The Washington herald., 1911-12-27
BIGELOW HONORED
BY THE CHEMISTS
Agricultural Expert Chosen
by His Fellows.
ONE OF FOUR COUNCILLORS
Body of the American
Chemical Society, Largest of. Its
fcers-ProEramme of Sessions
for Remainder of Week.

Despite the fact that he was repri-
| manded in the Wiley-McCabe contro-
versy, w. D. Bigelow, of the Depart
| ment of Agriculture, was chosen one
of the four councilors-at-large of the
American Chemical Society, the largest
of it's kind in the world, with its 800
members. which opened its forty-fifth
meeting at the Raleigh yesterday aft
ernoOn.
The council, which is the governing
body of the society, listened to a num-
ber of important announcements made
by the president, DR.. Alexander Smith.
professor of chemistry in Columbia
University, and Prof. Charles l.. Par
sons, secretary of the society, and
chief mineral chemist of the Federal
Bureau of Mines.
President Is Selected.
The names of the four members lead
ing in the number OF votes for the
presidency were presented and the
council selected Arthur D. Little. of
Boston, chemical expert and engineer,
for the honor. Besides Mr.. Bigelow,
three councillors to serve for three
years are announced as follows: S. w.
Parr, Urbana, Ill. professor of indus
trial chemistry in the University Of
Illinois; William II. Walker, of Bos-
ton, professor of Industrial chemistry
in the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nOlOgy. and w. L. Miller. Toronto, Cam
ada, professor of physical chemistry
in the University of Toronto.
Secretary Parsons told of the rapid
growth of the society in the last ten
years. In 1901, the receipts were $1,000
and in 1911, $4,000. In 1901, the member
ship was 1900, and in 1911 800. The eX-
penses of the society's journal in 1901
was $500, and in 1911 the three journals
cost $4,000.
The general meetings of the society
will be held at Mckinley Manual Train
ing School The programme to-day in
cludes the meetings of the biological.
fertilizer. pharmaceutical, and organic
chemistry divisions, and a joint meeting
of the section of chemical education and
the physical an. inorganic chemistry di-
vision. The speakers will be DR.. A. a.
Moves, of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Boston; Prof. W. d.
Bancroft, Cornell University, New York;
Prof H. c. Jones, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, Md. DR.. j. II. Math-
ews. professor of chemistry, University
Of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. In the aft
ernoon the general meeting of the So
Ciety and of Section c, American Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of Science,
will be held
The principal address will be delivered
by Prof George B. Frankforter, Univer-
sity of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Mimi,
on the subjects, The resins, and their
chemical relations to the terpenes." Other
addresses will be delivered by Prof. II.
P. Talbot, Newton, Mass. and a. L.
Vose. In the evening a complimentary
smoker will be given the members of
the society at Rauschers
nnan
Tomorrow afternoon the various
chemical laboratories of the government
will be open for inspection by the men,
bers and chemists connected with the
bureaus will be on hand to guide the
strangers. Visits are TO be made to the
laboratories of the Bureaus of Chemistry,
Plant Industry, Anima! Industry, and
Soil Of the Department of Agriculture:
also to the laboratories OF the Bureau of
Mines, Bureau of Standards. GeophysicaI
Laboratory. and to the Hygienic Labora-
tory OF the Marine Hospital Service.
Friday evening there will be a subscrip
tOn dinner at RausCher's.
Several hundred members OF the So
Ciety arrived in the city last night, many
being accompanied by their wives. The
presence of the ladies promises to be a
feature of the meetings. the local COM
ments for their reception. Specially con-
Quoted trips will be started from the
Raleigh Hotel. one this morning at $50
and one al 3 m The afternoon. An after
noon tea and reception will be given by
Mrs. W. D. Bigelow at her home, 1874
Lamont street, and in the evening there
will be a theater party at the New Ma
tional. Tomorrow there will be trip
TO Mount Vernon and to the CorCoran
Gallery of Art. In the afternoon a tea
will be given by the Cornell Women of
Washington at the home Of Mrs. F. A.
HOIton. 2125 s street. Friday the ladies
will attend an exhibition cavalry drill at
Fort Myer, and in the evening they will
be present at the subscription dinner.
These VIII Receive.
Prof Charles Z. Munroe, of George
Washington University, is the chairman
of the Washington reception committees
The membership of the committees is:
Reception. F. p. Dewey, chairman: H.
". Wiley, F. W. Clark. w. F. Hide
brand, A. L. Day. S. F. Acres. J. A. lie
ClerC. and r. B. Dole. Registration and
c. Z. Waters, chairman; J.
e Tuttle. W. H. Bradbury, W. H. Wag-
Eaman, E. X. Nelson, and w. H. Smith.
Banquet F. K Cameron, chairman; c.