Evening star., 1933-02-26
EXPECT
5000 FOR SESSION
Famous Scientific Leaders to
Address Conference Start.
ing March 27.

The eighty-fifth annual meeting Of
the American Chemical Society Is ex-
pected to bring more than 5000 scien-
lists and technologists to Warrington
from every section Of the country dur
ing the week beginning March 26. Hun
dreds of scientific papers and addresses
Will disclose the progress Of chemical
and allied sciences. unchecked by the
depression. Seventeen Of the society s
professional divisions will hold sessions
IN various parts of the city. The head
quarters Of the convention will be at
the Willard Hotel.
Tor OF the General Electric Co., Schenec-
Nobel prize in chemistry, will speak on
Surface Chemistry" at q public meet
Ing IN Constitution Hall at $50 O'Clock
pm. March 20.
Leaders will Speak.
At the general meeting Monday,
March 27, at 2 o'colck at the Willard
Charles r. Kettering, chief engineer OF
General Motors, will speak on "The
Relation of Chemistry to the Individ-
ual'; Harry L. Derby, president Of the
American Cyanimid Co, on 1.-THE Re-
lation Of Chemistry to the State: c.
M. A. Slime, vice president of the Z. /
DUPONT de Nemours Co., on "The Re-
lation Of Chemical to Other Industries, II
and Prof. Hugh S. Taylor Of Princeton
on Chemistry. Its Interrelations With
Other Sciences"
There will be subscription dinner
for members and guests at $50 pm
Monday, March ~. at the Willard and
q smoker and reception at $50 pm
Wednesday. March 20, at the National
Museum. There will be dancing In the
auditorium Of the museum after the
reception.
An exhibit. tracing the history of
chemistry. will be shown at the Library
OF Congress during the convention. The
National Symphony Orchestra will play
at the societys public meeting at Com
stitution Han Wednesday night.
Agriculture and food, petroleum
biological chemistry. chemical educa
ton. medicinal chemistry. rubber. sugar
dyes. industrial and engineering chem
istry, organic. and physical and inor-
ganlc chemistry are among the gen
eral f1elds to be covered at sessions OF
the professional divisions. The diyi-
sion Of chemical education, Of which
Prof. Lyman c. Newell Of Boston Uni
verslty Is chairman, plans q symposium
on Recent Developments In Various
Chemical INDUSTRIES The purpose OF
this symposium Is to acuuaint the
chemistry teachers Of the country with
industrial developments.
Symposium Planned.
The division of biological chemistry
OF which Prof. j. B. Brown of Ohio
State University is chairman, will hold
q symposium on "Anemia" The divi-
sion Of agricultural and food chemis-
try. headed by Prof H. A. Schuette OF
the University Of Wisconsin, will spon-
sor symposium on Insecticides" at
which the recent work OF Federal re-
searchers will be disclosed.
The division of industrial and enei-
neering chemistry. Of which Prof. D. B
keyes OF the University Of Illinois i.
chairman. will hold q symposium on
Glass" in conjunction with the glass
division Of the American Ceramic So
ciety.
The division OF physical and inor.
ganic chemistry, Of which Prof. w. A
Noyes, jr., of Brown University is chair.
man, will hold six sessions, including a
symposium on "Electrolytes," under The
craftsmanship Of Prof v. K. La Mer OF
Columbia University. and a Symposium
on Analytical Chemistry" under the
Craftsmanship Of Prof. N. H. Flrman
OF Princeton University. The division
OF petroleum chemistry, Of which F
w. Sullivan Of Whiting. Ind, is chair
man. is arranging for two sessions, one
being devoted to a symposium on
Properties Of Hydrocarbon Mixtures. .
Other divisional meetings are sched-
uled.
A demonstration OF dust explosions
has been arranged by the division Of
chemical engineering, Bureau Of Chem.
istry and Soils, for Thursday, March
30, at Arlington Farm. The demon
stration, which will be In charge of D
J. Price, will show In miniature what
takes place when organic dusts ex-
plode under various conditions met In
industry and how the hazards from
these dusts can be largely minimized
Special events include a visit to
Edgewood Arsenal called 1.-The chem.
lists contribution to national defense >
The chemists will witness a demon.
stration Of chemical warfare weapon.
by the 1st Chemical Regiment and the
airplane dispersion of smoke by OH.
GERS Of the Air Corps.