The times., 1897-12-25
DR.. Young,
Cor. 18th and F,
CAN BE CONSULTED
TO-DAY
FROM 10 TO ~.
MEETING OF CHEMISTS.
Inter a. ting Facts in Connection with
the Learned Body.
FROM 10 TO IL.


American Chemical Society, at the Co"m
hian University next Wednesday and
| Thursday, promises to be one OF The
largest ever held by this organization.
The final arrangements have been CON
pIcted for the reception of the chemists
! and many of them are expected to arrive
| In "a few days.
The sessions Of the society viii be held
| in the lecture hall, the first floor oi
| the University. The morning sessions
VIII begin at l o o'clock. At tine opening
! of the fist session there VIII be briei
| address of welcome by President b. j.
| Whitman, of Columbian University, and q
response i'll hehalf of the society by tht
| president, Charles b. Dudley, of Altoona
Pa. This VIII bc followed by the presen
tation and discussion of papers.
From / q a. III. To l p. III. each day Will
he held Il session of the society for papers
| discussions, and business. For the after
moons and the day following the meeting
viz. december 81, the entertainment
committee has provided rtn elaborate
scheme pf visits and excursions. Wed
nesday evening win he taken up by a
session of the society for papers, which
VIII begin al =: 80 O'Clock, and on Thurs
day evening there viii be a banquet given
to the visiting chemists at Maison Raus III.
er's, conner Connecticut avenue and L
street.
\ special reception Will probably be
given by President Mckinley.
Arrangements ha e been made FOR trip To
Mount ' Yernon on tire morning OF December
81 ana fer a journey to Fort Myer in the
afternoon 10 witness the Cossack drill.
The doors Of the Cosmos Club will be open
to The VISITING chemists during the conven
tion.
The following local committees Ia 7c
charge of the matter OF arrangements:
GENE, al ConInittce-W- d Bigelow, II
n Stokes. L. Fireman. V X. Chestnut, W T..
Cutter. g. +. Munroe, f. a. lie Schweinitz.
Writ 1assin and w. II. Krug.
ways and Means Committee-C. f. Mum
roe, T. NJ. Chatard, H. W. Wiley, +. w.
Clarke and H. c. Bolton.
Press aud Printing Conumittee-F. h.
Chestnut, David I. Day, :. E Muuroe, e.
W. Allen, II. b r, Macfariantl, jules Guth
ridge arG ) Elfreth Watkins.
Conmitte, on Hotels and Transportation
s. $. uurhees q p. Tucker, Joseph ).
Mills and William H. Seaman.
Badge Committee Marcus benjamin lll
J. X. Haywood.
Committee on Meetings and Program
T. Fireman. W. H krug and (. Il. f0rtn r..
Entertainment Committee-H. c. Bolton.
Il. W. Wiley. +. w. Clarke, c. l.. Munroe,
W. H. Seaman. Il S. Ely, Prof K. b. Warder,
]. 7. L. Westcssou, c. p. Townsend, Writ
Tassin, S. II. Griffith, j S. Mills, +. Suter,
A W Dow. W n. New, +. f. Ewell. +.
A. de Sci cinitz. John j. Griffin, J b. Lit
tlewuod. 7 N. Cha tard, W F. HilIebra al :.
H. \. Stokes. +. W. Allen, c. Whitehead,
c. 4. CIamptou, James Deck and S. s.
VOORHEES,.
The members of all the committees VIII
constitut, the reception committee.
The American Chemical Society is as
outgrcw IT, of a meeting haldin Nortnumber
land, Pa, in August, 1874 10 celebrate
the Centennial Of the discovery of oxygen
by Pricstlcy. Or. II. Darlington Bolton,
who las been considered the originator 2 S
we'll as the organizer of this centennial
celcIrat ion. is HOW a resident of Washing
ton. and member of the society. The
society was organized in 1876, and incor-
porated in the following year. From The
beginning it published REGULARLY a jourG1l
OF its proceedings. including papers ana
discussions. Many of the leading chemists
of the country are enrolled in the member
ship, cutie a number Of manufacturers
are amonr its associates and the names Jr
many fo,eign chemists Of distinction are
enrolled among the active or honorary
members of the society.
The following persons have served as
president: J. W. Draper, j. Lawrence
smith. s. W. johnson, r. Stery Hunt,
f. A. Smith, C. F. Chandler j. W MalleU,
j. C. Booth, A. b. Prescott, C. A. Goess
mann, II. y. Mason. G. + Parker, G. L.
Caldwell. H. w. Wiley, L. F. Smith, and
c. B. Dudley.
Within the past few years the society has
become representative national orsyaniza
tion Its membership extends throughout
the country and includes representatives
of all branches Of chemistry, professors In
leading educational institutions, chemists
engaged in original research and in the
employ OF rational, State and city gov
ernmcEts. Ten local sections iow exist.
With ttieir presiding officers they arr IS
follows: Rhode Island, Ed. ID. PeaTce,
Prov iGence; Cincinnati, Ohio, W. Marlin.
trie, New York; Washington, w. D. Bige-
law, department of A Agriculture and sec
retary, V. X. Chestnut, Department of
Agriculture; Lehigh Valley, J. W. Rich
ards, Bethl chem; New Orleans, A L.
Metz, New Orleans; Nebraska, II II. Mich
olson, Lincoln: North Carolina, F. 7. INA
BILE, Chapel Hill, and Columbus, H W.
Weber. Columbus, Ohio. The previo is
conventions have been held as follows:
Newport, August, 1890; Philadelphia, be
cember, 1893; Brooklyn, August, 1894;
New York, December, 1891; Rochester,
August 1892; Pfttsburg, December, 1892;
Chicago, August, 1898; Baltimore, De-
cembe-, 1853; Brooklyn, August 1914;
Boston and Cambridge, December, 1894;
Springfield, August, 1895; Cleveland, De-
cembev, 1895; Buffalo, August, 1896;
Troy, December, | Sa6, and Detroit, August,
1897.
The siowth of the society in members
and influence within the past few years
has been rapid, and its roll of membe rship
now contains rearly 1 200 names, among
which may be found those of many leaI-
ing chemists in foreign countries.
The following papers have been accepted
for the convention next week, though rs
many mere are now before the COMMITTEES
for action: ''Some points for biochemic
study in connection with serum thera-
peutics,' Z. a. de Schweinitz; "A new
form Of discharge for spack spectral L.
NJ. Dennis; fifth annual report of COM
mittee On atomic weights OF the elem ,nts.
+. w. Clarke; The relative sensibility If
plants To acidity in soils,'' Walter Max
well; Methods and solvents for estimating
the elements OF plant food in pr 1bahly
ayaila be Soils Walter MAXWELL; ''R ,ot
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