INDUSTRIAL & E N G I N E E R I N G Edition News C HEMISTRY Published by the American Chemical Society
Vol. 2, No. 21
NOVEMBER 10, 1924
Who's Who among Local Section Officers Much of the strength of the American Chemical Society lies in its well-organized local sections. In all organizations, na tional, state or local, the selection of the right men for the major offices is the most important step toward success. We have long felt t h a t our readers would appreciate a closer ac quaintance with those who hold the offices of chairman and secretary of our local sections and w e present herewith short
now engaged in teaching freshman chemistry at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cornog was married in 1910 to Kmma Ripley a t Minneapolis, Minn. T w o children have blessed the union.
Frasch Millions Left for Chemical Research The estate of Herman Frasch. said to be worth more t h a n So,000,000. which was inherited by his widow who died re cently, is to be used for the promotion of research in agricul tural chemistry. Mrs. Frasch died in Paris on September 24. 1924. According to the provisions of her will, which was filed ( )ctober 'Λ0, the money is to be held in trust by t h e United States T r u s t Co., and t h e income is to be used for "research in the field oi agricultural chemistry, with the hope of attaining results which shall be of practical benefit to the agricultural develop ment of the United S t a t e s . " T h e will further provides that the trustee shall advise with the American Chemical Society in selecting one or more incorporated institutions in t h e United States which shall receive the income from the estate for re search in agricultural chemistry.
Charter M e m b e r s of t h e A. C. S.
HARRY F. LEWIS
JACOB CORNOG
PILOTS OP THE IOWA SUCTION
biographical sketches and pictures of t h e chairman and secretary of the Iowa Section to be followed in subsequent numbers by those of ofhcers of other local sections. Local section officers who have n o t as yet complied with our request to send in pic tures and information regarding themselves a r e urged to do so a t once. Harry F. Lewis who handles the gavel at t h e meetings of the Iowa Section of the American Chemical Society first saw the light of d a y in Denver, Colorado, on May 27, hSiH. His high school training was received at De W i t t Clinton High School, New York City. In 1912 he received the B.S. degree from Wesleyan University, followed by t h e M.S. from the same in stitution in 1913. Three years later h e was awarded t h e coveted P h . D . at t h e University of Illinois. After holding a position as chemist in the Color Laboratory of t h e Bureau of Chemistry, l \ S. D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture, he joined t h e research staff of the National Aniline and Chemical Co. At present he is engaged in teaching a t Cornell College, M t . Vernon, Iowa, holding a professorship in chemistry at that institution. Dr. Lewis is a member of Sigma Xi and Phi L a m b d a Upsilon. Jacob Cornog, efficient secretary of the Iowa Section of the American Chemical Society, is a Pennsylvaniaii by birth. He was born a t M t . Holly Springs, P a . , in 1883. Following the advice of t h e famous editor he went west and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1915, b u t finished his education nearer home, receiving his P h . D . a t Ohio S t a t e University in 1922. For three years he was employed as a chemist with Proc ter a n d Gamble Co., soap manufacturers, and h e spent one year with Stilwell Laboratories, Inc., a firm of consulting chemists. He t a u g h t at Oregon Agricultural College for two years and is
In the October 10 News Edition of T i n s JOURNAL an article entitled " Intersectional Meeting and Hart Celebration at Lafayette College" contained a list of chemists who were said to be founders of the American Chemical Society. Only six of those whose names were mentioned are living charter mem bers of the Society. T h e list of the living charter members of the Society, all of whom joined in 1.Χ7Π, consists of F. M. Kanmgarten, C. F . Chandler, C. A. Dorcmus, J. Ji. F. HcrreshofT, O. H. Krause, C. K. Munroe, \V. H. Nichols, and H. K. Niese. Of these, C. F. Chandler and \V. H. Nichols are now honorary members and C. K. Munroe is a life member. S. A. (Voldschmidt, a living life member, also joined the Society in 1N7G but is not a charter member.
FOREIGN DELEGATES IN PARADE AT HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OP FOUNDING OF RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TROY, Ν. Υ.
Reading from left to right they are: Mr. Arthur Surveyor of Canada, Director Rickctts, of the Institute, Senator Luigi Luiggi, of Italy, Dr. Henri Abraham of France, Sir Charles Morgan, of Kngland, and Mayor Harry Clinton of Troy, Ν. Υ.
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Holmes Lectures at Niagara Falls and Buffalo 1 >r Marrv \ Hi»!mi-s of obi-din College was the speaker at the meeting l tin- WY-U πι New York Section of the A. C. S. on November \ at Niagara FalU. The attendance was good in spite of tlie rival attraction of election excitement, and those who heard the lecture were well repaid. Dr. Holmes took as his subject "Adsorbent CÎCÏN" and g a \ e a very lucid and scholarly description f the properties and uses of these substances, including Patrick'-* silica gel. \ months after the treatment the average output per man per day was ii • 4 tons, an increase of 3~> per cent. This increase in eilicicucy. which was not explained in any other way in spite of the manager's reluctance to give the medi-
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cal treatment full credit, was brought about at a cost so low as t o seem almost ridiculous. The expense for giving l.'4.">4 treatments, some of them retreatments, was 51.5 44, or slightly less than one cent a treatment. This is a rather conspicuous example of how far-reaching may be t h e effects of some of the investigations which originally had for their principal object the improvement in health of domestic animals.
Section Meetings Authorized a t Baltimore Convention President Baekeland has authorized a meeting of the History of Chemistry Section at the Baltimore meeting of the American Chemical Society and has nominated F. B. Dai.us and Lyman C. Newell, chairman and secretary, respectively, of this section. A meeting of the Paint and Varnish Section at the Baltimore meeting of the American Chemical Society h a s also been authorized and John R. MaeGregor and W. T. Pearce have been nominated chairman and secretary, respectively, of this section. T h e Gas and Fuel Section will meet in connection with the Baltimore meeting of the American Chemical Society. President Baekeland has authorized the meeting and has nominated R. T. Haslam ami (). O. Mallcis to act as chairman and secretary, respectively.
New Mexico College Supports Prize Essay Contest with Scholarship New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts will award a four-year scholarship valued a t one hundred and seventylive dollars to the high school student of N e w Mexico preparing the essay of greatest merit in the 11)24-1925 Prize Essay Contest conducted by the American Chemical Society. On Nov. 19 a t S: 10 P.M.. Mountain Time, the Radio Station KOB, S t a t e College, Ν. Μ., will broadcast a lecture by Prof. Botkin on "Some Features of the Prize Essay Contest." (Wave length 360 meters.)
Washington Society Appoints C o m m i t t e e Chemical Education
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T h e executive committee of t h e Chemical Society of Washing ton has authorized the appointment of a committee on chemical education. The functions of this committee will be: Ui ) To prepare a recommendation regarding the best procedure to organize the chemical teachers of Washington and vicinity. (/>) To discuss such plan with the executive committee and the local section of the American Chemical Society on No vember 13, t h e annual meeting of t h e Society. (ο To t a k e proper steps t o put the approved plan into effect. T h e committee consists of L. W. Mattern, McKinley High School. Chairman; James F. Norris, National Research Council; Charles K. Munroe, Bureau of Mines; G. L. Coyle. Georgetown University; Elizabeth R. Gatch, Central High School; Ν . Ε. Gordon, University of Maryland; and F r a n k Suter, Eastern High School.
No Paper Exposition until 1926 A change in the date of the annual meeting of the American Paper a n d Pulp Association conflicting with the building pro gram at t h e Grand Central Palace, New York, prevents holding the Paper Industries Exposition there, in February, 1025. No other building being available to accommodate the large and weighty exhibits of papcrmaking machinery, it becomes neces sary to defer holding the Third Paper Industries Exposition to 1920. In that year it is hoped that a big exposition truly worthy of t h e industry can b e held at the same time as the annual con vention.
Chemical Composition of Soil Colloids I n the past conceptions regarding the chemical composition of soil colloids have been largely based on inference. It is now coming t o be quite generally believed t h a t the inorganic col loidal material of the soil is mainly of a gel like nature, much like the artificial gels of silica, iron and alumina. T h e United vStates Department of Agriculture h a s published a new bulletin, Department Bulletin 1311, which deals with the composition of soil colloidal matter t h a t can be brought into a finely dis persed condition in water. T h e Chicago Section is planning a symposium JII factory-scale apparatus for the laboratory. Firms making apparatus of factory type which is small enough and inexpensive enough for an experimental run of a few gallons or twenty-five pounds are invited t o semi descriptions to Dr. H . C. Cooper, 2500 S. Dear born St., Chicago.
