Evening star., 1953-10-04
Science
Calendar

Science and technical society
meetings haze been announced
for this tUeek By the Joint
Committee on Press Relations
OF the District Council OF
Engineering and Architectural
Societies and the Washington
Academy OF Sciences. All meet
inos listed are open to the
public unless otheTt0iSe listed.
S Tomorrow.
8 American Institute of Chemi-
cal Engineers, Chemical Engi-
neers Club of Washington
Cocktails $50 pm. dinner z to
8 pm, meeting 8:15, Burlington
Hotel, 1920 Vermont avenue NV.
"Flurochemicals" by DR.. Nelson
w. Taylor. manager. Flurochem-
Icals department. Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing CO.
Tuesday.
National Bureau Of Standards
First of six lectures on the
chemistry and physics Of high
polymers. Meeting 3 pm, lecture
room, Materials Testing Labora-
tory, National Bureau Of Stand
ards. "The CLASSY State in Poly
mers," by T. G.. Fox, Rohm and
Haas Co.
Botanical Society of Washing
ton, 8 pm, meeting, Cosmos
Club, 2121 Massachusetts avenue
INV. "Highllghts of the Science
Meetings and Book Review" by
John A. Stevenson, Mycology
sand Disease Survey. Department
Aof Agriculture, Beltsville, Md,
and Columbia, Land Of Or
rhids" by DR.. w. H. Hodge, Plant
Exploration and Introduction,
Department Of Agriculture, Belts
vile.
American Institute Of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers
$50 pm, dinner and meeting,
National Press Club, Fourteenth
and F streets NV. Exploration
for Titanium Ores" by j. L. Gill
son, director of A.I.M.E.
National Bureau of Standards
-9:45 am, East Lecture room.
Illustrated talk on Fire Re
search in the United Kingdom,
by D. I. Lawson, assistant di-
rector, Fire Research Station,
Great Britain.
Sociological Society - 8 pm.
meeting. Peabody room, George
town Library. Wisconsin avenue
and R street NV. There will be
q showing of slides taken by
members of the society.
Wednesday.
Professional Group Of Elec-
tronic Computers, Washington
chapters pm meeting, Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. auditor
ium, Tenth and E streets NV.
"The Diode Capacitor Memory"
by Arthur w. Holt, National
Bureau of Standards.
Washington Society of En-
gineers-8 pm. meeting, Cosmos
Club assembly hall, 2121 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. Impact
of Atomic Energy Program on
the Electrical Industry" G. w.
Thaxton, Chief, Electric Power
Branch, Atomic Energy Com
mission.
Armed Forces Communications
Association, Washington chap
ter-Cocktails 1880 am. to
1915 pm, luncheon 1915 pm,
National Press Club. "Elec-
tronics in the Army Medical
Service" by Maj. Gen. George
Armstrong, Surgeon General Of
the Army.
Thursday.
American Chemical Society,
Washington section-8:15 pm.
meeting, Cosmos Club, 2121
Massachusetts, avenue NV,
1.-THE Production of Chemists"
by Joel H. Hildebrand.
Special Libraries Association,
8 pm. meeting, Department of
Commerce auditorium Four
teenth and Constitution avenue
NV. Library Planning for a
War Emergency" by DR.. Bur-
ton w. Atkinson. Also films on
atomic bombs.
American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers, 8 pm. meeting
Potomac Electric Power Co.
auditorium Tenth and E streets
NV. Measurement of Time"
by B. c. Connor.
Friday.
American Society of Agri-
cultural Engineers, noon lunch
con meeting, room 1862 South
Building, Department of Agri-