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Ν Ε WS Stack Joins Staff of ACS News Service JAMES II. Stack, a mcmhcr of the staff of the New York Herald Tribune for the last 6 years, has been appointed assistant to James T. Grady, managing editor of the AMERICAN CHEMICAI. SOCIETY News Service. Mr. Stack is 37 years old and a native of New York City. He has been a New York newspaperman since he was gradu- ated from Cornell University with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1928. He also holds a master of arts degrée from New York University and is a mcmber of two college honorary societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. The appointment of Mr. Stack is another step in the expansion of t h e public relation activities of the SOCIETY. The work of the News Service is growing. The gênerai news of chemical science and in- dustry is being disseminated by the News Service in greater volume than ever be- fore, and meets with a rcady response in the press. Coopération with local sec- tions in the development of public infor- mation programs will receive greater emphasis. The News Service is now in a position to increase its usefulness to the chemical profession, to chemical science and in- dustry, and to the public. Discrimina- tion in the sélection of subjects t o be publicized will continue to control the policy of the News Service, which through- out its history has aimed to respect news values. The soundness of this procedure is proved by thc gênerai acceptante of AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY news in newspapers and in a wide range of other publications in the United States, not to mention the more limited service extended to the press in Latin American countries, thc Dominion of Canada, and England. The News Service now occupies offices in thc Lincoln Building, 60 East 42nd St., New York, X. Y. It operated under difficult conditions during the war years, when personnel, equipinont, and office space were necessarily restricted. This situation is gradually being overcome. Two thoroughly trained newspapermen are now in charge of the public relations program. Three young women are also members of the office staff: Antoinette J. Ilaufe, in charge of office routine with «assistance from Margarot Seharf and Patricia M. Kelly. Miss Ilaufe and Miss Seharf arc former members of the staff of the Department of Public Information of Columbia Uni- versity, which for many years was headed by Mr. Grady. Though the News Service organization is not large, it is at this time bet ter pre- pared to meet its responsibilities than at any time since its establishment a quarter of a century ago. Pro Forma Meeting of American Chemical Society Called for December 10 The Act of Incorporation of the AMERI- CAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY under its National Charter, Section 3, carries the following sentence: It shall hold an annual meeting at such place in the United States as may from time to time be designated. On advice of Counsel the Directors of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY have voted that a pro forma annual meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY be held on December 10, 1945, in Washing- ton, D . C. It will be cal led to order by President Marvel at 12 o'clock, M., and immediately adjourned as there is no business to be transacted. The SOCIETY was compelled to cancel its General Meet- ing this year because of the régulations of the Office of Défense Transportation. The pro forma meeting, therefore, is being called merely to eomply with the Act of Incorporation. CHARLES L. PARSONS, Secretary New Local Section Officers Mary L. Sague, professor of chemistry at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has been chosen Charman-elect of the Mid-IIudson Section. M. H. Arveson, senior teehnologist in the Patent and Development Department of Standard Oil C'o. of indiana, has been clcctcd Chairman of the Chicago Section M. H. Arveson to succeed R. E. Zinn. Donalee L. Tab- ern, Abbott Laboratories, isfirst vice chair- man, and C. L. Thomas, Uni versai Oil Products Co., second vice chairman. Meeting-in-Print Abstracts Now is the time to place orders for ab- stracts of the Meeting-in-Print of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, in order to keep your set of these books complete. Address the ACS News Service, 1155 Sixteenth St., N. W., Washington 6, D . C. Price: $1 per copy when remittance is sent with order; $1.50 per copy if bill noust be rendered; 50 cents per copy if divisional receipt card is sent with order aîid remittance. No meeting of t h e ACS was hgld in the spring of 1945 and no abstract book *vas prepared; the only 1945 abstracts avail- able are those now being distributed 'or tlie Meeting-in-Print. Several people have sent in 1945 divisional receipt cards with $1; unless instructions to the contrary are received, one copy of abstracts of the Meeting-in-Print will be sent, and the balance held to be applied on abstracts issued in 1946. VOLUME 2 3, N O . 2 0 - OCTOBER 2 5, 1945 1821 American Chemical Society

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Ν Ε WS Stack Joins Staff

of ACS News Service JAMES II. Stack, a mcmhcr of the staff of

the New York Herald Tribune for the last 6 years, has been appointed assistant to James T. Grady, managing editor of the AMERICAN CHEMICAI. SOCIETY News Service.

Mr. Stack is 37 years old and a native of New York City. He has been a New York newspaperman since he was gradu-ated from Cornell University with the degree of bachelor of arts in 1928. He also holds a master of arts degrée from New York University and i s a mcmber of two college honorary societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

The appointment of Mr. Stack is another step in the expansion of the public relation activities of the SOCIETY. The work of the News Service is growing. The gênerai news of chemical science and in-dustry is being disseminated by the News Service in greater volume than ever be-fore, and meets with a rcady response in the press. Coopération with local sec­tions in the development of public infor­mation programs will receive greater emphasis.

The News Service is now in a position to increase its usefulness to the chemical profession, to chemical science and in-dustry, and t o the public. Discrimina­tion in the sélection of subjects t o be publicized will continue t o control the policy of the News Service, which through-out i ts history has aimed t o respect news

values. The soundness of this procedure is proved by thc gênerai acceptante of AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY news in

newspapers and in a wide range of other publications in the United States, not to mention the more limited service extended to the press in Latin American countries, thc Dominion of Canada, and England.

The News Service now occupies offices in thc Lincoln Building, 60 East 42nd St., New York, X. Y. It operated under difficult conditions during the war years, when personnel, equipinont, and office space were necessarily restricted. This situation is gradually being overcome. Two thoroughly trained newspapermen are now in charge of the public relations program. Three young women are also members of the office staff: Antoinette J. Ilaufe, in charge of office routine with «assistance from Margarot Seharf and Patricia M. Kelly.

Miss Ilaufe and Miss Seharf arc former members of the staff of the Department of Public Information of Columbia Uni­versity, which for many years was headed by Mr. Grady.

Though the News Service organization is not large, it is at this time bet ter pre-pared to meet its responsibilities than at any time since its establishment a quarter of a century ago.

Pro Forma Meeting of American Chemical Society Called for

December 10 The Act of Incorporation of the AMERI­

CAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY under its National Charter, Section 3, carries the following sentence:

It shall hold an annual meeting a t such place in the United States as may from time to time be designated.

On advice of Counsel the Directors of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY have

voted that a pro forma annual meeting of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY be held on December 10, 1945, in Washing­ton, D . C. It will be cal led to order by President Marvel at 12 o'clock, M., and immediately adjourned as there is no business to be transacted. The SOCIETY was compelled to cancel its General Meet­ing this year because of the régulations of the Office of Défense Transportation. The pro forma meeting, therefore, is being called merely to eomply with the Act of Incorporation.

CHARLES L. PARSONS, Secretary

New Local Section Officers Mary L. Sague, professor of chemistry

at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has been chosen Charman-elect of the Mid-IIudson Section.

M. H. Arveson, senior teehnologist in the Patent and Development Department of Standard Oil C'o. of indiana, has been clcctcd Chairman of the Chicago Section

M . H. Arveson

to succeed R. E. Zinn. Donalee L. Tab-ern, Abbott Laboratories, isfirst vice chair­man, and C. L. Thomas, Uni versai Oil Products Co., second vice chairman.

Meeting-in-Print Abstracts Now is the time to place orders for ab­

stracts of the Meeting-in-Print of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, in order to

keep your set of these books complete. Address the ACS News Service, 1155 Sixteenth St., N. W., Washington 6, D . C. Price: $1 per copy when remittance is sent with order; $1.50 per copy if bill noust be rendered; 50 cents per copy if divisional receipt card i s sent with order aîid remittance.

No meeting of the ACS was hgld in the spring of 1945 and no abstract book *vas prepared; the only 1945 abstracts avail-able are those now being distributed 'or tlie Meeting-in-Print. Several people have sent in 1945 divisional receipt cards with $1; unless instructions t o the contrary are received, one copy of abstracts of the Meeting-in-Print will be sent, and the balance held to be applied on abstracts issued in 1946.

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