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Osage  Orange  as  Commercial  Dyestuff.  {Am±*™*t'  SS™' 
Resolved,  That  a  tablet  be  erected  in  the  hallway  of 
the  College  bearing-  the  following  inscription : 
1824  1890 
Clayton  French 
FELLOWSHIP 
Established  by  his  daughter 
Mary  I.  Banks 
May  16th,  1914 
The  Dean  moved  that  the  gift  be  accepted  and  that  the  grateful 
thanks  of  the  College  be  expressed.  It  was  further  resolved  that 
the  income  from  the  fund  should  be  used  for  advanced  research  work. 
Mr.  Campbell  referred  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Convention  to  be  held 
in  August  in  this  city,  and  favored  representation  by  the  College. 
After  discussion,  a  committee  of  five,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Campbell, 
Osterlund,  Remington,  Mulford,  and  Evans,  was  appointed  to  con- 
sider the  matter  and  report  to  the  Board. 
The  Chairman  announced  the  appointment  of  the  Special  Com- 
mittee on  Panama  Exposition :  Joseph  P.  Remington,  chairman ; 
Joseph  W.  England,  Warren  H.  Poley,  H.  K.  'Mulford,  C.  Stanley 
French;  associates,  Professors  E.  F.  Cook,  F.  X.  Moerk,  Henry 
Kraemer.    With  authority  to  add  to  their  number. 
OSAGE  ORANGE,  ITS  VALUE  AS  A  COMMERCIAL 
DYESTUFF. 
It  has  long  been  known  in  the  Southwest  that  the  wood  of  the 
Osage  orange  tree  contains  a  dyestuff  that  would  give  a  more  or 
less  fast  yellow  color.  An  examination  of  the  wood  from  Texas  by 
F.  W.  Kressmann  showed  that  it  not  only  contains  moric  acid  and 
morintannic  acid,  the  same  as  fustic  wood,  but  also  that  the  dyeing 
principles  are  present  in  amount  to  be  commercially  valuable.  A 
comparative  series  of  dyeing  experiments  made  with  fustic  and 
Osage  orange  wood  and  extracts  showed  the  latter  to  be  of  equal 
value  with  fustic  in  regard  to  depth  of  colors  produced,  the 
amount  of  extract,  the  character  of  the  dyeing,  and  fastness  to 
light,  weather,  washing,  etc. — Science,  vol.  xl,  July  3,  1914,  p.  37. 
