AveustT 23, 1918] 
The Division of Biological Chemistry is 
planning a symposium on plant chemistry. 
The Division of Industrial Chemists and 
Chemical Engineers, besides continuing the 
symposium on the chemistry of dyestuffs, is 
planning a symposium on potash and a con- 
tinuation of the very successful symposium on 
metallurgical subjects started at the Boston 
meeting. 
The committee headed by Miss Josephine 
Grasselli will arrange a program for the 
pleasure of the visiting ladies. Details will 
be found in the final program. 
All titles for papers should be in the secre- 
tary’s hands on or before August 24 or in the 
hands of the secretaries of divisions on or be- 
fore August 23, with the exception that titles 
of papers should reach the secretary of the 
Division of Industrial Chemists and Chemical 
Engineers on or before August 18. The Di- 
vision of Industrial Chemists and Chemical 
Engineers have voted that the titles of all 
papers shall be sent to the secretary of the 
division, which title should be accompanied 
by an abstract; that any tile sent without an 
abstract shall not be printed in the program, 
and that the time limit for the presentation 
shall be five minutes, unless special arrange- 
ments are made with the secretary of the divi- 
sion. By vote of the council no papers may 
be presented at the meeting titles for which 
are not printed on the final program. “By 
Title” should be placed on the announcement 
of any paper where the author is to be absent, 
so that members may understand in advance 
that the paper will not be read. 
The following are the addresses of the divi- 
sional secretaries: 
Agricultural and Food Chemistry: Fred F. Fland- 
ers, 88 Corey Road, Brookline, Mass. 
Biological Chemistry: I. K. Phelps, Bureau of 
Chemistry, Washington, D. C. 
Fertilizer Chemistry: F. B. Carpenter, Virgintia- 
Carolina Chemical Co., Richmond, Va. 
Industrial Chemists and Chemical Engineers: 8. H. 
Salisbury, Jr., Northampton, Pa. 
Organic Chemistry: H. L. Fisher, Columbia Univer- 
sity, New York City. 
Pharmaceutical Chemistry: George D. Beal, Chem- 
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istry Building, University of Illinois, Urbana, 
Til. 
Physical and Inorganic Chemistry: W. E. Hender- 
son, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 
Water, Sewage and Sanitation: W. W. Skinner, 
Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C. 
Rubber Section: J. B. Tuttle, Secretary, Firestone 
Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 
In order that the meeting may receive due 
and correct notice in the public press, every 
member presenting a paper is requested to 
send an abstract to Professor Allen Rogers, 
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., chairman of 
the society’s press and publicity committee. 
- The amount of publicity given to the meeting 
and to the individual papers will entirely de- 
pend upon the degree to which members co- 
operate in observing this request. A copy of 
the abstract should be retained by the member 
and handed to the secretary of the special di- 
vision before which the paper is to be pre- 
sented in Cleveland. Short abstracts will be 
printed in Science. The final program will 
be sent to all members signifying their in- 
tention of attending the meeting, to the 
secretaries of sections, to the council, and to 
all members making special request therefor 
by postal card or attached slip to the secre- 
tary’s office. Cuartes L. Parsons, 
Secretary 
THE JAPANESE BEETLE IN NEW JERSEY 
A puBLIC hearing on the proposed quaran- 
tine of a portion of New Jersey on account of 
the Japanese beetle, a serious pest of certain 
vegetables and fruit, was held by the United 
States Department of Agriculture in Washing- 
ton, D. C., on August 20. As a result of in- 
festation of the Japanese beetle in parts of 
Burlington county, New Jersey, the proposed 
quarantine is intended to prohibit the ship- 
ment from this territory of green sugar corn, 
ripe tomatoes and ripe peaches which might 
cause this pest to spread. A campaign of erad- 
ication authorized by Congress is now in prog- 
ress, and the proposed quarantine is deemed 
necessary to support the measures that are 
being taken for the suppression of this danger- 
ous pest. 
