April 2, 1920] 



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of synthetic pharmaceuticals, alkaloids, and 

 anaesthetics. St. Louis possesses all the vinits 

 of a balanced, self-sufficient chemical industry. 

 It is a center for ceramics, glass, paint, lead 

 and zinc manufacture. The following exciir- 

 sions are planned: Laclede By-Products Coke 

 Plant; Monsanto Chemical Works, East St. 

 Louis plant; Laclede-Christy Clay Products 

 plant; Standard Oil Refinery, Wood Eiver, 

 111. ; and Illinois Glass Company, Alton, 111. 

 The general program is as follows: 



Tuesday, April 13 

 10 A.M. — General meeting, Hotel Statler. 



Address of welcome, Honorable Henry W. 

 Kiel, mayor of St. Louis. 



Eesponse, Dr. W. A. Noyes, president, 

 Ameriean Chemical Society. 



Address, Honorable E. P. Costigan, tariff 

 commissioner, ' ' Chemical industry and 

 legislation. ' ' 



Address, Dr. Chas. H. Herty, editor, ' ' Vic- 

 tory and its responsibilities." 

 2 P.M. — Hotel Statler, general meeting. 



J. H. Hadebrand, "The prediction of 

 solubility. ' ' 



Victor Lenlier, ' ' Selenium oxychloride a 

 neglected inorganic solvent." 



E. T. Wherry, "Studying plant distribu- 

 tion with hydrogen ion indicators. ' ' 



Three additional general papers to be an- 

 nounced. 

 8 P.M. — Missouri Athletic Association. Smoker 



for men. 



8 P.M. — Theater party for ladi^. 



Wednesday, April 14 



9 A.M. — Hotel Statler, divisional m.eetuigs. 



2 P.M. — Excursions to L/aclede Gas Works, Mon- 

 santo Chemical Works, East St. Louis 

 plant, and Laclede-Christy Clay Prod- 

 ucts plant. Automobile tour for ladies 

 to parks, Art Museum, Washington Uni- 

 versity, Missouri Botanical Garden and 

 tea at Bevo Mill. 



8 P.M. — Central High School. Public address. 



Speaker and subject will appear in final 

 program. 



Thursday, April 15 



9 A.M. — Hotel Statler, divisional meetings. 

 2 P.M.- — ^Hotel Statler, divisional meetings. 

 8 P.M. — Hotel St?atler, subscription banquet. 



Friday, April 16 

 9 A.M. — Excursion to Standard OU Refinery, Wood 

 Eiver, HI., and Illinois Glass Company, 

 Alton, 111. 



The Division of Industrial and Engineering 

 Chemistry will hold a symposium on Cellulose 

 Chemistry, this symposium having been or- 

 ganized by Mr. Jasper E. Crane, and will de- 

 vote the remainder of its program to general 

 papers. 



A Section of Leather Chemistry has been 

 authorized to establish a forum for the discus- 

 sion of the chemistry of leather manufacture 

 and other closely allied industries. 



A Section of Sugar Chemistry will also 

 meet for the first time in St. Louis, under the 

 chairmanship of C. A. Browne, with Frederick 

 J. Bates, of the Bureau of Standards, as secre- 

 tary. 



The Division of Physical and Inorganic 

 Chemistry will give a half day to a " Colloid 

 Symposium." 



Papers are promised by Col. W. D. Ban- 

 croft, Albert V. Bleininger, Martin H. Fischer, 

 and John Arthur Wilson. 



Members who are to read papers having a 

 popular appeal are requested to send synopses 

 of them for the use of the A. C. S. ISTews Serv- 

 ice, care of American Chemical Society, 35 E. 

 Forty-first St., New York City. A short 

 abstract (about 100 words) should be sent 

 with the title of papers or handed to the secre- 

 tary of the division at the time of presenta- 

 tion, so that it may appear in Science. 



The final program will be sent about April 

 5 to all members signifying their intention of 

 attending the meeting, to the secretaries of 

 sections, to the coimcil, to members of the 

 St. Louis and University of Missouri Sections. 

 Charles L. Parsons, 



Secretary 



THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE 



Secretary Meredith has selected Colonel 

 W. B. Greeley, assistant forester in the Forest 

 Service, for chief forester to succeed Colonel 

 Henry S. Graves, on the latter's retirement on 

 May 1. Colonel Greeley is a graduate of the 

 University of California and the Yale Forest 



