ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP 101 ation program which permits the use of a Committee Seal for cos- metics that meet its requirements. As a member of the committee since its inception, I can assure you that Dr. Smith has not only been our secretary but our guiding spirit as well. He is responsible in great measure for the good will and co- operation that exists between the public, the cosmetic industry, and the medical profession. He has worked indefatigably to 'improve this spirit of co-operation and mu- tual endeavor in the best interests of the public health, for that is Austin Smith's primary concern, the public health. I know that many of you have been aware of the facts just outlined but they bear repetition. We will have many problems in the future and we may consider ourselves for- tunate indeed in knowing this dis- tinguished man of science who is both familiar with our problems and is a real friend to the cosmetic chemists. I take great pleasure in welcom- ing Dr. Austin Smith to honorary membership in the SOCIETY O1* COS- METIC CHEMISTS. Expressing the Society's appre- ciation of Dr. Smith's efforts in making cosmetics better, President Rider voiced the hope that the Second Honorary Member would take an active part in the affairs of the SOCIETY. President Rider gave the citation and awarded the Second Honorary Membership to Dr. Aus- tin Smith. ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP By AUSTIN SMITH, M.D. Chicago 10, IlL It is difficult on an occasion like this to express through words my appreciation of the honor being bestowed on me and the humility which I feel as I receive this. It has long been my conviction that there is insufficient appreciation of the problems that are related to the de- velopment and use of cosmetics. In no way do I intend this to be a warning that their use is attended with danger but rather that the field has become so large, so com- plex and so important that more attention must be paid to it than has been the policy in the past. Management perhaps has not yet fully realized the true significance, chemically and medically, of the use of synthetic substitutes, in fact, the use of purified, naturally ob- tained materials. Perhaps, chem- ists, pharmacologists, bacteriolo- gists, and others have not yet real-

ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP 101 ation program which permits the use of a Committee Seal for cos- metics that meet its requirements. As a member of the committee since its inception, I can assure you that Dr. Smith has not only been our secretary but our guiding spirit as well. He is responsible in great measure for the good will and co- operation that exists between the public, the cosmetic industry, and the medical profession. He has worked indefatigably to 'improve this spirit of co-operation and mu- tual endeavor in the best interests of the public health, for that is Austin Smith's primary concern, the public health. I know that many of you have been aware of the facts just outlined but they bear repetition. We will have many problems in the future and we may consider ourselves for- tunate indeed in knowing this dis- tinguished man of science who is both familiar with our problems and is a real friend to the cosmetic chemists. I take great pleasure in welcom- ing Dr. Austin Smith to honorary membership in the SOCIETY O1* COS- METIC CHEMISTS. Expressing the Society's appre- ciation of Dr. Smith's efforts in making cosmetics better, President Rider voiced the hope that the Second Honorary Member would take an active part in the affairs of the SOCIETY. President Rider gave the citation and awarded the Second Honorary Membership to Dr. Aus- tin Smith. ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP By AUSTIN SMITH, M.D. Chicago 10, IlL It is difficult on an occasion like this to express through words my appreciation of the honor being bestowed on me and the humility which I feel as I receive this. It has long been my conviction that there is insufficient appreciation of the problems that are related to the de- velopment and use of cosmetics. In no way do I intend this to be a warning that their use is attended with danger but rather that the field has become so large, so com- plex and so important that more attention must be paid to it than has been the policy in the past. Management perhaps has not yet fully realized the true significance, chemically and medically, of the use of synthetic substitutes, in fact, the use of purified, naturally ob- tained materials. Perhaps, chem- ists, pharmacologists, bacteriolo- gists, and others have not yet real-