NEWS
Industrial
EDITION
VOL. 13, N o . 9
AND
C MAY
u s t n ial ENGINEERING
hemistry VOL. 2 7 , C O N S E C U T I V E
10, 1935
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P U B L I S H E D BY T H EA M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L
SOCIETY
HARRISON E. H O W E , EDITOR
The Council i n Session at New York
T
President Adams t h e n made t h e following s t a t e m e n t regarding
H E Council assembled i n t h e Salle Moderne of t h e Hotel Pennsylvania, N e w York, Ν . Υ., on Wednesday morning, April 24, with President Roger A d a m s presiding and 166 Councilors present. Secretary Parsons read t h e following list of m e m b e r s of t h e
the
healthy
condition
of
the
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
T h e President's S t a t e m e n t t o the Council
AMERICAN C H E M I C A L SOCIETY w h o h a v e passed a w a y since t h e
Cleveland meeting i n September, 1934, a n d t h e Council stood for a few m o m e n t s in silent t r i b u t e t o their m e m o r y :
present
SOCIETY u n d e r t h e n e w plan of membership d u e s :
S
INCE
the
beginning
of
1934,
the
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY h a s o p e r a t e d under a new plan of m e m b e r s h i p fees. I n brief, individuals joining t h e SOCIETY p a y S9
for t h e privilege of m e m b e r s h i p a n d for t h e N E W S E D I T I O N .
Members Recorded as Deceased since t h e F a l l M e e t i n g , 1934 Abelmann, Arthur Andrews, Mrs. Mary R . Baker, John T. Bettley-Cooke, Hubert Vernon Black, Franklin Brady, Edward J. Brauner, Bohuslav Bryant, A. P . Buchheit, Howard A. Bysow, B. Campbell, Ross Connolly, John J. Cristaldi, Giuseppe Grassi Day, Jesse E . Duisberg, Carl Eccles, Robert G. Ende, Carl L. von Escher, Paul Finck, Albert Foiin, Otto Franceway, James Α., Jr. Franken, James E . Gane, Eustace H. Gebauer-Fuelnegg, Erich von Ginsburg, Harold Marion Goldbaum, Jacob S. Hall, Lyman B. Harms, Herman Harwood, Robert Unwin Holton, Edward C. Horst, Adolf ter Hough, Arthur Hunter, John W. Kassner, Herbert C.
Kennedy, E . J. Lowe, Baxter Luke, David L. Lull, Charles Ε . Τ . McGregory, J. F . Martin, Henry Mathews, John A. Meyer, A. H . Morgan, J. Livingstv. Morgan, R. R . Moser, Ludwig Mulliken, Samuel P .
and
Peet, Charles H. Perry, Joseph H. Phillips, G. A. Pilcher, Malcolm H . Prentiss, George N . Rice, Mrs. Grace Potter Rossati, Guido Rowe, Allan Winter Schless, Robert Scott, Walter Sinclair, J. Edwin Spence, Howard Stanley, George Storr, B . V. Tufts, Laurence T . Walker, Reed Whitcher, Miss Lucile Betsey Williams, Rine
I t was voted t h a t t h e awards usually announced in t h e Council meeting should be published F r i d a y morning, a t which time it was stated t h a t t h e Priestley M e d a l for 1935 h a d been awarded SOCIETY
Award in P u r e C h e m i s t r y (initiated b y A . C. Langmuir) of $1000 and a diploma, t o R a y m o n d M . F u o s s , associate professor of chemistry (research) a t Brown University. B o t h awards a r e t o be m a d e a t t h e San Francisco meeting.
to t h e a d v a n t a g e of t h e AMERICAN C H E M I C A L SOCIETY.
I n 1932 a n d 1933 t h e SOCIETY'S income was insufficient t o m e e t e v e n the reduced b u d g e t s of those years. I t is encouraging, t h e r e fore, t h a t in 1934 t h e funds received were adequate, n o t only t o h a n d l e all t h e financial obligations, b u t also to offset partially t h e r a t h e r s u b s t a n t i a l deficit of t h e previous year. T h e advertis ing revenue also improved. As a result of t h e somewhat larger income, t h e Directors felt justified i n increasing t h e publication a p p r o p r i a t i o n in t h e 1935 budget so t h a t the Journal of the
R.
Nash, George H. Nichols, William Abner, Jr. Oden, Sven L. A.
t o William A. N o y e s , a n d t h e A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L
A
fixed additional s u m is charged for each of t h e journals a n d m e m b e r s m a y select o n t h i s basis o n e or more of those desired. T h i s procedure w a s introduced t o accommodate t h o s e men w h o m u s t consider their expenses carefully, a n d those w h o for one r e a s o n or a n o t h e r d o n o t require all t h e SOCIETY'S publications. T h e detailed plans so carefully a n d skillfully developed b y a c o m m i t t e e of t h e SOCIETY a n d adopted b y t h e Council h a v e p r o v e d t o be a v e r y successful experiment. I t h a s , I believe, o p e r a t e d t o t h e satisfaction of practically all of t h e m e m b e r s h i p
American
Chemical
Society
and INDUSTRIAL AND E N G I N E E R I N G
C H E M I S T R Y might provide more effectively for t h e printing of m a t e r i a l s u b m i t t e d b y t h e m e m b e r s ; and t h a t Chemical AbsiractSy which h a d been required to contract below t h e d e sirable m i n i m u m , m i g h t expand slightly its presentation of t h e chemical literature of t h e world. Because of t h e difficult years through which t h e SOCIETY- h a s j u s t passed, a few c o m p a r a t i v e figures o n t h e membership a n d subscriptions a r e p e r t i n e n t . T o d a y t h e total membership is 17,003. O n April 1 of t h i s year, there were over 1800 $9 m e m b e r s , representing a b o u t a 25 per cent increase in this group over last year. T h e m a x i m u m number of resignations came a t t h e beginning of 1933, b u t each year since t h e n t h e n u m b e r h a s m a t e r i a l l y decreased; a t t h a t time, also, t h e n u m b e r of new m e m b e r s a n d r e i n s t a t e m e n t s was a t a m i n i m u m b u t h a s in creased regularly during t h e intervening period. A s of April 1, 1935, t h e Journal of the American Chemical So ciety a n d Chemical Abstracts have each received subscriptions a m o u n t i n g t o over 300 m o r e t h a n last year a n d INDUSTRIAL AND E N G I N E E R I N G C H E M I S T R Y , t o over 800 more. T h e t o t a l subscript i o n s of all paid m e m b e r s a n d non-members t o t h e t h r e e publica t i o n s a t present is over 9100 for t h e Journal of the American Chemical Society, over 11,500 for Chemical Abstracts, and over 14,700 for
INDUSTRIAL
AND E N G I N E E R I N G
CHEMISTRY.
The
N E W S E D I T I O N enjoys t h e largest circulation of a n y magazine g o i n g to chemists—18,616. All indications point t o a healthy condition of t h e S O C I E T Y ; all curves point upward. Of the various c o m m i t t e e s of t h e SOCIETY appointed last year, one of special interest because of its particular objectives m a y b e m e n t i o n e d . I t h a s been actively engaged in s t u d y i n g t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s of courses in education for chemists before they a r e eligible for teaching positions in high schools. D u r i n g 1934 t h e unemployment problem has received special a t t e n t i o n . I n addition t o t h e free advertisement in t h e employ m e n t information pages of t h e N E W S EDITION, t h e activities of 185
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several of o u r local sections, and t h e aid which is given through t h e Secretary's office in placing before employers t h e names of unemployed, a committee of t h e SOCIETY, w i t h a n appropriation for necessary expenses, h a s been a t t e m p t i n g t o determine the a c t u a l u n e m p l o y m e n t conditions a m o n g chemists and t o point out how t h e bocnsTY m i g h t cooperate to alleviate them. T h e problem is a complicated one a n d extends bevond the a t t e m p t t o find vacancies for those o u t of work. I t involves a consideration of t h e training of t h e individuals a s demanded by industry a n d t h e personal qualifications of those unemployed. I t is recognized b y all t h a t the A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L SOCIETY
cannot directly create positions for chemists. I t can a n d has devoted untiring effort t o m a k e t h e Nation chemically conscious and rt h u s indirectly t o stimulate t h e industries t o a n appreciation of w hat contributions t h e chemist m a y make in a wide variety of fields of endeavor. Cooperation of t h e m a n y efficient local agencies a n d of t h e national SOCIETY in devising methods for aiding t h e unemployed should unquestionably lead to improved conditions. T h e following associate editors for t h e ANALYTICAL E D I T I O N of I N D U S T R I A L AND E N G I N E E R I N G C H E M I S T R Y were elected:
Term of office to expire in 1935: B . L. Clarke, Bell Telephone Laboratories; T . R. Cunningham, Union Carbide & Carbon Research Laboratory. Term of office to expire in 1936: Ν . Η . F u r m a n , Princeton U n i v e r s i t y ; I . M . Kolthofï, University of Minnesota. Term of office to expire in 1937: G. E . F . Lundell, Bureau of S t a n d a r d s ; H . H . Willard, University of Michigan. J o h n J o h n s t o n and R . E . Wilson having asked t o be relieved from t h e i r work on t h e Board of Editors of Technologic Monographs, C . H . Mathewson, Yale University, a n d Walter G. W h i t m a n , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were elected to succeed t h e m . W a l t e r A. Schmidt w a s nominated and unanimously elected Director from t h e Sixth District to fill t h e unexpired term of President-Elect E d w a r d Bartow. T h e Division of D y e Chemistry, a t i t s own request, was merged w i t h t h e Division of Organic Chemistry. T h e invitation of t h e University of N o r t h Carolina a n d t h e N o r t h Carolina Section of the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
C H E M I C A L SOCIETY on
its celebration of
American
chemical
industries tercentenary, a t which his association coopera t e d w i t h t h e Division of G a s a n d F u e l Chemistry in a n i m p o r t a n t symposium. T h e Secretary of t h e SOCIETY was ins t r u c t e d t o send a n appreciative reply. T h e Secretary w a s also instructed t o send telegrams of good will a n d best wishes t o Charles E . Munroe, P a s t President a n d sole surviving charter member of t h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, a n d t o George D . Rosengarten, also a Past President, who w a s unable t o a t t e n d t h e meeting because of illness. T h e chairman of t h e Division of Physical and Inorganic C h e m i s t r y presented a n a m e n d m e n t t o t h e By-Laws of t h e division which was adopted.
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F. C . Whitmore presented in detail t h e Report of the Committee to Consider Unemployment of Recent Graduates. The report had been made t o , and discussed thoroughly before, the Board of Directors w h o accepted it, a n d it will be founci on page 19G of this issue. T h e Council voted t h a t a standing committee of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY be established to give continuing consideration t o m a t t e r s affecting the s t a t u s of t h e chemical profession. A vote of t h a n k s was passed, a n d t h e Secretary WÎLS instructed to t r a n s m i t t h e SOCIETY'S appreciation, t o t h e officials o f the New York Section, chairmen of the tercentenary meeting, and through t h e m t o t h e members of their committees, also to others who h a d been especially helpful in making t h e meeting s u c h a success. T h e reports of standing committees, all of whicli had "been sent t o t h e Councilors in advance in mimeographed, form, "were presented, a n d it was voted t h a t they b e accepted a n d duly jBled. It was moved t h a t a Committee to S t u d y t h e Problem o f Ad to t h e Secretary of t h e Group of Local Section Officers b e appointed a n d report a t t h e California meeting. President Adams complimented E d w a r d Lyons, s e c r e t a r y of the G r o u p of Local Section Officers, for service rendered during the past year. T h e Treasurer of t h e SOCIETY, on a request from the Soor, explained in some detail t h e condition of t h e SOCIETY'S investm e n t s a n d t h e reasons therefor. I t was a p p a r e n t thats the SOCIETY'S finances a r e in a n unusually good condition and that those responsible for i t s invested funds are exercising duecamtion. T h e Council unanimously voted t h a t a letter be sent t o the family of t h e late Adolph S. Ochs expressing the appreciation of t h e A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L SOCIETY for h i s support a s a publicist
and his pioneering work as a disseminator of that high-grade publicity for scientific work which h a s earned the g r a t i t u d e of all workers in science. There being no further business to come before t b e meeting t the Council adjourned.
Registration at New York
SOCIETY
for t h e spring meeting of 1937 t o be held a t Chapel Hill was accepted with t h e a p p r o v a l of all other local sections within t h e States of Virginia, N o r t h Carolina, a n d Tennessee, which States had b e e n designated b y t h e Council as t h e territory from which invitations for this meeting were t o be received. Alfred J . S t a m m , on behalf of t h e Division of Colloid Chemistry, presented a request for modification of t h e By-Laws of t h e division a n d t h e Council unanimously approved t h e changes recommended. T h e By-Laws as amended will b e found in t h e Proceedings for J u n e , 1935. W i t h t h e approval of t h e Philadelphia Section, t h e territory of Berks County, formerly within t h e Philadelphia Section, was transferred t o t h e Lehigh Valley Section. A petition from t h e M o n t a n a Section t h a t it be enlarged t o coincide with t h e geographical boundaries of t h e State of Mont a n a w a s presented with t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e Council Policy C o m m i t t e e t h a t a committee of t h r e e be appointed t o consider t h e whole question of territory of local sections a n d report a t t h e next meeting. R. E . Kirk, a former member of the M o n t a n a Section, o n behalf of t h e section announced t h a t such action would meet with t h e entire a p p r o v a l of the M o n t a n a Section a n d moved t h e adoption of t h e r e p o r t from t h e Council Policy C o m m i t t e e . H i s motion was unanimously carried. T h e Council Policy C o m m i t t e e recommended t h a t t h e spring meeting for 1938 be held within t h e States of Texas a n d Oklahoma, provided invitations are received from local sections within t h o s e States a n d t h e necessary hotel a n d meeting room conditions can b e met. On account of incomplete information as t o conditions, t h e committee recommended t h a t t h e region within which t h e fall meeting for 1938 is t o be held be left open for a c t i o n a t San Francisco. A n invitation from t h e Detroit Section for t h e SOCIETY t o m e e t t h e r e in t h e fall of 1938 w a s received a n d filed, with t h e understanding, however, t h a t it is an open invitation to be a c cepted a t such time as t h e Council Policy Committee deems i t advisable. A telegram was read from P . S. Young, president of the American G a s Association, extending congratulations t o the AMERICAN
CHEMISTRY
STATE
ATTENDANCE
Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York City New York State North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South D a k o t a Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington
6 2 25 1521 179 144 11 11 1 166 56 """ 9 15 5 12 107 238 91 22 30 5 10 937 1087 610 16 224 8 1 462 49 14 1 14 13 4 11 66 3
STATE
West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
ATTENf DANCB
38 35 1
FOBEIQN
Australia Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Denmark England France Germany Holland India Japan Porto Rico Scotland South America Sumatra Switzerland Turkey N o Address TOTAL
1 1 36 1 1 6 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 5105
Members Visitors Non-Members
3648 3.366 91
TOTAL
S105
Men Women Unclassified
4tl42 961 2
TOTAL
5105
A. C. S. Meeting Registrations, 193& to 1S35 YlSAR
P L A C E AND D A T E
REGISTRATION
1933 1933 1934 1934 1935
Washington, D . C , March 26 to 31 Chicago, 111., September 10 to 15 St. Petersburg, Fla., March 25 to 30 Cleveland, Ohio, September 10 to 14 New York, Ν . Υ., April 22 to 26
2293 3191 730 2513 5105
F u t u r e A. C. S. Meetings August 19 to 23, 1935 April 13 t o 17, 1936 Fall of 1936 Spring of 1937
Scheduled San Francisco, Calif. Kaneas City, Mo, Pittsburgh, F^a. Chapel Hill, IN. C.
