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sented at t h e business meeting of the section and unanimously passed. Members present at the dinner which preceded the meeting heard an interesting talk by Ε. Η. Landis, of Central High School, on the problems of teaching science in high schools. A. E. Dunstan, chief chemist of the Anglo Persian Oil Co., London, and editor of the Transactions of the Institute of Petro leum Technologists, will address the November 15 meeting of the section on "Some Aspects of Cracking." Doctor Dunstan is an authority on petroleum cracking, and has contributed many papers on this and other phases of petroleum technology.
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Rochester. October 15, 192TS. '"Tlae R a r e Gases of t b e Atmosphere," by T . Russell Wilkins, University of R o c h e s t e r , Rochester, Ν . Υ. November 5, 1928. " T h e Rare Eartjhs—Ttteir Occurrence, Production, a n d Uses," by Harlan S. Miner, Welsb-aehCo., Gloucester City, N . J. St. Joseph Valley. October 17, 1928. " W o o d as Used in t h e Furniture I n d u s t r y , " by C. E. Lentz_ Southern California. Octob>er 5, 1928. "Molecular Rearrangements in Organic Compounds," by C W. P o r t e r , University of California, Berkelev, Calif. N o v e m b e r 2, 192S. "The Effect of Light on Chemicai S3'stems/' by W. Albert ? Joy es, Jr. Toledo. October 29, 1928. "Chemical Considerations of Ohio Lime stones," by Herbert Kriege, France Stone Co. Virginia. October 12, 1928. "Industrial Utilization of Agricultural Prod ucts," by Henry G. Knigrnt, De-partmerat of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Oklahoma Section
Textile Standardization Appointment
The regular fall meeting of the section will be held November 24 in the Chemistry Building, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Okla. The business meeting is called for 10:00 A. M. and will be fol lowed at 11:00 o'clock with an address by Benjamin T. Brooks, of New York, on the "Relation of Research to Engineering in the Petroleum Industry," The annual election of officers is the principal business* t o come before the section. Luncheon will be served at 12:30, and an added attraction will be the annual football game between Oklahoma University and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at 2: 30 P. M.
The textile standardization fellowship given each year by the Textile Section of the A-merican Home Economics Association has been awarded this year to Winifred Mather Forbes, of the Pennsylvania State College, ZMiss Forbes will work at Penn State on the effect of t i n weighting on the wearability of silk fabrics. She graduated from tb_e Pennsylvania State College with the A. B. degree and a major* in textile chemistry last June. As an undergraduate student, slie was the recipient of two scholarship funds and three scholarship medals. She is t h e daughter of Ε. Β. Forbes, who is director of "the Institute of Animal Nutrition at the College. Miss Forbes' research problem will be under the direction of Mrs. Pauline Beery Mack:, who is in charge of textile chemistry at Penn State and national chairman of the Textile Section of the American Home Economics -Association.
W. A. Taylor Addresses Local Sections W. A. Taylor, president and chemical director of the LaMotte Chemical Products Co., addressed the North Jersey Section of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY on October 8 and the Cleve
land' Section on October 11, on the application of pH control to research and industrial processes. He will also address the Erie Section on November 12 and the Toledo Section on Novem ber 13.
Obituary
Cincinnati Section The three hundred and first regular meeting of the Cincinnati Section will be held in the Chemical Auditorium, University of Cincinnati, on November 14 at 8:00 P. M., with Harrison E . Howe as the speaker on ·'Chemistry in International Relations."
Toledo Section In addition to the meeting on November 13, a t which W. A. Taylor will be the speaker on "Control of Acidity and Alkalinity by Hydrogen-Ion Methods," the following programs are an nounced : December 7. Alexander Silverman. Glass. January 17. F . H. Waring. T r e a t m e n t of Industrial Wastes.
Recent Meetings of Local Sections Alabama. October 13, 1928. "Interesting Phases of Alabama's Natural Resources," b y Walter B. Jones; and "Portland C e m e n t and I t s Manu facture," by R . E. Roscoe. California. October 12, 1928. " T h i r t y Years of Science Teaching—Retro spect and Prospect," by W. C. Morgan, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. Chicago. October 19, 1928. " T h e Development of L e a t h e r Chemistry and Its Relation t o Other Fields of Chemistry and t o Everyday Life," by John Arthur Wilson, A. E. Gallun & Sons Co. Cincinnati. October 10, 1928. "Research a n d the H u m a n Spirit," b y Gerald L. W e n d t . Cleveland. October 1 1 , 1928. "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration," b y W. A. Taylor, L a M o t t e Chemical Products Co., Baltimore, M d . ; also, "Science, the Press, a n d the Public," b y David Dietz, editor of the Cleveland Press. Colorado. October 24, 1928. " T h e International I n s t i t u t e of P u r e and Applied Chemistry," b y John B. Ekeley, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. Delaware. October 17, 1928. " L a t e Developments in Coal Carboniza tion,*' by W . Ellice McDonald, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Erie. October 15, 1928. "Recent Researches on Milk," b y Washington Piatt, Merrell-Soule Co., Syracuse, Ν . Υ. Milwaukee. October 26, 1928. "Illinium," b y B. S. Hopkins, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Minnesota. October 30, 1928. "Some European Personalities—Observa tions in E u r o p e , " by J . J. Willaman and L. H . Reyerson. New York. October 5, 1928. "Some Results from a Fundamental Study of Toxicity," b y J. E. Mills, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md. North Jersey. October 8, 1928. "Accurate Control of Acidity in Research and I n d u s t r y , " by W . A. Taylor, L a M o t t e Chemical Products Co., Baltimore, M d . O m a h a . October 10, 1928. " T h e Relation of Chemistry to the Rubber Industry," b y A. N. I k n a y a n , Crown Rubber Co. Oregon. October 20, 1928. "Some Applications of Chemistry t o Indus tries of a Non-Chemical N a t u r e , " b y W. A. Struthers, Portland Electric Power Co.; a n d "Technology of Asphalt," by Scott Lee, S t a n d a r d Oil Co. Philadelphia. October 18, 1928. " L a t e Developments in Coal Carboniza tion," by S. W . Parr, President of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL, SOCIETY. Pittsburgh. October 18, 1928. "Some European Observations," by Alexander Silverman, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, P a . P u g e t Sound. October 24, 1928. "Organization of Research in t h e du Pont Industries," by R . E. Rose, d u Pont Co., Wilmington, Del. Rhode Island. November 9, 1928. " C u r r e n t Problems in Colloid Science," by Elmer O. Kraemer, du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del.
James W. Elms James W. Blms, assistant general manager of the Paint, Lacquer, and Chemicals Department of t h e du Pont Co., died October 18, 1928, in Paaris, following an operation for an in testinal obstruction. Mr. Elms sailed from this country on September 12 on an important mission having to do with the du Pont Co.'s interests in England, France, and Italy. After spending a few days in England, he went to Pa-ris, where his illness developed. He was accompanied by M r s . Blms, who was constantly with him, as were also Cesare Muchaux, William Taylor, a n d other foreign representatives of the d t i Pont interests. The body will be brought to this country for burial. Mr. Elms was born in Dover, Maine, July, 1885, and took his degree in chemical engineering from the University of Maine in 1906. He spent his stammers in t h e employ of various New England industries, and -upon graduation from the University was employed as a chemist in t h e engineering laboratory of the General Electric Co., a t Lynn, Mass. He went with the du Pont Co. in June, 1907, as a chemist in the Haskell plant of the Smokeless Powder Operating Department, advancing steadily through the various steps as head chemist, assistant super intendent, and assistant manager of this plant. Early in the World War, he was transferred to t h e Carney's Point plant as superintendent, and from there to t h e Engineering Department as an assistant manager io. the construction and operation of the famous Old Hickory powder plant. He played an important part in the record-breakda.g vfoirL· done at Old Hickory and was recognized as one of t h e important individuals concerned with this operation. At the end of the w a r , he became assistant director of the Du Pont Chemical Co., "which carried through the important post-war salvage operations for "the du Pont Co. After finishing this work, he was made manager of the Chemical Products Manufacturing Division of the d u Pont Co., at Parlin, and then division manager for the department. In 1925 he was trans ferred to the Paint, I^acquer, and Chemicals Department as division manager at the Philadelphia works, and from there he was promoted t o become assistant general manager of the department, with headquarters a t Wilmington. His home was at Bryn Mawx-, Pa. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter.
P. Samuel Rigney P. Samuel Rigney, assistant secretary of the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co., died a s the result of a stroke on October 23. He was a man of much experience a n d wide interests and had occupied a number of important: posts in the chemical industry and in organizations connected fcherewith.
