The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-16
STATE PIONEERS
ARE LAUDED AT
SCIENCE FARLEY
Synthetic Rubber Practical,
the Rev. NieuWIand
Tells Delegates.

Indiana men and women Of
science today paused in their relent-
less search for the hidden secrets Of
the universe 10 paw tribute 10 illus
trious names Of scientific pioneers
~ the hftieth annual meeting Of the
Indiana Academy Of Science At Ar
thur Jordan Memorial hall at Butler
university.
More than 200 scientists from In
diana educational institutions and
commercial laboratories heard Dr.
VIII r. Ellington. De Pauv univers-
itv describe the scientists Of another
ora as giants among scientists" and
plead for an extension Of scientific
research that will justify such ref
erence n present-day workers.
This afternoon. the academy heard
the Rev. j. A EieuUland. c. S C..
Eotre Dame, IFS retiring president.
assert that synthetic rubber, the
fundamental compounds for which
he discovered four years ago. has
become commercially successful.
Father NieuWIand Speaks
At the executive committee meet
ing last night fve scientists we're
elected fellows ~ the academy.
The fve are Earl Brooks. Mobiles
vile. DR.. @. II. A. Cloves. head re-
search chemist Of Eli Lilly & Co;
Dr. z c. Elliott. president Of Pur-
due. DR.. II. o. Day. Lafayette. and
DR.. L. @. Zerfss. Riley hospital.
Addressing this afternoons gen
eral meeting. Father Nieuwland.
tracing the Seventy-five years effort
Of scientists to provide substitute
for rubber. claimed the material
now produced on the basis Of his
discoveries possesses many Of the
virtues Of natural rubber.
He told the academy that the re-
sistance of "Duprene." as the syn
thetic rubber Is called. 10 gasoline.
kerosene. oils. air. ozone. acids.
alkslis and other corrosives opens up
many entirely new fields Of rubber
technology.
In general" said Father Nieuw-
land. "the synthetic rubber is a bet
ter product than natural rubber. A
sheet Of duprene stretched 500 per
cent gives an X-rsy attraction pat
tern which closely resembles that Of
natural rubber under the same
stress"
Charter Members HOnOred
Charter members Of the academy.
hOnored at this mornings session
during DR.. Edington's address, in
Guided
DR.. J. c. Arthur. Purdue: DR.
George W. Benton. New York City;
DR.. William S. Blatchley. DR.. Amos
w Butler. DR.. Stanley Coulter DR.
Robert HeSsler and DR. A. j. Ph.n-
ney. indianapolis: Dr. David NJ
Mother. Indiana university. Bloom
ington: DR.. william A. Moves. Uni
verSity Of Illinois: DR.. J. B. Burris.
Cloverdsle. and Dr. Morton w. Ford
ice. RusSellville. Ind.
Other charter members referred to
by DR. Ellington but who we're I'M
able 70 attend. are DR.. Lillian J.
Martin. San Francisco: DR. oliver P.
jenkins. PslO Alto. Cal: Dr.. Henry
A Huston. New York City. and DR..
Joseph p Naylor. Little Rock, Ark.
OficerS for the year will be elect
ed during the annual academy
banquet at the Claypool tonight.
At this meeting DR.. Stanley Coul-
ter. Indianapolis, will act as toast
master.
Famed Scientists Recalled
Among the scientists singled out
BY Or. Ellington today was the late
David starr Jordan. ichthyologlst.
educator and naturalist. DR.. Jor-
dan was the first president Of he
Indiana academy and IN 1909 presi-
dent of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Among distinguished scientists at
tending the meetings Is DR.. Henry
Ward. permanent secretary of the
American Association for the Ad-
vanoement of Science.
During last evenings executive
meeting recommendations we're
made for the establishment Of
strict editorial policy for academy
publications.