Chemical Society

Abstract

THE Chemical Society will continue to function at Burlington House, London, unless circumstances render it impracticable to do so. It is the intention of the Council to publish the Journal of the Chemical Society each month as heretofore and to issue the “Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry, 1939” in the early spring of 1940. British Chemical and Physiological Abstracts “A”, Pure Chemistry, will also continue to be published monthly. The Council has accepted with great regret as from September 30 the resignation of Prof. J. W. Cook from the office of honorary secretary, on his appointment to the regius chair of chemistry of the University of Glasgow. It has expressed its high appreciation of the eminent services Prof. Cook has rendered to the Society during his term of office. Prof. W. Wardlaw, professor of physical chemistry in Birkbeck College, London, has been appointed by the Council to fill the vacancy until the next annual general meeting. The programme of lectures, discussions and meetings of the Society for the reading of papers, arranged for the session 1939–1940, will inevitably suffer drastic alterations. The Council hopes, however, that modified programmes will be carried out, and particulars of meetings will be announced from time to time. Until further notice the Society's Library will be open each weekday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. or sunset when earlier, except on Saturdays, when the hours will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Research Fund Committee will meet early in November to consider applications for grants for research purposes. These must be received by November 1.