Local Activities and Opportunities University of Utah. At the University of Utah the following were appointed to Teaching Fellowships for 1926-27: Albert C. Titus, B.S., Utah '25; HowardH. Hale, B.S., Utah '26; Grover Hinckley, B.S.. Brigham Young University, '25; Hilton Kellett, B.S., BrighamYoung University, '26; Charles Milos, B.A.. Occidental College, 1926. Dr. Elton L. Quinn will be absent on sabbatical leave during 1928-27. He will probably spend the ye& a t Stanford University and continue his researches an liquid carbon dioxide. Mr. Lawrence Foster, who received his Ph.D. from Brown University this June, will be added to the chemistry staff during Dr. Quinn's absence. The following men will complete the work for the Master's degree during the Douglass summer quarter: Charles Barnes, Briant F. Branting, Vivian B. Decker, and Bal D. Kaura. Mr. Barnes will continue his graduate work a t the Uniwnity of California; Mr. Branting has acce~teda research fellowship a t the Carnegie Institute of Technology; Mr. Decker will become Science Master in the new Weher County High School in Ogden, and Mr. Kaura plans to obtain his Ph.D. degree from an Eastern University before returning to his home in India. The Northwestern Utah Section of the American Chemical Society a t its annual election of officers, elected Dr. Charles E. Maw of Brigham Young University, Chairman; Dr. T. B. Brighton of the University of Utah, Vice Chairman and Dr. Corliss R. Kinney of the University of Utah. Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Roy F. Newton, for the past thme years associate professor of metallurgical research in the University of Utah has acce~tedthe chair of . ~hvsical chemistrv . . a t Purdue University.
Princeton. Professor Lauder W. Jones left Paris, March llth. Afteraninteresting trip through the Balkans, Dr. Jones reached Athens on May 16th, where he spent a week before sailing for Italy. Professor H. S. Taylor has been appointed a member of the Central Petroleum Committee of the National Research Council, representing the Division of the Physical Sciences. This Committee is charged with the dutv of administering a gift of $250,000 by john D. Rockefeller, for research on petroleum. Dr. Taylor lectured a t Columbia University on July 13th. The subject of his lecture was "Catalysis and the Mechanism of Chemical Reactions," being one of the special lectures given under the head of Contemporary Developments in Chemistry, in the Summer School. Dr. Taylor also lectured a t Cambridge, Mass.. on June 23rd, on the occasion of the Fourth National Colloid Symposium, which was held from June 23rd to June 25th. Professor C. L. Fleece, assistant professor of chemistry has accepted n call to Central College, Fayette, Missouri, as professor of chemistry and head of the department. Professor N. H. Furman left Princeton on June l l t h to give a course designated Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry, in the summer quarter of Stanford University. Dr. H. K. Miller, instructor in chemistry, has been elected assistant professor of chemistry in Duke University. Dr. Miller will take up his new duties this autumn. Dr. William Theodore Richards, son of Professor Theodore William Richards of Hanrard University, has beenappointed instructor in chemistry. Dr. Richards maduated a t H a m r d in 1920, and re. ceived the Ph.D. degree in 1924. For
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the nast two vear'sbe has been a Fellow in Science of the International Educational Board, and has studied a t Cambridge (England), London, Copenhagen. and Paris. Dr. T. J. Webb, Ph.D., Princeton, 1924, has been appointed instructor in physical chemistry. Dr. Webb spent the year 1924-25 as National Research Fellow a t the University of California, and the year 1925-26 a t Zurich as International Research Fellow in Chemistry. Mr. James H. Hibben, Docteur-CsSciences, University of Paris, 1924, will continue his work a t Princeton the coming academic year as National Research Fellow. Mr. Boris Bruk, Charlotte Elizabeth Practer Fellow in Chemistry, has sustained his final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and has returned to Latvia, his native land. Mr. H. N. Alyea, '25, was recently awarded a Scandinavian-American fellawship in Chemistry. He has sailed for Sweden to study with Dr. Hans Backstrom, formerly of the Princeton Graduate School. Mr. Alyea returns t o Princeton in February next, as he has also been awarded a Procter Fellowship in Chemistry. Mr. E. M. Collins, '22, has been appointed instructor in Williams College, for the coming academic year. Dr. G. R. Burns, Pb.D., '25, Research Chemist, Dyestuffs Division of the du Pont Company, has accepted a position as instructor in Yale University. Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, of the University of Berlin, expects to continue, a t Princeton, his research work in physical chemistry the coming academic year. Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association. The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association held their autn~alouting June 10th-12th a t Briarcliff Manor, New York. There was a Board of Governors' and a general meeting. The rest of the time was given over entirely to different forms of recreation.
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Neota Chemto. The NortheastGn Ohio Association, of Chemistry Teachers met in Cleveland,'May 15th. a t which time Dr. Veazey of the Case School of Applied Science spoke on "Scraps from My NoteBook." At this meeting the name of the organization was changed to "Neots Chemto" which includes both the Northeastern Ohio Teachers' Association and the Chemistry Teachers' Association. The regular Fall meeting of the Neota Chemto will be held in Lorain, Ohio, in November or December. Science League of Philadelphia High Schools. On May 26, 1926, the student members of the combined science clubs of the Prankford High School, under the direction of their advisers. acted as hosts to student delegates from the other high schools of the city. The practice of visiting one of the high schools semi-annually was started several years ago by a number of science enthusiasts, and has. continued with increasing interest since that time. The program was unique, in that i t comprised papers prepared by the students on the three major divisions of science: physics, chemistry, and biology. After presentatim of the papers, there was a short business meeting, followed hy an informal reception given to the visiting students in the school luncheon department. Everyone voted the afternoon highly enjoyable and profitable, and all were cordially invited by the Germantown High School representatives to be their guests a t the fall meeting. The program follows: 1. Selection by the school orchestra. 2. Welcome to visiting schools (hy the principal). 3. "The Life and Work of Luther Burbank." 4. Motion picture: "Communication on the Battle Front." 5. "Mechanical Refrigeration." 6. Duet-Trombone and cornet. 7. "The Rubber Industry." 8. Remarks by head of science department.
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9. Business meeting. 10. Orchestra selection. 11. Refreshments. Camegie Institute of Technology. J. C. Warner, of Goshen, Ind., a graduate of the University of Indiana, has been appointed instructor in chemical engineering a t the Carnegie Institute of Technology for the wming year. He will begin his work in Septemher. Dr. Warner, was graduated from the University of Indiana with an A.B. degree in 1919, an A.M. degree in 1920, and a Ph.D. degree in 1923. He has been associated as a research chemist with hoth the Barrett Co. in Philadelphia, and the Cosden Co. in Tulsa, Okla., and was formerly assistant manager of the Canto1 Wax Co., in Bloomin@on, Indiana. He also served his a h a mater as instructor in chemistry for two years. Dr. Pennsylvania State College. Wheeler P. Davey of the research lahoratory of the General Electric Company has been appointed professor of physical chemistry. Dr. B. R. Ries of Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been appointed associate professor of chemical engineering. Dr. Davey and Dr. Ries will devote part of their time to work in the Division of Industrial Research established by Dean G. L. Wendt last year. This organization is already carrying on several major research projects. Prof. L. R. Parks and Mr. W. J. Sweeuey have each been granted a leave of absence for the coming year. Prof. Parks plans
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to devote the year to research in wlloid chemistry a t Comell University and Mr. Sweeney will do work in electro chemistry a t Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Miss May Wdlard, who has been on leaveof ahsence a t Comell during the past year, will return to Penn State next FaU.
University of Florida. Mr. Robert C. Goodwin will come to Florida in September as Assistant Professor of Chemistry, replacing Dr. H. G. Oddy, resigned. Mr. Goodwin holds the Masters degree from University of Texas and has practically completed his work for the Ph.D. a t Harvard. He is a member of the American, French, and German Chemical Societies, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Sigma Xi. Professors T. R. Leigh, A. P. Black, F. H. Heath, and V. T. Jackson of the chemistty staff are offering courses in the University summer school, June 14thAugust 6th. Several members of the staff have returned from Jacksonville where they participated in the program of the State Pharmaceutical Association, June 16th-17th. The College of Pharmacy announces Mr. Arnold D. Welch as winner of the competitive examination far the GrooverStewart scholarship. This scholarship pays $1000 over a period of three years, and is awarded annually to that student making the highest record in the examinations. Present incumbents are Mr. Webster Merritt, who graduates in 1927, and Mr. J. H. Pearce, 1928.
Mercury Compounds Benefit Both Man and Trees. Mercury, which in one form or another is a specific for various human ills, is the very last word in fungicides for nursery stock. Treatment with organic compounds of mercury during the operation of grafting apple nursery trees has heen found by Department of Agriculture experts to reduce very materially subsequent infection of the stock with crown gall. Formaldehyde has been used in the past for this purpose hut the more recently developed mercury compounds have proved much mare efficacious in checking the spread of the fungus growthScience Service
