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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXIX. No. 738 



of President M. T. Bogert of the American Cliem- 

 ical Society on " The Function of Chemistry in 

 the Conservation of our Natural Resources," and 

 of H. P. Talbot, vice-president of Section C of 

 the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, on " Science Teaching as a Career." 



Over one hundred and sixty papers were an- 

 nounced and read before the nine different sec- 

 tions into which the meeting was divided. Many 

 of these papers were of far-reaching interest and 

 the sections were fully attended. It is probable 

 that no one of the sections was more enthusiastic 

 than the recently organized Division of Industrial 

 Chemists and Chemical Engineers, which was in 

 session on four separate days and whose meetings 

 were unusually enthusiastic. The paper of E. Q. 

 Bailey, on " Accuracy in Sampling Coal," proved 

 of such great interest to the members that the 

 discussion was allowed to continue for over two 

 hours and the paper of W. H. Walker, describing 

 a new method of quickly finding imperfectly cov- 

 ered spots on tin plate, aroused almost equal dis- 

 cussion and interest among the chemists present. 



The Section of Physical and Inorganic Chem- 

 istry, the Section of Agricultural and Food Chem- 

 istry, the Section of Organic Chemistry and the 

 Section of Fertilizer Chemistry having petitioned 

 the council for permission to organize as divisions 

 of the American Chemical Society the following 

 divisions were authorized and have organized and 

 elected officers : Division of Physical and Inorganic 

 Chemistry, Division of Agricultural and Food 

 Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry, Divi- 

 sion of Fertilizer Chemistry. 



Charles L. Paksons, 



Secretary 



TEE THIRTY-NINTH GENERAL MEETING 

 OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



AND THE MEETING OF SECTION C OF 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 



THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



The thirty-ninth general meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Chemical Society and Section C of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Science 

 was held at the Woman's College in Baltimore 

 from Tuesday, December 29, to Friday, January 

 1, 1908-9. 



On Tuesday morning Section C was organized 

 and this was followed by the opening session of 

 the American Chemical Society. After the gen- 

 eral meeting in the afternoon the following ad- 

 dresses were given before the Section of Chemical 

 Education : 



The Efficiency and Deficiencies of the College- 

 trained Chemist when Tested in the Technical 

 Field: William H. Nichols. 



To what Extent should College Training Confer 

 Practical Efficiency along Technical Lines: 

 Louis M. Dennis. 



The Attitude of Technical Institutions to Post- 

 graduate Study: William; McMueteie. 

 This section was well attended and the greater 



part of the afternoon was spent in the discussion 



of the papers. 



On Tuesday evening a complimentary smoker 



was given at the Belvedere Hotel by the Baltimore 



Section of the society. The smoker was preceded 



by an illustrated lecture on the " Lumiere Process 



of Color Photography," by William Simon. 

 On Wednesday afternoon excursions were made 



through the Naval Academy at Annapolis ; through 



Sharp and Dohme's drug factory, and also the 



Baltimore breweries. 



On Thursday evening a subscription dinner waa 



given at the Belvedere Hotel. This proved to be 



one of the most pleasant events of the meeting. 

 On Friday afternoon an excursion was made 



through the Maryland Steel Works. 



On Saturday many of the chemists visited the 



Bureau of Standards and Geophysical and other 



laboratories in Washington. 



The following addresses were given before the 



general assembly: 



The Function of Chemistry in the Conservation 

 of our Natural Resources: President M. T. 



BOGEET. 



The Vntilled Fields of Chemistry: A. D. Littlb. 

 The Use and Abuse of the Ionic Theory: Gilbebt 



N. Lewis. 

 Science Teaching as a Career: H. P. Talbot. 

 The Work of Werner on the Constitution of Inr 



organic. Compounds : Chas. H. Heett. 

 The Future of Agricultural Chemistry: H. J. 



Wheelee. 

 The Quantitative Study of Organic Reactions: 



S. F. ACBEE. 



The Classification of Carbon Compounds: Edwaed 



Kremees. 



The following papers were reported before the 

 various sections: 



AGRICULTIJEAL AND FOOD OHEMISTET 



H. J. Wheeler, chairman 

 Analyses of Milk Products: Edward Gijdeman. 



This paper gives comparison of results obtained 

 in the determination of fat, using the standard 

 or official methods and a new method for fat 



