Division of Chemical EducationOF TIm AMERICAN CIlEMICAL SOCIETY

MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

P."'UL H. F ALL, StCT~tary

300.00

$188.0188.43

S273.44

8384.38

8300.009.'10

25.0012.6027.509.88

August 30, 1943

$573.44CUARLES E. 'VHITE, TrtaS"llrer

AUDITOR'S REPORT

Total.

MALCOLM M. HARING

Dear Dr. Currier:

In accordance with your request of August 28th, I have auditedthe books of Dr. Charles E. White, Treasurer of the Division ofChemical Education, A. C. S.

I find that all receipts have been duly recorded and that allexpenditures were properly authorized.

The treasurer is to be commended on the neat and orderlycondition of his accounts.

Tillie: 3:45p.;\l.

The secretary gave 3. summary of the minutes of the Buffalomeeting in September, 1942, of the Executive Committee meetingin Detroit in April. 1943, and of t he meetings of the Board ofPublication and of the Executive Committee held ::'vlonday morn­iug, September 6, 1943. Also, the treasurer's report, which hadbceu accepted by the Executive Committee, was read.

~Iotioll was made aud seconded that we follow the recom­mendation of the Executive Committee and rescind "the actionlaken at the Atlantic City meeting, at which we authorized theeSlablishmel1t of a Committee to Study the Problems of Teachingof Chemistry in Colleges aud lilliversities.

After some discussion, motion made, seconded, and carried tbatthe preceding motion be laid on the table.

Dr. O. IV1. Smith reported that the 1944 Cooperative Tests illGeneral Chemistry are in the hands of Dr. :\'Iartill and they areto be tried out in several instilutions. Erelong there will beavailable a battery of testS in physical, quantitative, qualitative,and organic, as well as in general chemistry.

Assets are distributed as follows:Check.ing Account, "Division Chemical Education,"

Prince Georges Bank and Trust Co., Hyattsville,Maryland. _ .

Savings ACCCoullt-Same as above .3 U. S. Savings Bonds, $100 each, Nos. CS25778g,

C825779g, C825580g, "Division of Chemical Educa­tion" deposited in the safe deposit box of C. E. Whiteat Prince Georges Bank and Trust Co., Hyattsville,Maryland.

i\1(NUTES OF TilE; BUSINESS l'vlEETlKG

Pittsburgh, September 6, 1943

Balance on Haud.

Total ..

Exp~nditu.res

Purchase of Savings Bonds.Abstracts Buffalo Meeting ...P. H. Fall, Secy.Stamps and envelopes for treasurer.Motion pictures-Detroit ",.Detroit Abstracts. . "".

6.504.93

$483.64156.00

3.003.75

TRE.o\SURER'S REPORT

Ru~jpts

Balance, Oct. 31, 19-12. . .Dues, 156 members. . _19-44 dues paid in advance .Illterest on U. S. Savings Bond.Liquidation divideud from acct. of previous

treasurer ill closed bank.Interest 011 Savings Account.

P.ittsburgh, September 6, 1943

10:20 A.M.-12:15 P.M.A.]. Currier, F. E. Browll, L. L. Quill, N. W. Rake·

straw, H. F. Mack, C. F. Flcck.The minutes of the April meeting wert' fead and approved. In

the absence of the treasurer, C. E. \Yhi.e, hi!> report, which badbeen sent to the secretary, was read ami approved. Dr. :\'[alcolmHaring had audited the treasurer's report. This. too, was readand accepted. Both the treasurer's and auditor's reports ac­company this report.

l\.Iotion made that miscellaneous bills which "c.re presented bythe chairman and secretary be approved and submitted to thetreasurer for payment.

Since the camraet with Mack Printing Company for publish­ing the JOURXAL OF CII'BlICAL EDUCAT10~, entered into April27, 1939, expired December, 1942, it was necessary to renew thecontract. Because of 1he increase ill costs of paper, ink, labor,etc., ]\IT. Mack and .r-.lr. Fleck stated t.hat it would be necessaryto increase the rates somewhat. ?o.'Iotion was made and passedauthorizing t he renewal of present contract as of December I,1942, for a period of five years, with an increase of 15 per cent inschedule of rates established about ten years ago, as shown inAppendix I, page 8, of the old contract. The increase in scheduleof rates is to become effective Janl-lary 1,194-1.

A letter from O. l'vr. Smith, Chairman of lhe Committee onExaminations and Tesls, was read, suggesting that Drs. Hen·dricks, Reed, and Martiu, whose terms on Committee on Examina·tions and Tests expire this September, be continued for anothertenn, which will expire in 1946. ?\lotion made, seconded, andpassed.

Since ::\lr. ::\'1. Y. ::\1cGill sent in his resignation as chairman ofCommittee on High-School Chemistry, a motion was made that.l\Ir. Elbert C. '''eaver, of Andover Ac.ademy, Andover, Massa­chuselts, be elected chairman of this committee. It was alsovoted 1..hat Mr. Weaver and the chairman of the Division ofChemical Education confer in choosing successors to :Kelson,Reed, and Long, whose terms expire September, 1943, and an­other member to take the place of i\'1r. "reaver, whose term wasto expire September, 1945.

Motion made that we recommend to the Division that werescind the motion passed at Atlantic City meeting, September194.1, at which time the Committee to Study Problems of Teach­illg of Chemistry in Colleges and Universities was authorized.

By vote of the Executive Committee, R. E. Kirk was electedto the Board of Publicatiou of the JOUR:\AI. OF CHEMICALEDUCATION as successor to S. R. Brinkley, whose term expiresSeptember, 19-13.

Tim~:

'prts~nt:

Total. $G57 82

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F. E. Brown reported for the Nominating Committee, consist- Motion made, seconded, and passed that the report be ac- ing of B. S. Hopkins, F. E. Brown, and R. D. Reed cepted. The chairman then called for any nominations from the

This committee presented the following slate: floor, but none were made. Motion made, seconded, and passed that the secretary cast a unanimous ballot for election of the

Chairman — L. L. Quill, University of Kentucky officers submitted by the nominating committee. This was done, Vice-Chairman — H. N. Alyea, Princeton University and the individuals named above were declared elected. Secretary — P. H. Fall, Hiram College The meeting adjourned at 4:15 P.M. Member-at-Large — G. H. Cartledge, University of Buffalo PAUL H. FALL, Secretary

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