iQisl Columbia University Biochemical Association 455 



/. H. Northrup, H. H. Plough, George Scatchard, A. P. Tanberg, 

 J. R. Tuttle. 



Soc. Exp. Biol. and Med. : George M. Baehr, D. J. Edwards. 

 Miscellaneous items. In his capacity as sec'y of the Assoc. of 

 Off. Agric. ehem., Dr. C. L. Aisberg is a member of the ed. commit. 

 of the newly founded Journal of that Assoc. 



Dr. Geo. D. Beal is one of the members of the ed. board of The 

 Register of Phi Lambda Upsilon; also of The Illinois Chemist. 

 Dr. G. Delgado Palacios, prof. of pathol. ehem., Univ. of 

 Caracas and member of the Venezuelan Acad. of Med., is a visitor 

 in this country and temporarily engaged here in chemical work. 

 Address : ii8 East ii6th St., N. Y. City. See page 278. 



The Texas Public Health Assoc. has appointed Dr. L. B. Bibb, 

 of Austin, to secure the Cooperation of other agencies in the State 

 to undertake a thorough experimental investigation of the value of 

 cottonseed meal as human food. Miss Anna E. Richardson, of the 

 Domestic Economy Dep't, Univ. of Texas, has been appointed a 

 member of this Commit., and, with the Cooperation of Miss Helen 

 S. Green, has undertaken to investigate the nutritive value of cot- 

 tonseed meal. The work is being carried on by metabolism experi- 

 ments and extensive feeding of small animals. 



Dr. F. C. Phillips, emer. prof. of ehem., Univ. of Pittsburgh, was 

 recently the guest of his pupils at a testimonial dinner, in Pittsburgh, 

 when he was presented by them with a gift of $1,000. The move- 

 ment that culminated in this cordial expression of affection for Prof. 

 Phillips was inaugurated by Dr. Jacob Rosenbloom during his term 

 of ofifice in the Columbia Biochem. Dep't. 



The directors of the Retail Drygoöds Assoc. of N. Y. City have 

 voted to establish a Commit. on Health and Sanitation, to coöperate 

 with the N. Y. Dep't of Health in protecting the health of the 

 50,000 employees of the retail drygoöds Stores in N. Y. City. The 

 owners of large department Stores are planning to secure and main- 

 tain the best working conditions for those in their employ. The 

 Bur. of Public-Health Educ, under the direction of Dr. C. F. 

 Bolduan, will establish a course of lectures and a publicity campaign 

 for the purpose of teaching employees how to be sanitary and 

 healthy. 



