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lowing committees was announced: Programs: ]. C. Hostetter, W. M. 

 Clark, F. F. Fitzgerald, L. J. Gillespie, C. O. Johns, G. A. Rankin, 



E. R. Weaver, R. C. Wells, L. E. Wise; Entertainment: F. F. Fitzgerald, 



F. R. V. BicHowsKY, P. J. DoNK, A. M. Heinzelman, H. a. Lepper, J. H. 

 Shrader. 



The 287th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on February 13, 1919. 

 Lieut. Col. A. H. White lectured on The present status of the nitrate industry 

 in the Inited States. 



The 2S8th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on February 27, 1919. 

 Dr. John Johnston lectured on The National Research Council. A general 

 discussion followed on the proposed plans of the Society for compendia of 

 chemical and physical constants and for technologic and scientific mono- 

 grams. 



The 289th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on March 13, 1919. 

 Col. A. B. L.'VMB lectured on Chemical protection against poisonous gases. 



The 290th meeting was held jointly with the Washington Academy of 

 vSciences at the Cosmos Club, on March 27, 1919. Dr. Arthur L. Day 

 lectured on Optical glass. An abstract of the lecture has been published in 

 the Journal of the Academy.'' 



The 291st meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on April 1.5, 1919, and 

 was devoted to reports on the general meeting of the Society at BufiFalo, 

 New York, April 7-10, 1919. 



The 292d meeting was held at the Bureau of vStandards on April 24, 1919, 

 and was preceded by a dinner served at the dining-room in the West Build- 

 ing. Dr. W. F. Hillebrand described the plans and construction of the 

 new Chemistry Building of the Bureau. The, remainder of the evening was 

 devoted to an inspection of the building and apparatus. 



The 293d meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on May 8, 1919. Program : 

 Charles L. Parsons: The oxidation of ammonia. AllErton vS. Cush- 

 man: 7 he chemistry of military primers. 



The 294th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on May 22, 1919. Pro- 

 gram: H. D. Gibes: The work of the color laboratory of the Bureau of 

 Chemistry. K. P. Monroe: 7 he commercial preparation and some of the 

 commercial applications of the enzyme invertase. 



The 295th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club October 9, 1919. Pro- 

 gram: E. K. Nelson: Vanillyl acyl amides. A. J. Finks: Growth ex- 

 periments with the proteins of the navy bean. L. I/. Steele and F. M. Wash- 

 burn: A new hexabromide method for linseed oil. W. M. Clark and F. F. 

 ZollER: Manufacture of commercial casein. 



The 29Gth meeting^ was held at the Cosmos Club on October 23, 1919. 

 Program: R. E. Rose, of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company: The 

 status and prospects of the dye indtistry in the United States. 



The 297th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club on November 13, 1919. 

 Program: E- T. Wherry: Crystallography in the service of the chemist. 



E. T. Allen: A new method for the study of fumaroles. 



Officers for 1920 were elected, as follows: President, C. O. Johns; Sec- 

 retary, E. C. McKelvy; Treasurer, F. P. Dewey; Members of Council, 

 American Chemical Society, W. D. Collins, F. B. Power, A. vSeidell, F. 

 W. Smither, R. B. Sosman; Members Executive Committee,"!^. H. Adams, 



F. C. Cook, P. B. Dunbar, M. J. Ingle, W. W. Skinner, R. C. Wells. 



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