OCTOBEB 29, 190n] 



SCIENCE 



589 



During the year President Whitney has 

 visited a large number of the local sections of 

 the society and increased their enthusiasm by 

 the spirit he has shown. 



The Baltimore meeting was the largest ever 

 held in the history of the society and the 

 Detroit summer meeting, while smaller in 

 numbers than the winter meeting, which is 

 always the case, had the largest attendance of 

 any meeting ever held by the society in the 

 summer. Both meetings were thoroughly en- 

 joyed by the members present. 



The policy of organizing the society in divi- 

 sions, begun in 1908, has been continued dur- 

 ing the present year and the Divisions of 

 Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Fertilizer 

 Chemistry, Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 

 Organic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chem- 

 istry have been established and their work is 

 daily growing in importance. Members who 

 have not identified themselves with those divi- 

 sions in which they are especially interested 

 should do so at once by dropping a postal card 

 to the secretary of the division. 



It is hoped that all members will make a 

 special eSort to be present at the Boston meet- 

 ing. Too few of our members, realize the 

 inestimable benefit to the individual and the 

 profession which may be gained by regular 

 attendance at the general meetings of the 

 society. A member who is not thoroughly 

 acquainted may feel a little strange at the 

 first meeting which he attends, but he is sure 

 to make many friends and get much informa- 

 tion, and if he attends two meetings in suc- 

 cession begins to feel so thoroughly at home 

 that he is almost always seen thereafter. 

 Those who have once realized the great advan- 

 tage of being present seldom fail to attend if 

 possible. 



Local sections have been established during 

 the year at Milwaukee, Wis. ; Cleveland, Ohio ; 

 Seattle, Wash., and Columbia, Mo. The local 

 sections have, with one or two possible excep- 

 tions, fully met the spirit which pervades the 

 whole society of due economy in their local 

 expenses in order that the funds of the society 

 may be utilized to meet the great cost of our 

 publications, for most of the members realize 

 fully that the society is expending a much 



larger proportion of its income upon its pub- 

 lications than any other unendowed society 

 in the world. Every member secures the bene- 

 fit of any sacrifice he may make in his local 

 section by the increased good which results 

 to the whole society therefrom. Some of the 

 sections have again this year entirely met 

 their own expenses while others have been run 

 at a minimum cost. 



Members will be interested to know that our 

 oflScial delegate to the World's Congress of 

 Chemists in Loudon, Dr. W. H. Nichols, was 

 elected acting president of the World's Con- 

 gress of Chemists to be held in the United 

 States in 1912 and that our honorary member. 

 Dr. E. W. Morley, was elected honorary presi- 

 dent. 



Official Insignia or Pin 



Members will be interested to note that an 

 official insignia or pin for the society was 

 adopted at the Detroit meeting. This badge 

 may be obtained from Tiilany & Company, of 

 New Tork, in the form of a pin, button or 

 scarf pin, on order obtained by addressing the 

 secretary of the society. The pin is of four- 

 teen-carat gold and is one of the most at- 

 tractive emblems possessed by any of the 

 scientific societies of the country. It consists 

 of a square with one of the points forming the 

 top of the pin. The upper triangular half of 

 the square contains the figure of a phoenix 

 rising from the flames, typical of chemical 

 activity and of the new birth of substance 

 through the energy of chemical change. The 

 lower part of the square contains in gold the 

 letters A. C. S. and a small, unobtrusive Liebig 

 bulb on a background of enamel. 



Future of the American Chemical Society 

 The future success of the society and the 

 returns it can make to its members will, as 

 heretofore, depend largely upon the size of 

 that membership, as additional funds are re- 

 quired to continue and enlarge the work we 

 have undertaken. It may seem to some that 

 now we are the largest chemical society in the 

 world the effort for a continued increase in 

 membership is not warranted as it has been, 

 but there are still some three thousand chem- 

 ists and possibly more in the country who have 



