Apeil 8, 1921] 



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The following are tie addresses of the 

 divisional and sectional secret.aries. 

 Divisions: 



Agricultural and Food Chemistry: T. J. Bryan, 



4100 PJlmore Street, Chicago, III. 

 Biological Chemistry: H. B. Lewis, University 



of Illinois, Urbana, lU. 

 Dye Chemisitry: E. Norris Sireve, 43 Fifth 



Avenue, New York, N. Y. 

 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry: H. E 



Howe, 1701 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 



Washington, D. C. 

 Organic Chemistry: H. T. Clarke, Kodak Park, 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Chemistry of Medicinal Products: Edgar B, 



Carter, 2615 Ashland Avemue, IndianapoUs, 



Ind. 

 Physical and Inorganic Chemistry: S. E. Shep' 



pard, 83 Grorsline Street, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Eubtier Chemistry: Arnold H. Smith, Thermoid 



Rubber Company, Trenton, N. J. 

 Water Sewage and Sanitation Chemistry: W. W. 



Skinner, Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, 



D. C. 

 Sections : 



Sugar Chemistry: Frederick J. Bates, Bureau of 



Standards, Washington, D. C. 

 Cellulose Chemistry: G. J. Esselen, Jr., 248 



Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 

 Petroleum Chemistry: W. A. Gruse, Mellon In- 

 stitute, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 The final program will be sent about April 20 

 to the secretaries of sections, to the council, to 

 members of the Rochester Section, and to all mem- 

 bers making special request. 



Charles L. Parsons, 

 Secretary 



THE HERTER LECTURESHIP 



In ISTovember, 1902, Dr. and Mrs. Christian 

 A. Herter, of New Tork, gave to the Johns 

 Hopkins University the sum of $25,000 "for 

 the formation of a memorial lectureship 

 designed to promote a more intimate knowl- 

 edge of the researches of foreign investi- 

 gators in the realm, of medical science." 

 According to the terms of the gift, some emi- 

 nent worker in physiology or pathology is to 

 be asked each year to deliver a lecture at the 

 Johns Hopkins University upon a subject 

 with which he has been identified. 



The selection of the lecturer is made by a 

 committee representing the departments of 

 pathology, physiological chemistry, and clin- 

 ical medicine, and if • " in the judgment of 

 the committee it should ultimately appear 

 desirable to open the proposed lectureship to 

 leaders in medical research in this country 

 there should be no bar to so doing." The 

 committee consists of 'Drs. MacCallum, Abel 

 and Thayer. 



The trustees of the Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity announce that the twelfth course of 

 lectures on this foundation will be given by 

 Dr. Frederick Gowland Hopkins, F.R.S., 

 professor of bio-chemistry and director of the 

 bio-chemical laboratory, Cambridge Univer- 

 sity. The lectures will be given in the Johns 

 Hopkins Hospital, at 4.30 p.m. on April 12, 

 13 and 14, the subjects being: (1) " Oxidation 

 and reduction mechanisms in living tissues," 

 (2) " The function of oxygen in muscular 

 activity," and (3) " The outlook in nutri- 

 tional studies: an appraisement." 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Dr. Albert Einstein, of the University of 

 Berlin, arrived in the United States on April 

 2, coming in order to advance the Zionist 

 movement, and the establishment of a Uni- 

 versity at Jerusalem. Dr. Einstein was ac- 

 companied by three other delegates, including 

 Professor Charles Weizmann, who was head 

 of the British Admiralty Chemical Labora- 

 tories during the war. There will be a 

 Zionist meeting at the Metropolitan Opera 

 House on April 10. Dr. Einstein's arrival 

 was unexpected and no announcements have 

 been made of scientific lectures. 



The Albert medal of the Eoyal Society of 

 Arts was presented on March 14 to Professor 

 Albert Michelson, for his discovery of a nat- 

 ural constant which has provided a basis for a 

 standard of length. The award was made 

 last year, but the actual presentation was 

 deferred until Professor Michelson could go 

 to England to receive it. 



David Charles Davies has been appointed 

 director of the Field Museum, Chicago, to 



