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Local Section Activities Kanawha Valley Section A t the November meeting of the Kanawha Valley Section, the following officers were elected for the coming year : Chairman, C. L . Voress; Vice Chairman, Carl G. Campbell; Secretary, \V; C. Weltman; Treasurer, G. V. Scofield; Councilor, C. O. North. Executive Committee, F. N. Compton, J . S. Beekley, and Geo. Keller. Marston T. Bogert, of Columbia University, gave his illustrated lecture o n "Science and A r t in t h e Perfume Industry." After a brief introduction, in which he outlined the growth of the use of perfumes from the remotest antiquity, Doctor Bogert took his audience on a trip around the world by means of colored slides. These slides graphically depicted the means by which odoriferous substances are obtained and prepared for the market. That the subject was of interest t o his audience was shown by the large group which gathered around t h e table after the talk to inspect the samples and which did not disband until well after the usual hour. About eighty members and guests were present.
Florida Section T h e twentieth meeting of the section w a s held in Science Hall, the Florida State College for Women, a t 4:00 o'clock on November 24. At 6:30 the section was t h e guest of t h e scientific society of the College at dinner. T h e following subjects were discussed during t h e evening: J. N . Swan, "Visions;" R. W . Ruprecht, "The Future of Agricultural Chemistry in Florida;" Hermann Gunter, "The Mineral Resources of Florida;" and Gordon Hart, "The State Chemist." Chairman, R. S. Bly, Southern College, Lakeland; Vice Chairman, L,. J. Lewis, Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee; Councilor, F. H. Heath, University of Florida, Gainesville; Secretary-Treasurer, R. C. Goodwin, University of Florida, Gainesville (reelected). T h e senators from Florida t o the Senate of Chemical Education were all reelected.
Central Pennsylvania Section A t the meeting of the section o n December 6, Ralph T. Cornwell, assistant professor in chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, spoke o n "Quantitative Organic Microanalysis." On January 7, H. Alyea, National Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota, will address the section o n "Negative Catalysis." O n November 7, Walter Eddy, of Columbia University, was the speaker, choosing for his subject, "Studies in the Chemistry of t h e Vitamins."
Oklahoma Section A t the regular fall meeting of the section o n November 24, the following officers were elected to serve for the coming year: President, F. W. Lane; Vice President, L·. E. Swearingen; Secretary, Sylvan R. Wood; Treasurere A. L. Davis; Councilor, C. T. Langford; and Vice Councilor, Bruce Houston. T h e business meeting was followed by a n address b y Benjamin T. Brooks, of N e w York, on "The Relation of Research to Engineering in the Petroleum Industry." T h e address was illustrated with slides. Following the address the members attended luncheon in a body. The meeting was attended by about sixty members and guests.
Northern West Virginia Section O n Wednesday, November 14, a t 8 P . M . , Alexander Silverman, of t h e University of Pittsburgh, addressed a general meeting of the section on "Glass Manufacture." Earlier in the day Professor Silverman spoke to a gathering of advanced students and faculty members of West Virginia University and makers of glass on some of the more technical problems of glass-making. The lectures were splendidly illustrated w i t h slides and specimens. B o t h meetings were well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. During the d a y the speaker visited a number of local manufacturing plants. O n Tuesday, November 27, a t 8 P. M . , the section had the pleasure of hearing a lecture by S. W. Parr, President of the SOCIETY.
T h e following officers have been elected for the coming year:
Chairman, R. B. Dustman; Vice Chairman, E. F. Chase; Secretary-Treasurer, A . R. Collett; and Councilor, E. C. H. Davies.
Montana Section T h e Montana Section enjoyed an unusually stimulating meeting o n November 19 when A. H. Johnson, assistant professor of chemistry of the M o n t a n a Agricultural Experiment Station, told the section of his work a t the Carlsberg Laboratory a t Copenhagen. W m . M . Cobleigh, head of the Chemistry Department at t h e Montana State College, explained t h e organization of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
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the Montana Section, which h a s only very recently been organized, was evidenced in t h e large attendance.
Alexander Silverman Lectures before Local Sections Alexander Silverman, head of the Department of Chemistry of t h e University of Pittsburgh, has been lecturing before a number of local sections of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
on t h e "Chemistry and Technology of Glass Manufacture." Sections already addressed, together with those remaining on the schedule, follow: October 18—Pittsburgh Section November 14—Northern West Virginia Section December 7—Toledo Section January 17—Detroit Section January 18—University of Michigan Section
Wisconsin Section Resumption of t h e activities of the Wisconsin Section following the summer recess was marked by the address of t h e retiring chairman, H . A. Schuette, on October 10. A feature of Doctor Schuette's address, "The Adulteration of Foods: A Retrospect" was the reproduction of numerous American and British cartoons which reflected public opinion towards the sophistication of foods. This phase of the lecture covered t h e period which had its beginning in England in about 1855, with t h e investigations there b y A . H. Hassall and his Lancet Sanitary Commission and its conclusion in this country in 1906, with the passage of the F o o d and Drugs Act. Microchemistry as a n aid in bringing t o light fundamental information pertinent t o the chemistry of wood w a s stressed by George J. Ritter, Forest Products Laboratory, in addressing the section, November 14, on "Recent Developments in the Microchemistry of Wood." I t was disclosed t h a t a phosphoric acid treatment of fibers from sulfite pulps bids fair t o provide a new method for the evaluation of pulp quality. B y means of this reagent it is possible to reveal t h e minute structural arrangement of t h e fibrous layers in a manner heretofore not accomplished.
Akron Section On November 2 2 , M. L,. Crossley, chief chemist of the Calco Chemical Co., addressed a meeting of the section on "Potentiation of Drugs b y Magnesium." Doctor Crossley's subject was particularly interesting to the rubber chemists in and around Akron, because h e told of t h e activating or accelerating action of magnesium compounds o n certain other drugs. Another point in t h e lecture which w a s probably a surprise to most of the members of t h e section was the large amount of many of the sleep-producing drugs which were used. T h e meeting w a s held at t h e Firestone Club House, and was attended b y about fifty members.
Philadelphia Section T h e November 15 meeting of t h e section was addressed by A. E . Dunstan, chief chemist of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co., London, England. Doctor Dunstan took for his subject, "Some Aspects of Cracking," a n d presented to a n interested audience a résumé of English experience and development in t h e art of cracking petroleum. H e recalled that cracking was an old branch of refining i n that a shale-oil plant near Edinburgh w a s cracking gas oil to kerosene a s far back a s 1863. The operation was carried out i n iron stills under a pressure of 10 pounds. T h e art has
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