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I N D U S T R I A L A N D E N G I N E E R I N G CHEMISTRY lems. Not more than t w o papers will be given on any one day so that there will be ample opportunity for discussion. T h e program also includes recreational fea tures. Inasmuch a« t h e accommodations on t h e island a r e limited, reservations should be made in advance and those in terested in attending should address t h e secretary, Xeil K. < tordoti. Central College, Fayette, Mo.
N a t i o n a l Colloid S y m p o s i u m
American Chemical Society
H P H E XVth National Colloid Symposium, L sponsored by the Division of Colloid Chemistry of t h e AMERICAN*
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SOCIETY and the Committee o n Colloid Science of the National Research Council, 9 6 T H MEETING. Milwaukee, Wis., Sep was held, from June 9 t o 11, at t h e Massa tember 5 t o 9, 1938. chusetts Institute of Technology, C a m 9 7 T H MEETING. Baltimore, Md., spring bridge, Mass. During t h e three d a y s ' of 1939. session some 25 papers were presented t o 98TH MEETING. Boston, Mass., fall of a large audience of over 300 who had come 1939. from all parts of the country. President 99TH MEETING. Cincinnati, Ohio, spring Karl T . C'ompton, of the Massachusetts of 1940. Institute of Technology, opened the sym FIFTH CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SYM posium with an address of welcome, POSIUM, Division of Industrial and wherein he stressed the increasing im Engineering Chemistry, on "Fluid Dy portance of colloid chemistry in many var namics," Carnegie Institute of Tech ied scientific and industrial activities. nology, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 27 The annual symposium banquet was and 28, 1938. held at t h e Hotel Statier, Boston. VanTHIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, Division of nevar Bush, vice president of t h e Mas Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, on sachusetts Institute of Technology a n d "Intermolecular Action," Brown Uni dean of engineering, spoke on t h e signifi versity, Providence, H. t., December 27 cance of colloid chemist ry t o the engineer, to 29, 1938. admirably suiting the* subject matter to t h e spirit of t h e occasion. Novel Other Scientific Societies entertainment at the banquet included a ventriloquist-dummy skit about colloid AMERICAN INSTITUTE OP CHEMICAL E N chemistry, and a sculptor who made clay GINEERS. Philadelphia, Pa., November port raits" of some of t h e prominent guests. 9 to 11,1938. There was sufficient opportunity to meet AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING à METALand renew old acquaintances a n d "chew LURGICAL ENGINEERS. Petroleum Dithe scientific fat" at t h e informal smoker vision. San Antonio, Texas, October on the following evening. 6 to 7, ^938. A social program for t h e women a t AMERICAN O I L CHEMISTS' SOCIETY. Shertending the symposium commenced with a man Hotel, Chicago, HI., October 6 and tea, at the home of Mrs. Karl T. C'ompton, 7, 193S. and was continued with a sightseeing tour AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. the next day through historical Boston Kansas City, Mo., October 25 to 28, and vicinity, with lunch a t t h e Wayside 1938. Annual meeting. Inn, Sudbury, a n d t h e Boston Popular ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. Hotel Symphony Concert (Pop), Symphony Seneca, Rochester, N Y . , October 12 to Hall, in the evening. 15,1938. The Colloid Symposium Committee TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE P U L P AND unanimously decided to hold t h e X V I t h PAPER INDUSTRY. Northland Hotel, National Colloid Symposium a t Stanford Green Bay, Wis., September 8 t o 10, Cniversitv, Calif., during the first week 1938. of July, 1939. X I I ITH NATIONAL EXPOSITION OF POWER AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
KRNST A. HA USER,
Secretary-Treasurer, Division of Colloid Chemist rv
Grand Central Palace, New York, Ν. Υ., December 5 to 10,1938.
Akron Rubber Group Holds Summer Outing
Special R e s e a r c h Conferences Γ
Γ Ή Ε Chemical Section of t h e American L Association for t h e Advancement of Science announces t w o special research conferences a t Gibson Island, Md., August 15 t o 19 and August 22 to 26, with Harold C. Urey as chairman and Neil E. (lordon, secretary. T h e first conference will have to do with t h e Relation of Struc t u r e of Physiological Action a n d the speakers will include Walter H. Hartung, John H . Speer, Arthur C. Cope, Edward A. Doisy, D . W. MacCorquodale, and George W . Raiziss. T h e other conference will be on Cellular Metabolism and Tissue Respiration with Kurt G. Stern, C . V. Smythe, K. A. C. Elliott, C. G. King, R. W. Gerard, Frederick Bernheim, M . K. Krahl, Frances F . Beck, C. Jelleff Carr, and John C . Krantz, Jr., as speakers. The meetings a r e scheduled t o begin at 10:00 A. M. with one or two formal papers outlining t h e fields of research and directing attention to unxdved prob
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| ^ H E Akron Rubber Group held its sum1 mer outing a t Silver Lake Country Club, June 17, with Jack Waite, as Gen eral Chairman; R. S. Taylor, Golf Chair man; Stoke Cartledse, Chairman of Prizes; and Walter voth, Master of Ceremonies at t h e golf course and prize drawing. The 101 golfers were assisted off the first tee by Mr. Voth a n d his assistants using a loud speaker, six guns, snakes, balloons, rattlers, and other aids to peace and quiet. No record w a s kept of the number of balls which went in t h e lake off the first tee, but there must have been 200 at least. T h e same facilities were pro vided when the boys holed in o n the 18th. Refreshments were provided a t No. 9. An excellent dinner was enjoyed b y 330 guests. I t was t h e most successful outing the group has held. T h e weather was F>erfect and the service at t h e club was exeel lent.
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A n important event a t these gatherings is t h e prize drawing. Some 60 donors Rave approximately 100 prizes. Ε . Κ. Markle won t h e long drive prize of a dozen golf balls, won one ball on a duffer hole, and his ticket was t h e first one drawn from the hat in t h e prize drawing, bring ing him a fine leather bag
Joint Meeting o f Cincinnati a n d Dayton Sections APPROXIMATELY 100 chemists and m e m · J\. bers of their families attended t h e joint meeting of t h e Cincinnati and Day ton Sections of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY at Antioch College, Yellow Spring», Ohio, J u n e 4. This has come t o be a n annual meeting and outing com bined. A baseball game was followed by a most interesting address by George B . Harbour, of t h e University of Cincinnati, on %*Roots of t h e Family Tree." D r . Harbour was one of the group of scientists who discovered the Peking Man. Present and former officers of the two sections were introduced at t h e dinner, with which t h e day closed.
Triennial Convention o f P h i Lambda I/psilon at Madison r
p H E twelfth national and t h e fifth triI ennial eon vent ion of Phi Lambda Up silon will be held at Madison, Wis., September 8 t o 10, with Beta Chapter as the convention host. T h e time was so chosen i n order t o afford t h e delegates an opportunity t o attend t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY meeting a t Milwaukee,
September 5 t o 9. T h e sessions will begin Thursday noon, September 8, with the organization of t h e convention, appointment of committees, and reports of national officers and dele gates. I n t h e evening an outdoor supper and mixer is planned by the host chapter, with a variety of entertainment a n d an abundant opportunity for the delegates and officers t o get acquainted. Friday and Saturday will he given over t o busi ness. Among the problems to receive at tention will b e a revision of certain fea tures of membership standards, a new ritual for the society, and problems relating to t h e establishment of new chapters and the publication of t h e Register. T h e con vention banquet o n Friday evening will feature t h e national president's address by George I I . Coleman.
A l p h a IS'u C h a p t e r a t R e n s s e l a e r Polytechnic Institute \ N E W chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon, xTL to be known as Alpha N u , was in stalled in M a y a t t h e Rensselaer Poly technic Institute, Troy, Ν. Υ., by Lincoln T. Work, national past president. T h e institute, founded in 1824, is known as the "oldest school devoted t o t h e teaching of science and engineering t o have a con tinuous existence in any English-speaking country."
N a t i o n a l Fertilizer A s s o c i a t i o n E l e c t s Officers A T I T S fourteenth annual convention at r V the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., J u n e 6 to 8, t h e National Fertilizer Association reelected its officers for the coming year. They a r e : W. T. Wright, Norfolk, Va., president; Henry 8. Parsons, New York, Ν . Υ., vice presi dent ; a n d Charles J. Brand, Washington, I). C., executive secretary and treasurer.
