EDITORIALS 



WILLIAM J. GIES 



The January issue of the Biochemical Bulletin presented, 

 at page 59, the first announcement of the Kronecker Biochemical 

 Kronecker Prize for the " encouragement of biochemical 

 Biochemical Prize research and the improvement of biochemical 

 literature." In that announcement it was stated that " it will be 

 impossible suitably to award the Kronecker Biochemical Prize 

 before its existence is widely known "; also that " plans for the 

 execution of the donor's purpose will be developed at an early date 

 and announced in the next few issues of the Biochemical 

 Bulletin." 



In Order that the first award of the Kronecker Biochemical 

 Prize m.ay be made under appropriate circumstances, it has been 

 decided that the contents of the second half of the present volume 

 (V — July to December, 1916, inclusive) and of the whole of the 

 succeeding volume (VI — 1917) shall constitute the series of papers 

 f rom which the most meritorious contribution will be selected for the 

 initial bestowal of the prize; but that, beginning with volume VII 

 (1918), the prize shall be awarded annually to the author of the 

 most meritorious contribution in each successive volume of the 

 Biochemical Bulletin, in accord with the conditions of the gift. 



The method by which all subscribers for the Biochemical Bul- 

 letin may participate in the selection of the contributions to which 

 the successive prizes shall be awarded will be published, in the near 

 future, in the editorial section of this Journal. The details of this 

 method will also be more formally announced, by letter, to each and 

 all directly concerned in the execution of the plan. 



Beginning with this issue, items of biochemical interest pertain- 



ing to various scientific societies will be regularly assembled in a 



„ , separate section, under the general heading: 



Two ncw i63.tur6s 

 in our editorial " Associatiotts and societies." It is believed that 



pohcy ^}^jg pj^j^ q£ coördinated presentation will greatly 



facilitate reference to the main facts of biochemical interest in the 

 proceedings of the scientific societies to be included in the plan. A 



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