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to amend this rule in such manner as to 

 make the intent more definite. 



In the use of the privileges of the foun- 

 dation under such rules it ought not to be 

 forgot by presidents, trustees and teachers 

 that this noble gift for education was in- 

 tended to serve primarily the faithful and 

 efficient teacher, not to solve the difficulties 

 of administration. The president of an ac- 

 cepted institution should keep in mind the 

 purposes of the foundation as well as the 

 wants of his college and the requests of 

 individuals. To throw upon the founda- 

 tion a load it was not intended to carry is 

 to limit later the service it was originally 

 designed to fulfil. 



TEE EIQETH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 

 OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY 



On the evening of February 3, 1910, an 

 informal gathering took place at which there 

 were present among others, most of those to 

 whom had been delegated the task of providing 

 for the creation of an organization for the 

 eighth International Congress of Applied 

 Chemistry, by the London Congress last June ; 

 a representative of the Association of Manu- 

 facturing Chemists, the American Chemical 

 Society, the American Electrochemical So- 

 ciety, the Society of Chemical Industry were 

 each also present at this informal meeting. 



The consensus of opinion was that the great- 

 est success could be expected only if the most 

 effective system and mode of organization 

 could be had, and if each and every chemist 

 in the United States could be made to feel 

 that he himself directly or indirectly through 

 his professional, business or educational affilia- 

 tions, had a personal share of responsibility in 

 the conduct and management of the congress 

 from its very start and "to its very end. This 

 was regarded as the proper and correct guide 

 in proposing any plans or schemes of organ- 

 ization. 



The eighth congress is to convene in 1912 

 with Professor Edward W. Morley as honorary 

 president and Dr. W. H. Nichols as acting 

 president at a time and place to be determined 



by the organization of this congress. The 

 most important part of the congress, in fact 

 that by which its value and real success will 

 be measured, is the amount of original matter, 

 both scientific and technical, which it will be 

 able to present to its members. To this end, 

 every chemist in America who has or may have 

 any original matter to present to this congress 

 should begin without delay to prepare such 

 matter, and have it in shape so that it may be 

 presented to the congress in ample time for 

 proper printing, classification and distribution 

 to members and the technical and scientific 

 press. 



The congress, being held in the United 

 States, will, with a great deal of right, nat- 

 urally look to a very good showing from the 

 chemists of the United States, and every 

 chemist in this country, which is to be host 

 to our foreign colleagues, should constitute 

 himself a committee of one to get from him- 

 self, or from his friends, as much scientifically 

 or technically valuable material as possible so 

 that the proceedings and publications of the 

 eighth congress may correctly reflect the true 

 mental attitude of the chemists of the United 

 States towards their profession, both as a pure 

 science and as a part of the industrial activi- 

 ties of this country. 



It is the hope that the program committee 

 will be able to begin its activities effectively 

 before the close of 1910, but in the meantime 

 it behooves every chemist in the United States 

 actively and energetically to consider how and 

 in what way he can best contribute to the 

 success of this congress, and particularly in 

 the direction of papers and communications to 

 the congress embodying the advance in this 

 field since June, 1909, the date of the last 

 congress. 



At a meeting to be held in April or May, 

 1910, by those charged with the duty of pro- 

 viding suitable organization for the eighth 

 congress some definite action as to such organ- 

 ization may be looked for. Those who have 

 that responsibility are making every eilort to 

 get as many suggestions as to divisions of 

 organization, mode of organizing and member- 

 ship of the organization as possible. Every 



