5i8 Biochemical News, Notes and Comment [Mar. 



Professor Gies has been complimented by numerous newspaper 

 nominations for the position in the Bureau of Chemistry made 

 vacant by Dr. Wiley's resignation (pages 391 and 523) and by 

 hearty endorsements for it from many colleagues. To us in the de- 

 partment, Professor Gies promptly made it evident that he is not a 

 candidate for the position and has no desire to leave Columbia. 



Messrs. Smith and Rose, of the staff, and M. L. Plamhn, John 

 L. Kantor, C. A. Mathewson, E. C. Stone and Harold E. Wood- 

 ward, advanced students in the department, were recently elected to 

 membership in the Columbia chapter of Sigma Xi. 



Mr. Smith was lately elected a member of the Columbia (Gamma) 

 chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon. Professor Gies was one of the 

 Speakers at the chapter's annual dinner (April i). 



Dr. Max Kahn, who is about to complete the requirements for 

 the Ph.D. degree, has been appointed director of the biochemical 

 and clinical laboratories of the Beth Israel Hospital, New York 

 City. 



Coiirses in mttrition (physiological and pathological chemistry) 

 will be conducted in the biochemical laboratories at the College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons and Teachers College during the summer 

 Session by Professor Gies with the Cooperation of Drs. Emily C. 

 Seaman and Clayton S. Smith. The laborat ory will be open all 

 summer for research. 



