December 15, 19i2] 



SCIENCE 



681 



Be it resolved, By the board of trustees of the 

 University of Wyoming that we appreciate more 

 fully than we can express his splendid loyalty 

 and labors; that we extend to him our sincere 

 wishes for a continued pleasant relationship upon 

 his return to his former position as professor of 

 botany; that we bespeak for him and Mre. 

 Nelson a long and happy life and all the joy and 

 satisfaction which come from real aerrice and the 

 knowledge of a duty well done. 



Besolved, That tliis expression of our good will 

 be made a part of the permanent records of this 

 board, and a copy thereof be trajismitited to Dr. 

 Nelson. 



W. C. Deming, 

 President, the Hoard of Trustees 



THE INDUSTRIAL DIVISION OF THE 

 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



In order that more time can be given to the 

 presentation and disoussix)n of papers delivered 

 before the Industrial Division, Aanerioan 

 Chemical Society, it has been decided to ask 

 all who plan to give papers before this division 

 to submit completed manuscripts 'iiiot later than 

 March first to the secretary of the division. 

 The manuscripts will then be senit to reviewers 

 in a similar manner as contributed articles now 

 submitted to any of the journals of the Amer- 

 ican Chemical Society. Upon favoraible reeom- 

 . mendation of the reviewers and the ofQeers of 

 the division, the papers will be included in the 

 final program of the division. 



It has been keenly felt for some time that 

 something must be done to raise the standard 

 of some of the papers which have been given 

 before the division. No dou'bt the new method 

 will reduce the number of papers to be pre- 

 sented at any one meeting, but it is felt that a 

 few genuinely good papers followed by a suf- 

 ficient time for discussion will be what most 

 chemists desire. Ait Pittsburgh there were so . 

 many papers on the program that a time limit 

 of seven minutes was allotted with three min- 

 utes for discussion. This time proved to be so 

 short that a speaker eoukl not present the 

 paper in the best manner possible, and the 

 period for discussion was so short thaA there 

 was practically no attempt on the part of mem- 

 bers to discuss the subject. 



Since the spring meeting occurs at New 

 Haven from AprU 3 to 7, inclusive, it is neces- 

 sary for members of the American Chemical 

 Society who ai-e planning to present papers 

 before the industrial division to send their 

 papers on or before March 1 to the secretary 

 of the division. 



Erle M. Billings, 

 Industrial Division, Secretary 



American Chemical Society, 

 Kodak Park, Rochester, N. Y. 



THE UNION OF AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETIES 



The most important business before many of 

 the societies concerned at the Christmas meet- 

 ings is the consideration of the proposed or- 

 ganization of the Union of American Biological 

 Societies.! 



That there is strength in union has long been 

 believed. The practical questions before the 

 biologists of the country are two: first, is it 

 possible to achieve effective union in the diver- 

 sity of biological interests; second, is the pro- 

 posed Union of American Biological Societies 

 a sufficiently well thought out plan of organiza- 

 tion to give fair promise of effectiveness? 



The answer to the first question -would seem 

 to be a clear and obvious "Yes." More di- 

 verse groups have already shown that they can 

 by union achieve cohesiveness and power. The 

 unlbroken record of history, from the time when 

 Benjamin Pranlvlin said, "We must hang to- 

 gether or we will hang separately," to the 

 present, from .the first pooling of the common 

 interests of unlike individuals to the Standard 

 Oil Company and the American Chemical So- 

 ciety gives testimony to the real effectiveness 

 and power of united effort. 



As to the second question, that can only be 

 answered after a study of the plan of organiza- 



1 The original name was the Federation of 

 American Biologial Societies. The word Federa- 

 tion in the Constitution has been changed by vote 

 of the temporary executive committee to Union 

 because of the confusion that some have thought 

 would be caused by the similarity of the first 

 provisional name to that of a small group of so- 

 cieties already organized. 



