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excursions, is assured. It is expected that two 

 thousand members will be present. The Na- 

 tional Exposition of Chemical Industries 

 meets in New York, September 11 to 16, and 

 members can readily go from Pittsburgh to 

 New York for this meeting. 



Following the meeting of the council on 

 September 4, the general program is: 



Tuesday, September 5 

 9:00 a.m. — Eegistration and reception of mem- 

 bers and guests at Carnegie Music Hall. 

 10:30 a.m. — General meeting, Carnegie Music 

 Hall. 

 Address of welcome. 

 Eesponse, Edgar F. Smith, president of the 



American Chemical Society. 

 General addresses, including the following: 



1. J. H. James: "Pittsburgh as an industrial 

 center : historical and industrial. ' ' 



2. W. F. Eittman: "Pittsburgh as an indus- 

 trial center : finance and transportation. ' ' 



2:00 p.m. — General meeting, Carnegie Music 

 Hall. Special addresses will be given, of 

 which the following are part: . 



1. Thos. Midgley, Jr., and T. A. Boyd: "The 

 chemical control of gaseous detonation with 

 particular reference to the internal combus- 

 tion engine. ' ' (Illustrated by experiments 

 and slides). (One hour). Discussion later 

 in Industrial Division. 



2. E. J. Crane: "The journal literature of 

 chemistry. ' ' 



3. Wilder D. Bancroft:" Structural colors in 

 feathers. ' ' 



2:00 p.m. — ^Ladies' trip to Country Club. 



8:15 p.m. — Smoker at Syria Mosque. Special 

 features. 



8:15 pm. — Drama school play for ladies, Carne- 

 gie Institute of Technology. 



Wednesday, September 6 



9:30 a.m. — Divisional and sectional meetings, 

 Carnegie Institute of Technology. 



10:00 a.m. — The ladies will go to the Heinz Fac- 

 tory and lunch there. 



2:00 p.m. — Divisional and sectional meetings, 

 Carnegie Institute of Technology. 



4:00 p.m. — There will be a musicale for the 

 ladies in the afternoon at the Twentieth Cen- 

 tury Club. 



8:15 p.m. — Public meeting, Carnegie Music Hall. 



Eeception by the president and members. 



Thursday, September 7 



9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. — Divisional and sectional 



meetings at the Carnegie Institute of Tech- 

 nology. 

 5:00 p.m. — Garden party and supper and social 

 evening with music and dancing at the Uni- 

 versity of Pittsburgh Faculty Club (Oak 

 Manor), Fifth Avenue and Atwood Street. 

 Friday and Saturday, September 8 and 9 

 Excursions to industrial plants, etc. 



All divisions and sections, as enumerated 

 below, will meet. All divisions and sections 

 will have two full days at their disposal if 

 needed. 



The Division of Industrial and Engineering 

 Chemistry will include in its program on Wednes- 

 day morning a symposium on "Automatic 

 process control. ' ' The chairman, L. W. Parsons, 

 has arranged with various authorities to present 

 papers, many being illustrated, bearing upon the 

 fundamental and practical aspects of the subject. 



The Water, Sewage and Sanitation Division 

 will discuss the specifications for lime for water 

 treatment, as a feature of the meeting. 



The Biological and the Agricultural and Food 

 Chemistry Divisions will hold a joint symposium 

 on the subject of ' ' Fatty foods, ' ' with Dr. 

 David Wesson as chairman. Papers dealing with 

 the preparation, purification, digestibility, adul- 

 teration, etc., of various fatty goods are solicited 

 for this symposium. Vitamin papers will be 

 included. 



The Eubber Division is planning for the 

 largest meeting in its history, as Pittsburgh is 

 situated near the center of the rubber industry. 



The Leather Division has prospects of a very 

 large meeting at Pittsburgh. A symposium on 

 gelatin and colagen will be a feature of the 

 meeting. 



The Dye Division is arranging a symposium on 

 ' ' The chemistry of the application of dyes. ' ' 



The Division of Physical and Inorganic Chem- 

 istry will hold a symposium on ' ' Eecent advances 

 in applied coUoid chemistry," in cooperation with 

 the colloid committee of the National Eesearch 

 Council. 



The Petroleum Section hopes to perfect its 

 divisional organization at this meeting, and will 

 hold a short symposium on ' ' Lubrication from 

 the chemists ' viewpoint. ' ' 



A Gas and Fuel Section will hold its initial 

 meeting at Pittsburgh, with A. C. Pieldner as 

 chairman. Several authorities have already 

 agreed to present papers. A symposium on 

 ' ' Combustion ' ' will be held Wednesdav after- 



