VOL.3, NO. 7
LOCAL AC~IVITI~S AND OPPORTDNITIeS
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 coming year. He will begin his work in September. 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 Cantol Wax Co.,in Bloomington, Indiana. He also served his alma mater as instructor in chemistry for two years. Pennsylvania State College. Dr. Wheeler P. Davey of the research laboratory 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 hy Dean G. L. Wendt last year. This organization is already carrying on several major research projects. Prof. L. R. Parksand Mr. W. J. Sweeney have each been granted a leave of absence for the coming year. Prof. Parks plans
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to devote the year to rerearch in d o i d chemistry a t Comell University and Mr. Sweeuey will do work in electra chemistry a t Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Miss MayWdlard, who has been on leaveof ahsence a t Comell during the past year, will return to Penn State next Fall. Universiiy 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 chemistry staff are offering courses in the University summer school, June 14thAllgust 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 been 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 but the more recently developed mercury compounds have proved much mare efficacious in checking the spread of the fungus growth.Science Service
