T E E JOURNAL OF I N D U S T R I A L A N D ENGPNEERING C H E M I S T R Y
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Mr. William P. Blair, secretary of the National
%vkg Brick Manufacturers’ Association, gave a very interest-
ing talk draling with present-day requirements for both art and utility in all kinds of brick construction. The program closed with an illustrated talk by Mr. E. P. Poste, Elyria Enameled Products Co., Elyria, Ohio, on “The Manufacture of Enameled Ware.” INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL COUNCIL A t an organization meeting of the International Chemical Council, held in London on April 18, provisional organization for the interim was formed as follows: Honorary Presidents, Haller and Le Chatelier; Secretary, Gerard; Executive Committee--for America, Zanetti and Cottrell; for France, Kastner and Moureu; for Great Britain, Sir William Pope and Henry Louis; for Italy, Patterno and Parodidelsino; for Belgium, Chavane and Crismer. It was decided that the Chemical Council should cover the whole field of chemistry, including both technological and nontechnological chemistry, and one of the first activities in which the Council will engage will be the matter of documentation. The permanent organization will be formed at a meeting to be held in London in the middle of July. The International Chemical Council will affiliate with the International Research Council as soon as that organization i s completed. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers will hold its convention in Chicago, September 22 to 2 6 , 1919.
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This meeting promises to be one of decided importance t o the industry, as subjects of vital concern to modern metallurgy will be under discussion. In addition to the technical talks, an elaborate social program is being arranged and excursions by the Institute as a body are planned to many points of interest in the vicinity, including the steel mills a t Gary, the oil refineries at Whiting, metallurgical plants a t East Chicago and North Chicago, and the LaSalle district, where the cement, coal, and zinc industries are represented. CALENDAR OF MEETINGS American Society of Mechanical Engineers-Spring Meeting, Detroit, Mich., June 16 to 19, 1919. American Institute of Chemical EngineersSummer Meeting, Boston, Mass., June 18 to 2 1 , 1919. American Society for Testing Materials-Twenty-second (Annual) Meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., June 24 to 27, 1919. Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education-Twentyseventh (Annual) Meeting, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., June 2 5 to 28, 1919. Society of Chemical Industry-Annual Meeting, London, July 15 to 18, 1919. American Chemical Society-Fifty-eighth (Annual) Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., September 2 to 6 , 1919. American ‘Institute of Mining and Metallurgical EngineersChicago, Ill., September 2 2 to 26, 1919. National Exposition of Chemical Industries (Fifth)-Coliseum, Chicago, Ill., September 2 2 to 27, 1919.
NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE
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JOHNSTON,
Chief of Chemical W a r f a r e Service, American E. F., Tours M y dear Colonel Johnston: Now that active operations have ceased and many of the personnel of the Chemical Warfare Service are returning to the United States, I desire to express t o you and through you to all of your officers and enlisted men my appreciation of the valuable assistance they have rendered to the American Expeditionary Forces. Upon our entry into the war we were faced with the problem of a new service in the organization of which the experience of our Allies was so new and so limited that there were few precedents to follow. The best brains and experience among our students and teachers of chemistry were called into service, and by rapid establishment of gas schools and the aid of specially trained personnel, all combat troops were instructed in the necessary defensive measures against poisonous gas. The first gas regiment was trained and equipped, and rendered good service in the two American offensives of St. Mihiel and the Meuse -Argonne. Due to the energetic cooperation of all ranks, much was accomplished in a very short time, for which it gives me great pleasure to extend to you all the thanks of your comrades of the American Expeditionary Forces. Will you convey this especially to Brigadier General Fries, whose enthusiasm and energy were such great factors in the successful organization and development of the service. AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES Sincerely yours,
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LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UPSALA BY THE PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
To the Rector of the University of Upsala, Sweden: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter addressed to Columbia University in the City of New York, bearjng date February I , 1919, sent in the name of the Senate of the University of Upsala. You were good enough to transmit therewith a copy of an open letter from the Rector and Senate of the University of Leipzig, addressed to the Universities of Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under date of December 23, 1918, together with a copy of a letter dated December 30, 1918, testifying that the University of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences wished to associate themselves with the University of Leipzig in forwarding the open letter just mentioned. The open letter from the University of Leipzig complains to the universities in neutral lands of the outrageous action (das unerhorte Vorgehen) of the French High Command toward the German scholars and men of science in Strasbourg. It is alleged that these scholars and men of science have been compelled to leave the University of Strasbourg on twenty-four hours’ notice, in many cases to the grave damage of the studies and investigations which they had under way. Such treatment is made the ground of sharp protest in the name of science, and the universities in neutral lands, to whom the letter of the University of Lelpzig is addressed, are asked that the facts laid before them be spread abroad in the press and brought immediately to the attention of the universities and academies of France, England, and America. Whether or not German scholars and scientists formerly resi-
