ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP By G. ROB.RT CI^RK, Ph.D. Chief, Division of Cosme. tics, Food and Drug ztdministration, tf ashington, D.C. MR. PRESIDENT and Mem- bers of the Society, I assure you that I deeply appreciate the privi- lege of accepting this honorary ,membership. As all of you know, the personnel of the Food and Drug Administra- tion are engaged in the enforcement of a law that is intended to pro- tect the consumer. The primary purpose of the enactment of the law was to insure that the pur- chaser of any food, drug, or cos- metic will receive honestly labeled and carefully manufactured prod- ucts, so that he will receive in- jury neither to his person nor to his pocketbook. In those cases in which complete protection is not provided, it is required that the purchaser be warned of the chance he is taking. It would be impossible of course to enforce such a law if it were not the general intent of the food, drug, and cosmetic industries to conduct their operations in such a manner that compliance with the law is assured. As the interested industries and the Food and Drug Administration both. progress toward serving the interest of the consumer, it is the technologists who lead the way. I can think of nothing that can better serve the consumer and the cosmetic industry alike than an organization such as this SOCIETY. This association of scientists, freely exchanging such information as methods of testing cosmetics and reporting results of fundamental investigations carried out in their laboratories, has inspired and will continue to inspire important prog- ress in the application of tech- nology to cosmetic problems. For this reason, I feel especially proud to have been elected as Honorary Member. I have not yet examined this scroll Dr. McDonough has just handed me, so I do not know the exact duties of an Honorary Mem- ber. I assume that a continuing interest in chemistry and other sciences as they pertain to cosmetics is one of the paramount require- 348

SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 349 ments. I am sure that I shall have no difficulties with that. I shall take full advantage of every opportunity to continue my asso- ciation with the SOCIETY as a group and with the members individually. Photo courtesy "Drug Trade News" Figure 1.--Dr. G. Robert Clark (right) receives honorary mem- bership in T• Society or Cosyretro C•tmSTS from the hands of President E.G. McDonough. Dr. Clark, who heads the Cosmetic Division of the Food and Drug Administration, was given this award at a luncheon of the SociEtY last May. SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN ARRANGEMENTS for the Fall and Winter meetings are pro- gressing. The honorary secretary, Mr. H. Holmes, advises that Hackney Technical College is taking enroll- ment for the first- and second-year courses in cosmetics. It is ex- pected that a third-year course will be instituted next year. The British edition of the Society's journal is in print and should have been received by the members of the world wide Society, by the time these words are in print. The Society held a Golf Com- petition, the results of which will be announced at the next regular meeting.