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York, and F. B. Mumford, of Missouri. For 

 the various sections the officers are as follows : 

 Agriculture, Dean Mumford, chairman; "W. F. 

 Handschin, of Illinois, vice chairman, and 

 W. H. Chandler, of New York, secretary; 

 engineering, 0. E. Richards, of Illinois, chair- 

 man, and R. L. Sackett, of Pennsylvania, sec- 

 retary ; and home economics, Edna L. Skinner, 

 of Massachusetts, chairman, and Mildred 

 Wiegley of Minnesota, secretary. For the 

 three subsections of the section of agriculture, 

 E. L. "Watts, of Pennsylvania and C. D. 

 Jarvis, of the U. S. Bureau of Education were 

 chosen chairman and secretary, respectively, 

 in resident teaching; F. S. Harris, of Utah 

 and T. P. Cooper, of Kentucky, chairman and 

 secretary in experiment station work; and 

 H. J. Baker, of Connecticut and J. A. Wil- 

 son, of Oklahoma in extension work. 



Under the auspices of the American Oph- 

 thalmological Society, the Ophthalmic Section 

 of the American Medical Association, and the 

 Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngol- 

 ogj, an International Congress of Ophthalmol- 

 ogy will be held in Washington, D. C, April 

 18-22, 1922. The officers of the temporary 

 orgianization are as follows: President, Dr. 

 George E. de Schweinitz, Philadelphia; Vice- 

 president, Dr. Edward Jackson, Denver; Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, Dr. Luther C. Peter, 

 Philadelphia; Chairman of Committee on Or- 

 ganization, Dr. Edward C. Ellett, Memphis, 

 Tenn. ; on Scientific Progress, Dr. Edward 

 Jackson, Denver; on Finances, Dr. Lee M. 

 Francis, Buffalo; on Arrangements, Dr. Wil- 

 liam H. Wilmer, Washington, D. C, and on 

 Membership and Credentials, Dr. Walter E. 

 Parker, Detroit. 



The Experiment Station Record reports that 

 plans are under way for a laboratory building 

 for chemical, bacteriological and other re- 

 search work of the Netherlands Institute of 

 Animal Nutrition, and it is hoped to complete 

 .the structure in about two years. An annex 

 to the laboratory is being built for immediate 

 occupancy. This is a one-story structure 

 about IIY by 62 ft., with basement and attic, 

 and will be known as the vitamin laboratory. 

 The main floor contains several offices and 



lalboratori«s, but consists largely of quarters 

 for mice, rats, monkeys, rabbits, fowls and 

 guinea pigs. Special facilities are to be pro- 

 vided for keeping many of the animals in open 

 warrens during the day, for disinfecting cages, 

 and otherwise maintaining the best of hygienic 

 conditions. The library is on the attic floor 

 where considerable storage space is also avail- 

 able. 



The Association of British Chemical Manu- 

 facturers, as reported in the British Medical 

 Journal, is circulating a memorandum on the 

 present position of the fine chemical industry. 

 The facts and arguments are on similar lines 

 to those in the pamphlet issued from the So- 

 ciety of Chemical Industry. It is stated that 

 British chemists, as a result of the stimulus 

 imparted by the war, have brought the manu- 

 facture of the chemicals used in research and 

 in photography, and of certain synthetic per- 

 fumes and' essences, to the verge of commer- 

 cial success, while the manufacture of drugs 

 has made immense strides, and would have 

 made greater had not the Order in Council 

 prohibiting the importation of drugs been set 

 aside by the Sankey judgment. The hope is 

 expressed that the Key Industries Bill, which 

 has been promised as a government measure 

 of the new session, may do for fine chemicals 

 what has already been done for dyestuffs by 

 the act recently passed; that is to say, that 

 some protection may be granted to the manu- 

 facturers of fine chemioalg until they have 

 consolidated a position which has been hardly 

 won and which is still precarious. The inse- 

 curity arises from the fact that there are cir- 

 cumstances, including the great priority of 

 organization, and also the present state of the 

 exchanges, which favor the German laborator- 

 ies. The national importance of this industry 

 in peace and war is pointed out, and it is also 

 stated that, excluding coal-mining, the flne 

 chemical industry yields the highest net value 

 of output per person employed. 



As a result of the recommendations of the 

 Wisconsin Chapter of the American Engineer- 

 ing Society, a bill has been introduced in the 

 L^islature of Wisconsin providing for the 

 registration of engineers, chemists, metallur- 



