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...Perkin's Vanquishes Debevoise...
Died. Charles F. Chandler, 88, winner of the Perkin Medal (gift of organized U. S. Chemistry) in 1920 "for such valuable contributions to Chemistry (especially sugar refining gas manufacture, petroleum refining, photography, dyeing), that he has placed the whole world in his debt," holder of certain honorary degrees never previously conferred on anyone but Edward VII, President of the Health Department of New York City under Mayors Havemeyer and Ely, originator of free vaccination, educator, professor, distinguished and beloved lecturer; from nephritis, at Hartford, Conn...
...Perkin's successor, who is appointed by the Corporation, has not yet been chosen. Harvard has been governed by the corporation since 1650. The Corporation is composed of the President, the Treasurer, and five Fellows, of Har- vard College. The Corporation, which also controls the finances of the University, is self-perpetuating, and is responsible to the Board of Overseers. The Board of Overseers is elected by the alumni of the University...
Synthetic rubber, long a goal of the "creative chemists," was successfully produced by Duisberg, the German chemist, and Perkin, the Englishman, some years ago. But the processes were not commercially practicable. Now Plotnikoff, also from Germany, has found a feasible formula. A uranium salt, used in conjunction with sunlight, produces an effect similar to, but much cheaper than, ultraviolet rays. The action of these rays on vinyl chloride made from acetylene, results in caoutchoue chloride, which can easily be converted into rubber. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, foreseeing the immense importance of knowing how to utilize...
...McKinley 1G., S. J. Mantel '17, D. J. Margreve '19, A. E. Marks '17, P. R. Meyer '19, T. W. Morris 1L., W. S. Murphy '18, D. Needham 3L., C. Nemser '16, J. T. Noonan '19, I. Oberman uC., F. S. Owen '19, R. J. Pantzer uC., E. P. Perkin '18, W. B. Petry uC., J. P. Pinkerton 3L., H. W. Porter '17, R. W. Potter uC., H. O. H. Quinn uC., W. L. Rafeld '16, P. H. Raymond '16, R. Raymond '17, H. W. Rose '19, M. Rosenberg '18, H. Sahlman 1G., J. Schneider '17, T. K. Selkirk...