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enumerated the objections whicli might be 

 urged against the views which then obtained 

 respecting radio-active processes. 



In 1909 he assumed the duties of Chairman 

 of our Section. The task of maintaining the 

 high standard of the meetings set by his prede- 

 cessor was no mean one, for Baekeland, with 

 his customary enthusiasm, had raised the New 

 York Section to its greatest efficiency. Loeb 

 devoted himself to the welfare of the Section 

 with unremitting energy. I am keenly ap- 

 preciative of what he did for the Section, as it 

 fell to my lot to take up the task where he 

 left it. The opportunities of the office were 

 increased, for he had enlarged the responsibil- 

 ities, as well shown in his inaugural address 

 that year." 



He did publish (1910) a paper on the 

 " Analysis of Some Bolivian Bronzes " (with 

 S. E. Morey)," and he wanted to gratify his 

 great love for research and he did have work 

 in progress in his private laboratory; but, in 

 his characteristic fashion, he sacrificed per- 

 sonal desires to do those things he could do 

 and others could not or were disinclined to do. 

 We are assembled in one of the monumental 

 evidences of this immolition." He made pos- 

 sible the new Wolcott Gibbs Laboratory for 

 Physical Chemistry at Harvard. In the Pro- 

 ceedings of the American Chemical Society 

 for 1910" he published a beautiful obituary of 

 Gibbs, affectionately respectful, rich in rem- 

 iniscence and earnest in diction. In this hall 

 we have an evidence of his affection for the 

 master. He visited the South American coun- 

 tries in behalf of the recent International Con- 

 gress of Applied Chemistry. He worked long 

 and hard on important committees ia connec- 

 tion with the congress. These were some of 

 the " other things " he found to do for chem- 

 istry. 



"Science, 30, 664. 



'= Jour. Am. Chem. Soc, 32, 652. During 1909- 

 10 Dr. Loeb abstracted the Italian journals for 

 Chemical Abstracts. 



" See Loeb 's address at the opening of the 

 Chemists' Club in Met. and Chem. Eng., 9, 177 

 <1911). 



" Pp. 69-75. 



The shock of Morris Loeb's death still op- 

 presses us; but I am convinced that, as time 

 passes and as we reach a juster evaluation of 

 events, we shall become more and more sensi- 

 tive of what this man's life really meant, and 

 learn from it what our profession really means. 

 He sought no office ; he sought only opportuni- 

 ties to serve his fellovsrmen. He did it all with 

 a sweet dignity that spells humility. For 

 Not in hewn stones, nor in well-fashioned beams. 

 Not in the noblest of all the builder's dreams; 

 But in the courageous man of purpose great. 

 There is the fortress, there is the living state. 

 Charles Baskerville 



October 11, 1912 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMEBICA 

 By invitation of the president of Tale Uni- 

 versity and the members of its geological fac- 

 ulty and other fellows residing in the vicinity, 

 the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Geo- 

 logical Society of America will be held in 

 New Haven, Conn., on December 28-31, 

 1912. The first council meeting is to be held 

 Friday evening, December 2Y, and the others 

 will be called directly after instead of before 

 the morning sessions as heretofore. Thus the 

 council meetings will cease to interfere with 

 the prompt beginning of the business sessions. 

 The sessions of the society will be held in one 

 of the recitation buildings of Tale Univer- 

 sity, and the accommodations are so ample 

 that the council is going to try some modifi- 

 cations of the usual program, in an effort 

 to enhance the interest and value of the meet- 

 ing. The hearty cooperation of the fellow- 

 ship is needed, however, to make the experi- 

 ment a success. The morning sessions are to 

 be devoted to papers that promise to be of 

 general interest; the noon recess will be 

 longer than heretofore, in order to give more 

 time for social intercourse, group discussions 

 and the examination of special exhibits; the 

 afternoon sessions will be somewhat shorter 

 than formerly and will be given over to sec- 

 tional meetings and to papers of less general 

 scope. A special room (or more than one, if 

 needed) will be provided for the display of 

 specimens, the hanging of charts not needed 



