is renetted that a f d l account of there four addresses are beyond the scope of this report. A ~ u m m a r yof a few facts brovght out by the speakers may be obtained by writing S. W. Hoyt, Mechanie Arb High School, Boston, Mass. Chemistry Teachers of Kentucky Organize. "At the SUP-zestion of Dr. R. N. Maxson.orofe4sor .. of inorganic chemistry a t the Univedtv of Kenlucky, teachers of chemistry from various colleges. high schools and secondary schools in the state met a t the Seelhach Hotel in Louisville April 23 and organired the Kentucky Auociation of Chemistry Teachen. The organization of such state teachers asroeietions is a part of the program of the recently created Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. The general aims of these organization. are to pmmote efficiency in the teaching of chemistry, t o keep the teachers a t the frontier of chemical education and research. and to arsist in the national e s a y contest which is conducted every year by thiroeiety. A constitution was drawn and adopted and the following offieen were elected: Miss Marie Berries, head of chemistry department, Louisville Girls High School, president; Prof. V. F. Payoe, head of chemistry department, Transylvania College, Lexington, vice-president; 1. C. Branham, w c i a t e headmaster. MaMie Sehwl, Versailla, secretary and treasurer.
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M*r Minnie T. Cramer, bead of the chemistry department of Lexington High Schwl, nnd Ray Ross, of the Oaeosboro High School, were elected t o p w e w i t h theofficersas anexecutivecommittee. The next meeting of the asmeintion will he h d d a t the University of Keotuekg in the autumn, st which a progam of interest t o every chemistry teacher in the state will be presented." National Colloid Symposium. The t h i d National Colloid Symposium managed by the Colloid Committee, National Research C m d will he held a t the University of Minnesots, June 17, 18. 19, 1925. The fallowing program will he dvm: 1. " M o l e d a r Weight and Solutiom." w. D. Banemft. Cornell University. 2. "Some New A s ~ r e t of s the Surface Tension
Research. 3. "The Orientation and Distribution of Molecules." Irving Langmuir, General Eierrrie Company. 4. "Photo~raphic S-.tivity." S. E. S h e p nard.. Eastmao Kodak comonos. . . . 5. "Adsorption," Herbert Preundlich. 6. "Catalysis by Metallized Silica Gels..' I,. H. Ryerson. University of Minnesota. 7. "Colloidal Water and lee." Howard T. Barnes, McGill University. 8. "Colloid Chemistry of Rennet Coagulation," L. S. Palmer. University of Minnesota. 9. "The Vireaity of Fmtoplasm;~ ..I V. Heilhmnn, University of Michigan. lo. "Antigenic Properties of Bacterial Toxins N~vVnlized by Surlace Tension Depreuants." W. P. Larran, R. S. Evans, H. 0. Halverroa. University of Minnesota Medical School. 11. "Physieo-Chemical Studies on Blood Coagulation," I. N. Rugelmaas. Yale University Medical Sehwl. 12. "The EBeet of Anions on'the Colloidal nnd Chemical Prooerties of Alumioum Hvdroride" Lewis B. Miller. U. S. Publie Health Service. 13. "The Natvre of Soil Colloid.." Philip L. Gie, U. S. Bureau of Sods, Washington. D. C. 14. "The Colloid Chemistry of Soils," E. Truog, Univenity of Wisconsin. 15. "Soil Water." F. 1. Alnay, Division of Soils, Univenity of Minnesota. 16. 'Tolloids in Geology." W. 1. Mead. university of w i ~ e o ~ n . 17. "Litho~ones." C. A. Mano. U n i v e n i t ~of ~
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18. "The Plasticity Problems of Rubber," W. J. Kelly Goodyear Rubber Co. 19. "An Emetimental Stud7 of Emuldfication on the Bada of Distribution of Size of Particles..' Alfred J. Stamm, University of Wis.onsill. 20. "The Centrifugal Method for Determination of the Distribution of Size of Particles in
Colloidal Solutions," J. B. Nichols. University of wi.eon*n. 21. "The Motion Picture Machine as an Aid to Colloid Research Demonstrations.'' E. 0. Kracmer, UniuerCty of Wisconsia; W. G. France. Ohio State University; W. J. Kelly, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 22. "The Colloid Chemistry of Soap." Wm. Seifriz. University of Pennsylvania.
6. Bring the p r w v r e of a large state ttgngnii~. tion on school boards to ecevre for high-school chemistry teacher* better equipment and some allowance of teaching time far a little selfimpmvemmt in chemistry.
University of South Dakota. Dr. F. B. Dains. P m f e s m of Chemistry a t the University of Kansas gave a series of three tnlks on the Developmmt of Chemistry before the South Dakota Academy of Sdenee a t Vermilion, S. D., May 1st and 2nd. There lectures were svpplemmted by a rema.kahle set of lantern slides illmirating unusual facts of interest in the development of the history of Che-try.
Ohio Chemistry Teachers Organized. On April 3rd the chemistry teaeher~of Ohio were organized for their mutual benefit. An excellent program for the day a t Columbu. was enjoyed by a very gratifying nvmher of teacher.. In Unilersity of Plorida. The Florida Srction of fact, this was the fust annval meeting of the Ohio the A. C. S. met a t the University of Florida Chemistry Teachus Association. There are May 2nd. An ad&ers,wa made by Pmf. H. L. about 180 members (high school and mllege Shiver, of Rollins College on the "Use of Hopteachers) and it is hoped to pass the 200 mark before the end of the summer. calitc in the Preferential Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide;. and Mr. H. H. Bu&man, chemical A temporary committee with Harry N. Holmer engineer of Jacksonville spoke on the topic, of Oberlin College as ehairmao divided Ohio "Chemists and the Future." The Florida section into districts and made a drive for members. elected the following o 5 c m for the coming year: Follow-up letters were neccsnw of murse. Dr. R. W. Rupreeht, Chief Chemist. Experiment Membership w a held t o Eaorist in paying B.00 Station. President; Prof. H. L. Shiver, Rollins for T m s JOUXNAL. At the first annvnl meeting College, 1st V. P.; Mi= Nelle Morris, Chemist. a pumnnent committee was elected to carry on State Road Department. 2nd V. P.; Dr. F. H. the work. The mmmittee Kill later be enlarged Heath, Univ. of F l a . Secretary and Treasurer; t o twenty. The committee mnsists of: Robert Dr. W. 1.Husa, Univ. of Fla., Councilor. W. Collins. Chairman, East High School, Columbur: R. W. Edmirton, 222 S. Bader St.. Lima; The Pennsylvania State College. The Pen n C. H. Sehdfcr, Hughes High Sehool, Cincinnati; sylvania State College has set a i d e trso daysV. S. Culp, West High School. Akron. Miss J. C. one eaeh semester, which are termed "ScholarBennett, E& High School. Cleveland: B. E. ship Day.." The students are exeu.ed for two Francisco. Scott High School. Toledo; L. K. hour3 and n program is held in the college audiReplogle, Roosevelt High School, Dayton; torium-where schalar$hip is given recognition C. W. Pretr. McKinley High School, 507 Fulton by students and faculty. Scholarships, prizes Road, N. W.. Canton; E. C. Hytree, Ohio Wesand medals are awarded a t thin time, the canleyan University, Delaware; Pmf. DeVore. didates having been chosen prior to the exerdsrs. Hamilton High School, Hamilton; W. E. Massie. Announcements of elections to honor societies Portsmouth High Sehwi, Portsmouth; C. E. are made by representatives of these societies. Fleming. Sandvrky High School. Sandusky; Loving cups are presented to the national and C. S. Adams. Aotioch College, Yellow Springs; local fraternity having the highest seholastie Guy Popter, South High School. Youngstow; standing. The same is true for the girl's clubs. Wm. McPheroon, Ohio State University, ColumA medal is awarded to the student whose average bur; I. R. Withrow, Ohio State University, for the preceding term is the highest in the college. Columbus; Harry .,I Fisher, Goodrieh Rubber As the names of the individuals are read, they Co.. Akron: Harry N. Holmes. Oberlin Colleae. stand, so that members of the audience can see Oberlm them, or they step forward to the platform where Among the things that this state organization they receive their award.. plans to do are the follo4ng: A prominent speaker in secured t o deliver 1. Get the J o o a n a ~or C H H ~ ~ ~ L E D U C A ~the ~ON Scholarship D a y address. On April 22. into the hands of every teacher. Dr. same. F. N0rri~.President of the American Build up an -prit de carps among Ohio's 2. Chemial Society, gave the addreas which was teachers; make Ohio lead all the stater. entitled, "Sehollaghip ahd Research." 3. Get bigh-school and college pupils i n t e r New Endand Association of Chemistry ested in Mr. Garvan's prize essay contest. Teachers. The Ninety-Third Meeting of the 4. Get that set of five chemirtry books a t New England Association of Chemistry Teachers 62.50 from Alexander Williams, 67 Wall Street. (third meeting of the Northern Division) w a New York city, and put it onelhibition ss a bait to persuade pupils and the outside public to buy held a t the University of New Hampshire. Durham. N. H.. on May 2. the set. This is our duty to the Amerlcanpuhlic. At lo *.M., President Johnson intmdvced 5. Supply chemistry speaker= for Rotary Profespor Charles James. Head of the Department dubs. business clubs, men's church dubs.
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of Chemistry a t the University of New Hnmpshire, who welmmed the Association and friends t o the Uaivenity. Professor George A. Perley showed a laboratory modcl for s new sulphvrie acid tower process and explained the same. Professor Melvin M. Smith called attention t o research problem. a t the University after whieh the various laboratories were visited and the problems explained by the men in charge. Mr. Charles H. Stone of the Boston English High School showed n number of lecture erperiments designed t o emphasize the general principles of chemistry. Mr. W. W. Obear.01 the Somerville. Mass.. High Sehml spoke on "What a Boy Likes" illustrating his talk with experiments to show how elo~elyrelated chemistry in t o every-day life. After lunch the business meeting was held a t whieh Mr. Wilhelm Segerhlom of the Phillips Eieter Academy told of the Baltimore meeting of the American Chemical Society and urged those intcrerted in the teaching of Chemistry to svbneribe to the J o u a r r ~or C n m r c r L E o u c ~ T ~ O N . The Secretary called attention to the summer session of the Massachuretts Institute of Technolow from July 6th t o 31st a t whieh ~peeinl courses in methods of teaching the Sciences and Mathematic. are to be given for teachers. Dr. Edward R. Berry of the Thomaon Research Laboratory of the General Electric Company spoke on "Manufacture and Uses of Clear Fused Quartz" and illustrated his talk with many experiments. I n clorlng, the University entertained the Association and friends with a baseball game between the Uoiver~ityand Tvfts College.
members to get &st-hand information from these three authorities. The story of "The Development and Manufactvre of Fused Quartz for Optical Purposes and for Physical Laboratory" war told by Dr Berrr, through whose researches transparent qmartr ir now a commercial poosibility. Dr. Bovie told of his experiments a t Bowdoin College last summer upon the effect of sunlight on the growth of animals. Dr. Bovie's original work in Bio~hvsicalResearch. as a member of the Caneer Commission and his successful experience as an inspiring teacher in the Harvard Medienl School sufficiently qualifies him to spe& upon his chosen subiect. "Ultraviolet Lixht and Its Imoonaoce in Both Chemistry and ~edicine:' The fact that quart. passt. the ultraviolet waves with practically no absmpfion makes if suitable for water sterilizers. for rods for intmducing these short wave lengths. which have germicidal effect, into the body. I t has also been proposed to u9e quart. sheets instead of gl-3 for sunrooms of hmpitals in the treatment of rickets and other diseases. Sunlight is mveh more effective if not passed through glass which cut off the ultraviolet wave length.. Dr. Bovie's work last summer upon the chickens showed the value of this application of quartz t o the treatment of diseases.
University of Kentucky. Mr. Joseph Kastle Roberts will graduate fmm the University of ~ e n t u i k ywith the degree of B.S. in Industrial Chemisfry. He will leave following sadmation for Boston where he will be Research Assistant in the Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry. Massachusetts I n ~ t i t u t eof Technoloav. .~ Prof. George F. Weida of Center College, recently addressed the Lexington Section of the American Chemical Society The title of his paper was. "The Place of Theory in the Elementary course in Chemistry." Northeastern Section of the A. C. S. At the 202nd meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society held at the Evan. Memorial Hospital. Boston. on April 10, 1925, a short ~ y m p o ~ i u on m Fused Quartz and Ultraviolet Light was held. The swakers were Dr. Allan Winter Rowe of the Evans Memorial Ho%pital.Dr. Edward R. Berry of the Thom6ron Research Laboratory of the General Eleetrie Company. Lynn, Massachusetts, and Dr. William T. Bovie of the Biophysical Laboratory, Harvard university. The large as~rmblyhall wss filled to capacity on account of the rare opportunity afforded the
Stanford University. Dr. Aleraoder Findlay, Professor of Chcmist,T in the university of Aberdeen, who is now leetvring a t Stanford university, gave a lecture on May 1 before the California Section of the A. C. S. Hi. subject was "The Appeal of Science t o the Community."
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University of Wisconsin. fellows hi^ and Scholarships announced for the year 1925-1926 in the Department of Chemistry are: d u Pont Fellowship-Jnmcs K. Hunt. Floreoec, Alabama: University Fellowship, W. H. Hartung. Welmme. Minnesota; Scholarships, Ellcry 11. IIarvey. Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and P. 1. Conn. Milton. Wisconsin.
New Chemical Processes a t Berlin, New Hampshire. The Newo-Letter of the New Hampshire Academy of Science is authority for the statement that: "Various members of the Academy employed by the Brown Company in Berlin have been inrtrnmental in working out several new pnxcsses pod produets during the past few months. Lnrge scale production of liquid chlorine, a new variety of pulp suitable for use in cellulose esters and fine papers, s C. P. g r d e of carbon tetrachloride, and calcium anenate are among the more imponant." chentistry &hibits. At the Baltimore meeting of the American Chemieal Soeiety there was exhibited in the hall of the ChemirVy Building of Johns Hopkins University in monection with the meetingn of the Division of Chemieal Educatiolr a scrier of High-Srhool Chemi3try Porters. These were large cardboard charts m t a i n i n g
samples of raw materids used in the Laboratory preparation of certain chemical compounds, sample$ of the finished products, and neat, legible, dereriptive labels explaining the processes. Further information on the preparation of such exhibit. may be obtained by addressing Sister Denise, Notre D a m e College. Baltimore. Maryland. l a i g l e y Association of Science Teachers. The spring meeting of the Langiey Association of Science Teacher. war held April 24 and25,inPittp bur& Pa. On Aorii 24 a Duhiie address wa. given a t Carnegie Institute on "Virions and Dreams of a Scientific Man." by Paul 8. Heyl, Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. On April 25, a meeting was held a t Schenleg
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High School where Dr. L. P. Sieg, Head of Department of Physics and Deem of College. Univerrity of Pittsburgh, spoke on "High-School Science as the College Ought to See It.'' The last addreor was given by Dr. Mary B. Breed, Director of Margaret Morrison Cernegie College on "Making a Living fmm the Biological science." Cornell University. Herbert Preundlieh, Asst. Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin and author of "Kapillarchemie" and an i n t e r national authority on Colloid Chemistry lectured on "State of Aggregation and Form of Colloidal Particles." on Wednesday, May 13, at the Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Corndl university.
