Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-28
THE AMERICAN CHEMISTS
Sixteenth General Meeting of the National
Society to Convene Tomorrow.
Will Hold Daily Sessions to and In
Guiding Friday Interesting
Topics for Discussion.

American Chemical Society will commence
In the lecture hall at the Columbian Uni
versity tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
President B. l.. Whitman Of Columbian
University will deliver the address of well
come, which will be responded to by the
president of the society, Prof. Charles b.
Dudley Of Altoona, Pa.
The society will be in session tomorrow,
Thursday and Friday. The time of each
day, from 10 I'm. until 1 pm. will be de-
voted to the presentation Of papers on
chemical matters. discussions and other
business. Tomorrow afternoon will be de-
voted to visiting the public buildings and
places of interest, and at pm a luncheon
will be served to the members of the So
ciety by Mr.. Chris. Heurich, at his brew
cry. AT 7:3O O'Clock tomorrow night there
will be reports from the various commit
tees, and at $50 o'clock President Dudley
Will deliver an address on the Dignity OF
Analytical Work."
The society is now composed of about
I,20O members, scattered throughout the
United States, and has meetings sem-an-
nually. 1t is divided into ten general Sec
tons, with a vice president of the society
as the chairman Of each section.
Present Officers.
The. following are the present officers Of
the society:
dents. Edward D. Pearce, VIM. McMurtrie
j. W. Richards, H. H. Nicholson. w. l..
Dudley, W. D. Bigelow. A. L. Metz, VIM.
Hoskins. F: P. Venable; general secretary.
Albert c. Hale; treasurer, c. F. McKenna
librarian, F. E. Dodge; editor, Edward
Hart; board of Observation-Disclosures ex-
oficio-C. B. Dudley. president; Albert e.
Hale, general secretary; c. F. McKenna,
treasurer; F. E. Dodge. librarian; Edward
Hart. editor; A. B. Prescott. c. E. Munroe,
Peter T. Austen. c. F. Chandler, H. w.
Wiley. C.. A. Doremus. A. A. Breneman.
VIM. McMurtrie.
A large number of papers on subjects of
Importance to members of the society have
been offered, and the meeting is expected
to be an especially interesting one.
Among the prominent chemists who are
expected to be present and deliver address,
es are Profs. T. H. Norton of the Univer-
sity Of Cincinnati, William P. Mason of
Troy, N. Y. F. P. Venable of the Univer-
sity OF North Carolina, j. w. Mallett of the
University Of Virginia, James L. Howe of
Washington and Lee University, Virginia;
Charles A. Doremus of New York, Andrew
A. Blair of Philadelphia, P. T. Austin of
Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn;
j. r. Hunter of Richmond College, Virginia;
Charles S. Pellew of Columbia College, New
York; c. S. Brewer of Wake Forrest Col
lege. North Carolina; E. P. Harding of the
University of Minnesota, H. A. Huston.
state chemist of Indiana. F. F. levitt of
Oberlin College, Ohio; E. w. Magruder of
the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Mississippi ]: A. Miller of Niagara Uni
versity, Buffalo, N. Y; c. b. Murray. chief
chemist of the Carnegie Steel Company,
and Henry Priest of St. Lawrence Univer-
sity.
The society has but few honorary mem
hers. and they are all. with one exception,
foreigners, the exception being Prof. Oliver
WOlcott Gibbs of Harvard University. DIR.
Charles B. Dudley, the president, is chief
chemist of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany.
The Local Committees.
The meetings in this city are in charge
Of the following local committee of ar
rangements:
General committee-W. D. Bigelow. H. N.
Stokes P. Fireman, v. K. Chestnut, w. 2.
Cutter c. E. Munroe, E. A. de Schweinitz,
Writ Tassin and w. H Krug.
Ways and means committee-C. f. Num-
roe, T. NJ. Chatard, H. w. Wiley, F. W.
Clarke and II. c. Bolton.
Press and printing committee-V. X. Ches-
nut, David 7. Day, c. E. Munroe, E. w.
Allen, II. s. F. mcfarland, Jules Guthridge
and J. Elfreth Watkins.
Committee on hotels and transportation
S. S. Voorhees,, G. P. Tucker, Jos. S. Mills
and VIM. II. Seaman.
Badge committee-Marcus Benjamin and
]. K. Haywood.
Committee on meetings and program-P.
Fireman, w. II. Krug and E. G. Portner
Entertainment committee-H. c. Bolton,
H. w. Wiley, F. W. Clarke, c. E. Munroe,
w. H. Seaman. G. s. Ely, Prof. R. b.
Warder, J. P. L. Westesson, C. p. Town.
send. Writ TaSsin, S. H. Griffith; j. s. Mills,
Ewell, E. A. de Schweinitz, John j. Griffin,
J. B. Littlewcod, T. NJ. Chatard, w. F.
Hillcbrand, H. N. Stokes, E. w. Allen, c.
Whitehead. C. A. Champion, James Deck
and S. S. Voorhees,.
Reception Communicable members OF all
the above committees.
The meetings will be open to the public
President Dudley and Secretary Hale are
stopping at the Shoreham Hotel
JAPAN TO MAKE AMENDS