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M . F . Behar, John A. I n s t r u m e n t s a n d Methods Hippie, T h o m a s R. P . Gibb, Jr., a n d C. O. Fairchild H e n r y Eyring Physical a n d Chemical K f f e c t s of M e l t i n g Transition Industrial I s e s of CarA. A. Blanchard bon vis
National Organic Symposium
Ann Arbor, Mich., December MEMBERS
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CAL SOCIETY and their guests assembled at the Horace II. Rackham Building of t h e University of Michigan on M o n d a y , December 29, for the opening of t h e ninth biennial symposium on organic chemistry. After t h e meeting was formally opened by Divisional Chairman Lee I. Smith, Moses Gomberg welcomed t h e symposium to Ann Arbor
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President William Lloyd Evans responded on behalf of t h e Division of Organic Chemistry. Both pointed out t h e im proved position of chemical industry a n d research compared with World W a r I d a y s , and stressed the willingness of chemists t o serve during the emergency. Later in t h e meeting Roger Adams spoke for t h e N a tional Defense Research Council in t h a n k ing chemists who were working on w a r problems and expressed appreciation t o the many others who have offered their services. He explained the necessity of centralizing effort on urgent problems. Suggestions and ideas on chemical w a r problems submitted t o t h e N D R C will receive careful consideration. After t h e introductory remarks, m e m bers of the symposium heard a n d discussed papers on structures, properties, a n d reac tions of organic compounds. Papers on structure or syntheses of substances of biological importance were presented by W. K. Bachmann, Sex Hormones; Karl Folkers, Vitamin B,;; Roger .J. Williams, Growth Substances; and N a t h a n L. Drake, who discussed t h e chemistry of certain substances related t o cork. Or C H E M I C A L
Chemistry
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g: i-i lie rejetions discussed iiieluricd Dehydrogenation, by Homer Adkins; ( 'bain Reactions, hy M. S. K h a r a s c h ; Condensa tions Reactions, by Charles H. li:iuser; Dehydration, Polymerization, and Depolymerization, by Frank C . Whit more Progress in studios of particular classes of (•(unpoiinds were related by C . S. M a r v e l Structure a n d Dissociation of Ilexaryl, ethanes; S. M . McKlvain, Ketene Aretals ; H. L. Shriner, Flavilium Salts and A n t b o cyanidins; a n d L. ( i . S. Hrooker, Absorp tion and Resonance in Dyes. Discussion groups were held after each morning and afternoon session. Lithoprinted programs of 105 pages containing t h e material on t b e speakers' slides were supplied t o members of t h e symposium. Additional copies m a y be obtained from t h e Secretary of the Divi sion of Organic Chemistry for $1.00. An exhibit of special apparatus useful in organic operations was held i n t h e I'niversity of Michigan Chemistry Huilding on Monday and T u e s d a y I'veiiings. T h e exhibit was well attended a n d a t tracted much interest. Members of t h e symposium are indebted to L·. ('. Ander son, who had charge of t h e exhibit, t o t h e Michigan graduate students who helped t o get it into operation, a n d t o all w h o ex hibited equipment. T h e highlights of the meeting were t h e humble, inspiring, and very human remi niscences which Professor Gomberg related after t h e symposium dinner T u e s d a y night. Beginning with an apology for t h e use of t h e first j>erson, Professor Gomberg sketched t h e beginning of organic chemisA N D E N G I N E E R I N G
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try in this country through his experiences. Few who heard his story will ever forget it. Attendance at the symposium was sur prisingly high. Members came from 29 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Argentina, and Brazil- Attendance com pared with previous symposia follows : YEAR
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Rochester Columbus Princeton New Haven Ithaca Rochester Richmond St. Louis Ann Arbor
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T h e Division of Organic Chemistry has received invitations from several local sec tions of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
to become their guests for t h e next sym posium, scheduled for December 1943. N o decision has been made concerning the place of t h e next symposium, and the Executive Committee of t h e Division of Organic Chemistry will appreciate addi tional suggestions. T h e University of Michigan Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and the
Local Symposium Committee of M . Gomberg, W. E . Bachmann, C. S. Schoepfle, F. F . Blicke, J. O. Halford, J. M. Chemerda, E . C. Horning, and L. C . Anderson made every effort t o see that the meeting ran smoothly, and their efforts are appreci ated b y the members of t h e symposium. ARTHUR C. C O P E ,
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Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Nonmetals RECENT Developments in the Chemistry of the Nonmetals, the topic of the Sixth Annual Symposium of the AMERI CAN
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before February 15, 1942, to A. H. Corwin, T h e Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
H P H E Johns Hopkins University under its National Fellowship Plan offers gradu ate fellowships in chemistry. The Remsen Teaching Fellowships, named in honor of Ira Remsen, are designed for men in terested in either industrial or academic research. T h e Chemical Foundation Teaching Fellowship is supported by funds donated by the Chemical Founda tion, Inc. T h e York Ice Machinery Corp. is providing a fellowship for the graduate study of physical chemistry. The stipend in each case is $1,000 annually. Applications must be sent '""iZT' " r -
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Π Ρ Κ Ε National Association of Fan Manufacturera, Detroit, Mich., will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its annual meeting to b e held in Detroit, February 12. I t s activities have been gradually enlarged t o include research, engineering standards, educational work in the proper uses of air moving machinery, improved working conditions, etc. I t s p u b l i c a t i o n include standard methods for centrifugal fans and blowers, standard test code for centrifugal and axial fans, comparison charts for plan ing mill exhausters and cast iron volume fans, field test of fans, and abrasion. 2 0,
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Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, brought 120 chemists t o Columbus, Ohio, over the period December 29 t o 30, 1941. Although the competition of other meet ings and the "seven-day-week" undoubt edly kept many from attending, there was no diminution in interest and in par ticipation by those present. The pro gram, comprising five half-day sessions, was made up of 18 papers originating about equally from university and indus trial laboratories. T h e meetings success fully accomplished the correlation of in vestigations in the pure and applied as pects of several of the common nonmetals. The social gathering Monday evening provided opportunities for conversation and "bull sessions" among old and new
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friends against a background of informal music and refreshments. Vocal talent among visiting chemists added to the evening's enjoyment. Many took ad vantage of the opportunity to visit the laboratories of the Battelle Memorial In stitute and of T h e Ohio State University. Felix E. Held, College of Commerce and Administration, Ohio State University, addressed the group at the dinner Tues day evening. T h e gathering was honored by the presence of President William Lloyd Evans and Past President William McPherson. The symposium was arranged b y a national committee under the chairman ship of W. C. Fernelius. Local arrange ments were admirably cared for by A. B. Garrett, J. P. McReynolds, and L. L. Quill of The Ohio State University and R. O. Stith of the Battelle Memorial Insti tute.
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