and recruitment of science teachers themselves, seeking not only to increase their numbers and effectiveness but also their prestige.
Bromwell Ault, chairman of MCA's education advisory committee and Interchemical vp, attaches the future success of the educational program to cooperation on a n individual basis. H e emphasized to C&EN that industry has an obligation to school and community leaders in improving the teacher's lot
MCA Approves Education Plan Five-year program will promote science as a career; annual cost estimated at $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 after first y e a r xTLN EDUCATION PROGRAM with nationwide support by the chemical industry is being planned b y the Manufacturing Chemists' Association. Designed to encourage young people to follow science as a career and especially students talented in science and mathematics, the program was approved by MCA's board of directors at a meeting in N e w York last week. The plan will operate over a period of five years and involves separate approaches at the elementary, junior and senior high, and college levels. At the same time, teachers all along the line will receive special assistance in enriching and upgrading science curricula . Following eight months of study, the plan was first brought before association members early this summer at their annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs (C&EN, June 18, page 2 7 9 4 ) . Since then, an individual poll of member companies has resulted in almost unanimous approval. Financing of the program, expected to cost $145,000 the 3768
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first year and $200,000 annually, thereafter, seems assured. The program -will be conducted as a regular MCA activity. In outlining the objectives of such a program, MCA points to its independent study of the supply and need of scientists and engineers projected through the next 10 years. The findings indicate a shortage of 457,000 scientists by 1965; in that year the prospect for the chemical industry alone is a deficit of 93,000 professionals. This serious outlook for the chemical industry has contributed to MCA's decision to initiate a unified comprehensive program—the first effort of its member companies to be developed on such a scale. Besides its primary objective of interesting students in science the program has two other major concerns: • to assist teachers through the development of science teaching aids and supplementary materials and services and, insofar as possible, to encourage the liberal education of students. • to aid and encourage the education
Framing of the program h a s b e e n in the hands of a 21-man education advisory committee headed by Bromwell Ault, vice president of Intexchemical. A year ago this group began pilottesting a junior high school program embracing supplementary teacher and student materials in some 50 school systems throughout the country. These materials—among them books for both teachers and students, vocational guidance pamphlets, and teaching c h a r t s are n o w being revised on t h e basis of the results and will be circulated on a w i d e scale this fall. Other phases of the plan may include an awards program, established on a regional basis, for outstanding college chemistry teachers, and a motion picture for showing to adrndnistrators, guidance counselors, and teachers and students, describing the work of the scientifically trained within the chemical industry. Although the program will be largely centered in MCA headquarters, the committee's plans also call for community education activities carried out by member organizations. To assist companies i n their work, a manual is being prepared giving the necessary background and some suggestions for community action. As explained b y Ault, industry has an obligation t o work with school administrators and teachers in improving education at the community level, and everyone having a stake in t h e chemical industry should participate. The committee proposed b y the MCA t o work out the practical aspects of the plan include Ault; "William H. Ward, D u Pont; O. V . Tracy, Enjay Co.; R. B. Fiske, American Cyanamid; R. K. Gottshall, Atlas Powder; Kenneth H. Hannan, Union Carbide and Carbon; and Walter S. Guthrnann, Ringwood Chemicals. Ault has expressed the hope that organizations such as the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, t h e American In-
stitute of Chemical Engineers, and other professional, civic, and fraternal groups will join in the MCA program. Establishment of the plan is viewed by Ault and his committee as a practical and effective means o£ meeting a major industry problem. H e is confident that this type of program should have strong and "catalytic" effects upon other trade and professional organizations throughout the country. ,
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when should you pay $13.00* a pound for TITANIUM? T h e answer is when its cost/life ratio makes titanium less costly than other metals—as it often does. Look at it this way . . . More Metal Per Pound—Titanium weighs only 56% as m u c h as steel of the same strength. W h e r e 50 pounds of steel is needed—28 pounds of titanium will do the job. It's Final Cost That Counts—Fabricating takes the lion's share of production costs on most jobs. Considering material a n d fabricating costs together usually whittles down t h e titanium price differential to 2 or 3 to 1. And, most impor tant . . .
Titanium Outlasts Most Metals —even those generally con sidered'corrosion-resistant/by 10, 20, even 50 times or more. A d d e d together, these facts often make titanium t h e most inexpensive material you can use. And only titanium c a n provide its exceptional combination of light-weight, highstrength, and resistance to corrosion. Ask a R E M - C R U engi neer to give you complete details about what titanium c a n do for you. *The actual cost of titanium mill products varies with the grade, size and quantity ordered. The $13.00 figure is repre sentative of today's prices for items used in commercial ap plications. To keep abreast of the latest developments on this vital metal, write to Dept. CN-8 for the Rem-Crit Review—a free periodical presenting the latest technical data on titanium alloys·
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EDUCATION ence fairs (CC&EN, June 18, page 2 9 9 6 ) . One groop, the Western N e w York Section, bias supported the Albany Science Congress for the past four years. The sesctioo. has helped in raising funds, supplying judges, and assisting with long-range planning. This year the sectican set up a career booth, distributing ower 100O pamphlets on various aspectts of careers in science. Another New York group, the Eastern New York Section, raised the necessary money from industry to finance the local fair. In California, the Southern California Secftion iielped in organizing and judging tthe L o s Angeles County Science Fair through membership on an advisory board* • An intensive course in nuclear reactors and radiations is being offered by the University of Michigan from Aug. 20 to 31. for engineers who have had no expedience i n nuclear technology. Lectures will be included on the introduction ten nuclear engineering, theory and application of nuclear measurements^, the> interaction of radiation and matter, nuclear reactors and fuels, and the uses of ionizing radiation. In addition, tthere will be laboratory demonstrations of both elementary and advanced measuring techniques and the handling andL use of a multikilocurie gamma sourœ.
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series, for practicing engineers, will be conducted a t New York University's College of Engineering from Sept. 10 through 14. The series of 25 lectures will be deliveired h>y titanium authorities in industry amd research, among them Britain's AUatn E>. McQuillan, of the University of Birmingham, and his wife, Marion McQuillan of Imperial Chemical Industries. Subjects to be covered include extraction and melting, phase diagram metallography and alloying, heat treatment and mechanical properties, mechanical metallurgy and its applications, amd fabrication. • A five-year scholarship in chemical engineering has been established at Cornell University by the Exposition of Chemical Industries, in line with the policy whicti emphasizes the educational values of t h e exposition. W. T. Read has directed a regular program of student atteradance since 1915. • The Penn State Organic Seminar Reports, offererd on subscription for the first time larst year, will be available again for t h e 1956-57 academic year. Orders or requests for sample copies should be sent to Lucille J. Strauss, chemistry and physics library, Whitmore Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. Subscription price is $5.00.
