JANUARY,
1944
synthetic production whose economical progress is witnessed by the ever-decreasing costs to the consumer. The necessity and magnitude of the task of supplying synthetic vitamins is plainly apparent. The vitamin industry geared to this task owes its phenomenal growth to courageous planning and investment, to wise counsel and direction, to ingenious research and engineering, and to the strenuous efforts of labor and management in close cooperation. The steadily expanding plants of the vitamin industry, with their large research divisions in up-to-date laboratories and their close cooperation with academic groups in related professions, bear witness to the intention of the American :rn'anufacturers of fine chemicals to play their part, in the present crisis and in the postwar world, in making available adequate supplies of the vitamins so essential in maintaining the abundant health and well-being of the citizens of the United States and the myriads in the various countries of the United Nations. Notes The 225th meeting of the N.E.A.C.T. will be held at the New Bedford Textile School, New Bedford, Massachusetts on February 12, 1944. The committee studying the effects of war-course electives on chemistry in the secondary schools summarized its findings as follows: 1. As yet, the percentages of pupils enrolled in chemistry, while they may fluctuate, do not indicate a definite trend either to lose or to gain ground. 2. The wartime courses as yet show no tendency to displace the traditional science courses. The N.E.A.C.T. notes with deep regret the passing of Dr. O. E. Underhill, of the Teachers College of Connecticut, New Britain, Connecticut, and Professor George H. Burrows, of the Chemistry Department of the University of Vennont. Professor Burrows had tanght at Vermont for 30 years. As Head of the Chemistry Department he acted as host to the First Summer Conference.
NEW MEMBERS At the 223rd meeting the following new members were announced: Sister Marie Claire of the Savior, Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire Richard L. Dunnell, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire Andrew J. O'Connell, Worcester Academy. Worcester, Massachusetts
Lt. Raymond J. Perry, U.S.C.G., U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut Marco H. Scheer, Senior High School, Nashua, New Hampshire
SUE C. HAMILTON
Miss Sue C. Hamilton, treasurer of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, died Sunday, December 5, at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, following a month's illness. A teacher at the Garland School, Boston, for the past 10 years, Miss Hamilton was outstanding as a teacher of science in her special field. A graduate of Thomas Normal School, Detroit, she received her A.B. degree from the University of Michigan, studied at Teachers College, Columbia University, received her master's degree from the University of Chicago, and took chemistry courses at the Harvard Medical School. During World War I, she was assistant in war foods courses at the University of Michigan and later served as textile chemist. She had taught at Highland Hall, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and FerryaIl, Lake Forrest, Illinois, prior to coming to the Garland School. Miss Hamilton's work for the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers has been exceptional. While Secretary, a position she held for several years prior to becoming Treasurer in 1941, l\1iss Hamilton built up an extensive acquaintance among the chemistry teachers in the colleges and secondary schools of New England, and the remarkable success of this organization during the past decade has been due in very large measure to her efforts in building up and holding its membership. Her regular attendance at the N.E.A.C.T. divisional meetings and summer conferences in all parts of New England attested to her geniune interest in its welfare; and her cheery greeting will be greatly missed by many teachers at these meetings in the years to come. At the time of her death she was directing a membership drive which had already yielded many new members. Her passing leaves a void in the N .E.A.C.T. which will be very difficult to fill. Miss Hamilton was born in Denver, Colorado, June 5, 1892, the daughter of Charles W. and Nellie Y. Hamilton. She graduated from the Ann Harbor High School in 1910. Her mother survives her. S. Walter Hoyt, Chairman Necrology C(')mmittee
Unappreciated all these years by bukers an.d dairy ,nen, the ubiquituus green mold of bread and cheese is having the last laugh by procllwingfor the pharmaceutical manufacturers a thousand-dollar-a,n-ounce drug: penicillin, now earmarked for the armedforees. Ought to teach those food guys a lesson.
