MARCH 10, 1936
NEWS EDITION
Meeting Calendar
RHODE
ISLAND.
March
91 12,
1936.
American Chemical Society
Speaker, J. H. Mathews, University of Wisconsin. ROCHESTER. March 16, 1936. "Chemi cal Analysis and Its Problems," by G. E. F. Lundell.
91ST MEETING. Kansas City, Mo., April 13 to 17, 1936.
Speaker, N . W. Krase, University of Illinois.
9 2 N D MEETING.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sep
tember 7 to 11, 1936. 93RD MEETING.
Chapel Hill, N . C., April
12 t o 15, 1937. 94TH MEETING.
Rochester, Ν . Υ., fall of
1937. PACIFIC
REGIONAL
GROUP
OF LOCAL
SECTIONS. Seattle, Wash., June 16 to 20, 1936. Joint meeting with Pacific Division of American Association for the Advancement of Science. THIRTEENTH COLLOID SYMPOSIUM. Wash
ington University, St. Louis, Mo., June 11 to 13, 1936.
Local Sections
ST.
JOSEPH VALLEY.
SOUTH
JERSEY.
March
March
18, 17,
1936. 1936.
Meeting, 8:15 P. M., "The Use of Scien tific Methods in the Identification of the Criminal," by J. H. Mathews. SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
March 21, 1936.
Speaker, Fred Frey, Phillips Petroleum UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
March
19,
1936. Speaker, G. B. Harrison. VIRGINIA. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, March 14, 1936. "Re cent Developments in the Utilization of Coal," by A. C. Fieldner. VIRGINIA B L U E RIDGE.
March 16, 1936.
"Chemistry and Canning," by E. F. Kohman. WESTERN N E W YORK.
March 17, 1936.
Speaker, H. F. Taylor, Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co.
ALABAMA. Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, March 21, 1936. Meeting, 7:30P.M., "Chemical Problems of the Food Can Other Scientific Societies ning Industry," by E. F. Kohman. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CEREAL CHEM CALIFORNIA. Engineers' Club, 206 SanISTS. Adolphu9 Hotel, Dallas, Texas, some St., San Francisco, March 16, June 1 to 5, 1936. 1936. AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. Hotel CLEVELAND. March 17, 1936. "Chem Deshler-Wallick and Neil House, istry of Hormones and the Mechanism Columbus, Ohio, March 29 to April 4, of Their Action," by Oliver Kamm, and 1936. "Thyroid-Adrenal Relationship," by G. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION. W. Crile. Washington Hotel, Washington, D . C , CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Meriden, Conn., March 25, 1936. March 14, 1936. Meeting, 4:30 p. M., AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING M A T E "Corrosion," by R. M. Burns. RIALS. Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic DELAWARE. March 18, 1936. Speaker, City, N. J., June 29 to July 3, 1936. J. H. Mathews, University of Wisconsin. EASTERN TENNESSEE.
March 19, 1936.
"Chemistry and Canning," by E . F. Kohman. FLORIDA. March 28, 1936. "Chemistry and Canning," by E. F. Kohman. GEORGIA. Georgia Tech, Dining Hall, Atlanta, March 20, 1936. Meeting, 7 P.M.; address, 8 P. M., "Chemistry and Canning," by E. F. Kohman. INDIANA. March 13, 1936. Speaker, B. L. Clarke, Bell Telephone Labora tories. KANAWHA
VALLEY.
March
17,
1936.
"Chemistry and Canning," by E. F. Kohman. LEXINGTON. March 18, 1936. "Chem istry and Canning," by E. F. Kohman. LOUISIANA. March 20, 1936. "Chemis try and Canning," by E. F. Kohman. MARYLAND. March 16, 1936. Speaker, J. H. Mathews, University of Wiscon sin. MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE.
March 20,
1936. Speaker, J. H. Mathews, Uni versity of Wisconsin. MIDLAND. March 12, 1936. Speaker, Fred Olsen, Western Cartridge Co. NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh, March 13,
1936. Dinner, 6 : 3 0 p. M.; meeting, Physics Bldg., 8:00 p. M., "Recent Trends in Coal Utilization," by A. C. Fieldner, Bureau of Mines. NORTHEAST
TENNESSEE.
March
20,
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY.
Hotel Netb-
erland Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 23 to 25,1936. Annual meeting. SECOND
INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS OF
MICROBIOLOGY. London, England· July 25 to August 1,1936.
Lecture Tour of President Bartow
D
URING the month of March President Bartow will deliver addresses as fol lows, in a lecture tour which has been ar ranged for him: March March March March March March March March March March March March March March March March
6 6 6 9 11 13 16 17 17 19 21 23 23 25 26 30
Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, Nebr. Lincoln, Nebr. Denver, Colo. Salt Lake City, Utah Los Angeles, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. Stockton. Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Corvallin, Ore. Seattle, Wash. Moscow, Idaho Pullman, Wash. Missoula, Mont. Hutte, Mont. Minneapolis, Minn.
1936. Speaker, J. H. Yoe, University of Virginia. NORTHEASTERN. Boston, Mass., March 13, 1936. Dinner, Engineers' Club, H i l l e b r a n d Award for 1935 6 p. M.; meeting, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 8 P . M . , "The HE recipient of the Hillebrand Award Scientific Detection of the Criminal," for outstanding research, made an by J. H. Mathews. nually to a member of the Washington
T
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
Presentation will be made by J. F. Couch, past president of the section, a t a banquet to be held at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C , on March 12. Dr. Wulf will acknowledge the receipt of the prize and will speak on "Trace Constitu ents of t he At mosphere. ' ' Speakers will i nclude Henry C. Fuller, who will make gen eral remarks, and F. L. Mohler, who will give the main address of the evening, talk ing on "The Photochemistry of the Atmos phere."
March 13,1936.
Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL S O
"Germicidal Properties and Chemical Constitution," by C. M. Suter. PHILADELPHIA. March 19,1936. "Mod ern Methods of Lubricating Oil Re fining," by Max Miller.
CIETY, is Oliver R. Wulf of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The award is made on the basis of Dr. Wulf's work on the origin of ozone in the upper atmosphere.
Dr. Reese Honored
O
x THE occasion of the fiftieth anniver sary of his having received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Heidelberg, Charles L. Reese received the following letter: Fifty years have passed on the 26th of February since you were promoted in Heidel berg t o Doctor of Philosophy. Robert Bunsen w a s your teacher together with Her mann K o p p and August Beruthsen. We. know y o u have retained a friendly r e m e m brance of your teachers as well as of Heidel berg and of the country whose guest y o u were at that time. T h e university, which "will celebrate its five hundred and fiftieth y e a r of its existence shortly, is thinking today of its pupil. Y o u have contributed in a measur able manner to the building of the chemical industry of your country. The two largest scientific associations of your branch h a v e chosen y o u as president. T h e University of Heidelberg, and especially the faculty of natural science and mathematics, congratu late y o u on the great success of your life and hope y o u will continue to have good years. With the same mail, I am sending you a re newal diploma of Doctor of Natural Science. Whilst sending y o u m y personal congratu lations, I remain, dear Doctor, yours sin cerely, A. SEYBOI.D, D e a n
N a t i o n a l Officers o f P h i L a m b d a Upsilon
Pcal Society, held its triennial national convention at Stanford University, Palo
HI LAMBDA UPSILON, Honorary Chemi
Alto, Calif., August 23 and 2 < 1935, following the San Francisco meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, with
Iota Chapter of Stanford University as host. Since that time election of na tional officers for the new triennium 193638 has been held, with the following re sults: president, George H. Coleman, State University of Iowa; vice president, W. M. Sandstrom, University of Minne sota; secretary-treasurer, T. F. Buehrer, University of Arizona; editor, Η. Β. Η ass, Purdue University.
A c c i d e n t s d u r i n g 1935 A CCIDENTS in the United States last year J\. caused approximately 99,000 deaths, according to estimates made by the Na tional Safety Council. There were 365,000 permanent disabilities and 9,100,000 temporary disabling injuries, costing ap proximately 83,400,000, including wage loss, medical expense, and property dam age. The accidental death total was the third highest in history, exceeded only in 1934 and in 1930. The number of deaths in occupational accidents in 1935 was 16,500, less than half the number 25 years ago. The motor vehicle death total registered an all-time high.
