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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Mav 1, 1919. 



The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society/ 



ON April 7, 1919, ihe Council of the American Chemical So- 

 ciety, in meeting at Buffalo, New York, recognized the 

 efforts of American rubber chemists to promote the stand- 

 ard of scientific attainment in their industry, by permitting ilicm 

 to organize as a division of the American Chemical Society. 

 This is the first industry which has been thus honored, the 

 yiher divisions being confined to the various branches of chem- 

 ical science. With this recognition, there comes the obligation 

 on the part of the rubber chemists to co-operate to the fullest 

 extent in raising the standard of their work, so that in the future 

 the industry may serve the public to a greater extent than it has 

 in the past. It means that the rubber chemist must have a 

 broader vision than ever before, to develop this industry to 

 the place it deserves in the' commerce of the country. The first 

 meeting of the Rubber Division will take place in September of 

 this year at Philadelphia during the meeting of the .\merican 

 Chemical Society. 



It is worth while to call attention to the difference between 

 the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society and the 

 position occupied by the old Rubber Section. It is essentially the 

 same group of men, but previously we had no authority to 

 choose who should lead the work of the rubber chemists, and 

 such organization as existed was from meeting to meeting only. 

 The supervision of the Section was entirely in the hands of the 

 president and secretary of the American Chemical Society. 

 Now, however, the rubber chemists have a permanent organiza- 

 tion, with officers and Executive Committee elected by them- 

 selves ; they may enroll their own members, and in general, act 

 as a permanent body. 



Membership in the Division is open to any member of 

 the American Chemical Society who will take the trouble 

 to write to the secretary and ask to be placed on the roll. 

 Every member of the American Chemical Society who is 

 interested in this work should, therefore, immediately send 

 this notice to the secretary, A. H. Smith, Bureau of Stand- 

 ards, Washington, D. C. The annual dues are placed at $1 a 

 j'ear to cover the cost of mailing notices and the general office 

 work of the secretary. Anyone who fails to send in his name 

 has no cause for complaint for not being notified of meetings. 

 advance notice of programs, etc. The officers of the Division 

 feel that at the first meeting in Philadelphia there should be at 

 least ISO rubber chemists to start the new division on its way. 



It should also be noted that only members of the American 

 Chemical Society have any voice in the affairs of the Rubber 

 Division. Those rubber chemists who have not yet joined the 

 American Chemical Society are urged to do it at once. It needs 

 little argument to show that an organization which has grown to 

 13,000 members is an organization to be encouraged and assisted 

 in every way possible. An American chemist who does not 

 belong to the Chemical Society is not fair to himself or to the 

 organization, and merely because the journals of the Society are 

 already accessible is no excuse for not joining. The dues of 

 the Chemical Society are $10 a year and include subscriptions 

 to the three journals published by the Society, viz.. "Journal of 

 the American Chemical Society," "Journal of Industrial and 

 Engineering Chemistry" and "Chemical Abstracts." 



BY-LAWS. 



The by-laws approved by the Council of the A 

 ical Society are given below : 



Article I. Membership. 



Membership in tlie Division shall be open to all members of the Am 

 Chemical Society and any member of the Society shall, upon requ 

 the secretary of the Division, be registered as a member of the Di' 



Section 1. 





Article II. Officers. 



lie officers of the Division shall be a chairman, a vice 



rding secretary and an executive committee. 



le chairman, vice-chairman and secretary shall be member 



Section 2. 

 of the Kxeci 



Section 3. The chairman of the Division shall 

 Executive Committee. 



Section 4. The Kxecutii 

 members of the Division an 

 of this Article. 



Section 5 At the first session of the Division coincident with the annual 

 meeting of the Society, and following the report of the secretary, the chair- 

 man sh.iU appoint, from the members present at the meeting, 



chairman of the 



uttee 





- -- officers for the „ ^ 



This committee shall present the list of nominations immediately preceding 

 the election of officers at the last session held during that annual meeting. 

 Section 6. All officers of the Division shall be elected annually by ballot 

 ■ ist session of the Division held during the annual meeting of the 

 ind shall take office at the close of the meeting at which they were 

 eiecea. They shall hold office for one year or until their successors are 

 elected. Voting by 



Section 7. the I 

 through death or resignation among officers of the Div 



Section 8. It shall be the duty of the chairman to represent the Division 

 in the Council of the Society, to preside at meetings of the Executive 

 Committee, to carry into effect the decisions and recommendations of that 

 committee, to jireside at stated meetings of the Division, and to report to 

 the Society at its regular meetings. 



Section 9. In the absence of the chairman, the duties of the office shall 

 devolve upon the vice-chairman. The vice-chairman shall be ex-officio 

 chairman of the Committee on Research Problems. 



Section 10. It shall be the duty of the recording secretary to keep a 

 record of the proceedings of the Division and of the Executive Committee, 

 to maintain a list of registered members, to send to registered members 

 such notices as the business of the Division may require, and to transmit 

 to the secretary of the Society the names of all the officers and standing 

 committees of the Division within three weeks of their appointment; and, 

 in like manner, to notity the secretary of the Society of any change of 

 officers or standing committees during the year. 



Section 11. The recording secretary shall be the custodian of the files 

 of the Division. He shall have charge of the funds of the Division and 

 shall make all disbursements, subject to the authorization of the Executive 

 Committee. He shall report to the Division at its annual meeting. 



Section 12. The Executive Comm.ittee shall conduct the business of the 

 Division and direct its activities. The Committee shall at each general 

 arly as may be, hold a meeting to consider 

 receive reports of its committees. The 

 oting majority of the Executive Committee shall be responsible for all 

 xpenditures which it may authorize, except so far as the action of the 

 ouncil shall pieviously have provided for such expenditures. 



Article III. Meetings. 



: shall be a meeting of the Division at each general meeting of the 

 Business affecting the organization of the Division shall be trans- 

 ily at the meeting coincident w-ith the annual meeting of the Society, 

 er of business shall be as follows; 



Reading of minutes. 



Report of Executive Committee. 



Report of committes and c 

 Reading of papers and disi 

 Miscellaneous business. 



Appointment of Nominating C 



Report of Nominating Committee. 



Election of officers. 



Unfinished business. 

 er of business of the i 

 nsent of three-fourths 



Article IV. Speci.\l Committees. 



shall with the advice and approval of the Exet 

 It from time to time standing committees of the Dii 



Article V. Publications. 



meeting of the Society, ; 

 the affairs of the Divi: 



Then 

 Society 



The on 



Committee appoi 

 to consider, coi 

 delegated to the 



The official organ of the Division shall be the "Journal of Industrial and 

 Engineering Chemistry." 



The Executive Committee may at its discretion provide for the issue of 

 other non-serial publications for distribution to registered members of the 

 Division or for sale. Such publications must be approved by the Council 

 of the American Chemical Society. 



Article VI. Assessments. 



The Executive Committee may at its discretion impose dues not to 

 exceed one dollar ($1) per year upon registered members of the Division, 

 sail! dues to be collected by the secretary, and the receipts therefrom to be 

 devoted to the purposes of the Division. 



Article VII. Amendments. 



These by-laws may be amended at 

 by a three-fifths vote of the registe 

 \Kecks' notice of the proposed amendment with the text thereof has be 

 sent to the registered members of the Division. Amendments to 

 effective must be approved by the Council and accepted by that body 

 with the constitution and by-laws of the Society. 



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