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Symposium on Mineral Wastes and their Conserva- 
tion, held before the Division of Industrial Chem- 
ists'‘and: Chemical Engineers on Friday. The fol- 
lowing papers were presented and the discussion 
was' ‘prolonged ‘throughout the day: 
J. A. Holmes: Carbon Waste. 
W. H. Bassett: (a) Zine Losses in Brass Manu- 
facture; (b) Need of Special Alloys for Special 
Uses.’ 
W. R. Whitney: New Uses to Reduce Abuses in 
Conservation. 
A. V. Bleininger: Wastes in the Ceramic In- 
dustry. 
A. D. Little: The Abuse of Brand. 
F. K. Cameron: Waste and Conservation of 
Potash and ‘Phosphoric Acid. 
F.\G. Cottrell: Sulphur Fumes and Flue Dust. 
Charles L. Parsons: Miscellaneous Mineral 
Wastes. 
| This program, together with the papers given, 
will be featured in the March Journal of Indus- 
trial-and Engineering Chemistry. 
The Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry held 
a Symposium on Drug Assaying on Friday morn- 
ing and on Friday afternoon a joint meeting of 
the Society of Biological Chemists was held with 
the biological chemists of the American Chemical 
Society, 
The secretary’s report showed an increase of 
members of over five hundred for the year, the 
society’s membership standing on December 1 at 
5,603. During the year the society spent over 
$55,000 on its journals, returning to each paid 
member in actual cost of publications more than 
100 per cent. of his dues. 
At the meeting of the council on Tuesday after- 
noon and evening the Biological Section of the 
society was authorized to form a Biochemical 
Division, electing its own officers, and two new 
local sections were formed; one at Detroit and 
one at New Haven. 
Interesting reports were received from the Com- 
mittee on Standard Methods of Analysis and from 
the Committee on Patent and Related Legislation. 
It was voted to donate the library of the Amer- 
ican Chemical Society to the New York Chemists’ 
Club on condition that members of the Society 
have ready access thereto. 
The question of the time of the annual meetings 
of the society was vigorously discussed, many 
members favoring a change from the winter season 
to Easter week, and a committee was appointed 
to take this into consideration and report to the 
council. 
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The election of the following officers was an- 
nounced for 1912: 
A. D. Little, President; C. L. Parsons, Secre- 
tary; A. P. Hallock, Treasurer; W. A. Noyes, 
Editor of the Journal of the American Chemical 
Society; A. M. Patterson, Editor of Chemical 
Abstracts; M. C. Whitaker, Editor of the Journal 
of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry; E. G. 
Love and Alexander Smith, Directors for two 
years; S. W. Parr, W. H. Walker, W. L. Miller 
and W. D. Bigelow, Councilors-at-Large for three 
years; C. H. Herty, Councilor-at-Large to fill the 
unexpired term of A. D. Little; E. G. Love, G. C. 
Stone and A. E. Hill, Finance Committee; Wm. 
MeMurtrie, C. L. Parsons and B. EK. Curry, Mem- 
bership Committee. 
Over two hundred and fifty papers were pre- 
sented at the meeting, abstracts of many of which 
will appear shortly in SCIENCE. 
CHARLES L. PARSONS, 
Secretary 
THE AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL 
SOCIETY 
THE third annual meeting of the American 
Phytopathological Society was held in Washington, 
D. C., December 27-29, 1911, in affiliation with 
the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science. A program of fifty-one papers was 
presented. Joint sessions with Section G and also 
with the Botanical Society of America were held. 
The present membership is about 240. The report 
of the business manager of Phytopathology, the 
official organ of the society, showed a small bal- 
ance to the credit of the journal after all the 
expenses for the first volume had been paid. The 
present editorial staff and business manager of 
the journal were continued for the coming year. 
The following are the officers for 1912: 
President—G. P. Clinton, Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station, New Haven, Conn. 
Vice-president—F. C. Stewart, New York Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. 
Secretary-Treasurer—C. L. Shear, U. 8. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Councilors—W. A. Orton, U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.; Erwin F. Smith, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C.; A. D. Selby (ea officio), Ohio Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio; L. R. Jones 
(ex officio), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
Wis. C. L. SHEAR, 
Secretary 
