Twentieth Anniversarv of the Division and Journal of ~ h e k i c a lEducation PAUL H . FALL H i r a m College, H i r a m , O h i o HE Section of Chemical Educition was organized amount, a t times, of almost $20,000.00. But Mr. September 8, 1921, a t the New York meeting of the Mack's faith and confidence have been vindicated. American Chemical Society. The Section became a By the end of this year all indebtedness will probably Division of the A. C. S. a t the Ithaca meeting on Sep- be liquidated and the JOURNAL will be "on its feet." tember 8, 1924. Hence, this September, 1944, is our This is due to the high quality of the JOURNAL, astute twentieth anniversary as a Division of the American management, and increased advertising. Dr. Gordon Chemical Society, as well as the twentieth anniversary mentions one official of the American Chemical Society who said, "-and if you do have a journal I will bet of the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. The man responsible for the idea, organization, and you the biggest dinner you can eat that you will not early development of both the Division and JOURNAL is have more than 300 subscribers." The subscriptions Dr. Neil E. Gordon, now of Wayne University. now total almost twenty times that number, but should Some time ago he gave a detailed and intimate account reach a t least forty times that number. of the history and development of both the Division Mr. Francis P. Garvan, of New York, was for a numand JOURNAL, for both of which he was the organizer and ber of years a real "Santa Claus" to the JOURNAL, and early guiding genius. without his generous support in the early years i t The American Chemical Society assumes no financial would scarcely have been able to survive. responsibility for the JOURNAL, although it is approved Editors of the JOURNAL have been as follows: Neil E. by the Council as a Divisional publication. Mr. Gordon, 1924-33; Otto Reinmuth, January, 1933, to Harvey F. Mack, President of the Mack Printing Com- August, 1940; Norris W. Rakestraw, September, 1940, pany which has published the JOURNAL from the be- to the present. The By-Laws of the Division, substantially as they, ginning, has been a most generous and patient friend of the JOURNAL. For a number of years the JOURNAL has are now, were published in 1933. A list of the past been in debt to the Mack Printing Company for an officers and the present committees follows. .
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CHAIRMEN OY THE DIVISrON
Edgar F. Smith Neil E. Gordon W. A. Noyes Wilhelm Segerblom Bryant S. Hopkins William McPherson J. N. Swan Owen L. S h i m Lyman C. Newell Ross A. Baker R. E. Swain Harrison Hak 0 . M. Smith B. C. Hendricks M. V. McGill Rufus D. Reed F. E. Brown A. J. Currier L. L. Quill
University of Pennsylvania Universitb of Maryland University of Illinois Phillips Exeter Academy University of Illinois Ohio State University University of Missisippi University of Pennsylvania Boston University Syracuse University Stanford University University of Arkansas Oklahoma A & M College University of Nebraska Lorain, Ohio. High School New Jeney State Teachers College Iowa State College Pennsylvania State College University of Kentucky
E. M. Billings Rosalie M. Parr Virginia Bsrtow C. E. White
Eastman Kodak Company University of Illinois University of Illinois University of Maryland
N. E. Gordon Wilhelm Segerblom
University of Maryland Phillips Exeter Academy
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B. S. Hopkins R. A. Baker N. W. Rakestraw P. H. Fall
University of Illinois Syracuse University Brown University Hiram College
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EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS P. H. Fall, Secretary of Division of Chemical Education, Hiram College, Hiram. Ohio (Authorized about 1930) Term expires Scpt., 1946 0. M. Smith, Chairman, Oklahoma A & M College, Stillwater, Okla. T. A. Ashford, University of Chicago. Chicago, Ill. EXECUTWE COMMITTEE 1943-44 Laurence S. Foster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CamL. L. Quill, Chairmai, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. bridge, Mass. Term expires Scpt., 1944 J. S. Coles. Middlebury College. Middlebury, Vt. Terms expire 1944 H. N. Alyea, Vice-chairman, Princeton University. Princeton, E. F. Degering, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. N. J. Earl W. Phelan, Georgia State Woman's College, Valdasta. Ga. Term expires Sept., 1944 Alexander Calandra, Brooklyn College. Brooklyn, N. Y. C. E. White, Treasurer, University of Maryland, College Park, Terms expire 1945 Md. B. C. Hendricks, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Neb. Term exfi'res Sept.. 1945 R. .. D..Reed, N. J. State Teachers College, Upper Montclair, P. H. Fall, Secretary. Hiram College. Hiram, Ohio N . J. Term expire.? Sept.. 1946 F. D. Martin. PurdueUniversity, Lafayette. Ind Terms expire 1946 G. H. Cartledge. Member a t Large. University of Buffalo, Buffalo. N. Y. At the Memphis Meeting in April, 1942, a committee was Term expires Sept., 1944 appointed t o make a study and formulate a report on how the content of chemistry in the liberal arts colleges can be adapted t o F. E. Brown, Former Past Chairman. Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa aid in problems confronting the nation in wartime. Their findings were t o be reported t o the U. S. Office of Education. Term expires Sept., I944 Thecommittee consisted of: A. J. Currier, Immediate Part Chairman. Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa. John E. Cavelti, Chairman, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. Term expires Sept., 1945Sidney J. French, Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. Roy I. Grady, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio Andrew J. Scarlett, Jr., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. COMMITTEE ON HIGH-SCHOOL CHEMISTRY (Authorized Sept., 1939) BOARD OP PUBLICATION OE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON
(Established in 1933) J. C. Bailar, Chairman. University of Illinois. Urbana, Ill. Elected chairman, 1943 Term expirw Scpt., 1945 W. L. Evans, OhioState University, Columbus, Ohio Term expires Scpt., 1944 R. E. Kirk. Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. T e r n expires, Sept., 1946 L. L. Quill. Chairman of Division of Chemical Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Term expires Sepf..1944 N. W. Rakestraw. Editor, Brown University. Providence, R. I . Term expires Sept.. 1945
Elbert C. Weaver, Chairman, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Elected chairman Sept., 1943. T,A,Ashford,Universityof T. D. Kelsey. Grover Cleveland High School. St. Louis. Mo. Terms expire Sept.. 1944 A. D. Lincoln. Technical Highschool, Springfield. Mass. Robert L. Ebel, Edisonlnstitute, Dearborn, Mich. Harold W. Baker, James Ford Rhodes High School, Cleveland, Ohio Terms expire Scpt., 1945 T. A. Nelson, Decatur High School, Decatur. Ill. R. D. Reed. State Teachers Collece. N.. , 1. ~,Montclair. - ~-~ ~~~~~~, Ernestine, M. J. Long, Normandie High School. St. Louis. Mo. Terms expire Sept.. 1946 ~
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