3o6  International  Congress  Applied  Cheniistryi^^'^-^^^^^^'^^^^''"'- 
Robert  O.  Bricker,  Louis  E.  Christopher,  A.  F.  Greaves,  Farel  Hart, 
Herman  F.  Hosfeld,  A.  W.  Moore,  John  E.  Morley,  Louis  W.  Os- 
wald, Frank  O.  Patton  George  K.  Shearer,  John  Wear,  and  Frank 
A.  Young-. 
In  addition  to  those  above  mentioned,  a  special  prize  was 
offered  this  year.  The  will  of  the  late  George  Washington  Hayes 
of  Lebanon,  stipulated  that  the  gold  watch,  which  he  had  received 
as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1882.  from  Messrs.  Allaire,  Woodward 
&  Co.,  for  his  work  on  powdered  drugs,  was  to  be  awarded  to  the 
most  distinguished  student  of  the  class  of  191 1.  This  prize  was 
awarded  to  Pierce  R.  Carpenter,  the  presentation  being  made  by 
Mr.  Joseph  L.  Lemberger. 
EIGHTH  INTERNATIONAL  CONGRESS  OF  APPLIED 
CHEMISTRY 
At  the  instance  of  the  representatives  of  more  than  4,000 
American  chemists,  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  by  Joint 
Resolution  on  March  4,  1909,  authorized  the  President  of  the 
United  States  to  invite  the  Eighth  International  Congress  to  meet 
in  the  United  States.  This  invitation  was  extended  to  the  Seventh 
International  Congress  in  London,  June  2,  1909,  by  the  Honorable 
Whitelaw  Reid,  Ambassador  from  the  United  States  to  Great 
Britain,  and  enthusiastically  and  unanimously  accepted. 
The  thirteen  Delegates  sent  by  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  to  the  Seventh  Congress  were  appointed  by  that  Congress 
as  the  nucleus  of  the  Organizing  Committee  for  the  Eighth 
Congress,  with  power  to  add  to  their  number. 
On  June  11,  1910,  the  gentlemen  forming  this  nucleus  met  and 
organized  for  the  despatch  of  business,  and  at  a  meeting  held 
August  26,  1910,  greatly  increased  the  membership  of  the  Organ- 
izing Committee.  These  Offtcial  Representatives  are  primarily 
charged  with  the  responsibility  of  seeing  to  it  that  none  of  the 
interests  in  their  respective  jurisdictions  are  overlooked  at  the 
Eighth  Congress,  and  that  all  are  properly  represented  thereat ; 
they  also  serve  as  an  ofiBcial  avenue  of  communication  between 
their  respective  Governments  and  the  Eighth  Congress.  This  en- 
larged Organizing  Committee,  on  October  8,  19 10,  provided  for 
