322 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS These meetings are to be held in rather more elegant premises than in the past the continuing aim of the Council being to raise the status of the Society and of its members. Increased publicity is being ob- tained by the kind co-operation of weekly and monthly journals, here, in U.S.A., France, and Germany, and the recent drive to increase the membership is already showing promise. Current membership is 100 home members and 12 overseas members. CORRESPONDENCE September 16, 1952 Dr. Robert Henry Marriott "Deeping" Pine Grove Totteridge London N. 20 England Dear Dr. Marriott: It is my privilege and pleasure, as President of the SOCIETY ov COSMETIC CHEMISTS, tO direct to your attention for referral to the officers, members of the Council, and members of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Brit- ain the following resolution, adopted unanimously by the Board fo Directors of the SOCIETY ov COSMETIC CHEMISTS in the United States. In combined meeting of the Officers, Executive Committee, and Committee Chairmen of the SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS in New York it was unanimously resolved to express appreciation and congratulations to the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Britain for their untiring efforts resulting in an organization which has made so outstanding a con- tribution to the Science of this Industry. Particular appreciation is ex- tended to F. V. Wells who, after being appointed temporary Chair- man and later repeatedly elected to this office, so ably served the cause of science in this executive capacity. Appreciation and recognition is further expressed to all of the officers, directors, and members whose time and efforts have created the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Britain and made it an outstanding organiza- tion in the field of science. It was further resolved to ex- tend the wish for continued success in the future to the most recently elected and appointed officers, directors, committeemen, and members of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Brit- ain. We wish to congratulate you on your election to the office of Chairman and hope you will have every success in promoting the interests of the Society of Great Britain and its members. It is my personal hope that we may have occasion in the not too distant future to have a mutu- ally beneficial meeting to review and discuss the experiences of our related societies. Sincerely yours, (signed) S. D. GERSHON President, SOCIETY COSMETIC CHEMISTS

CHICAGO SECTION NEWS No Ju•.v oR Av•vs•r meet- ings are held by tile Chicago section. 'File September meeting was held on September 9th, at which Dr. G. W. Rapp, Professor of Biochemistry and Physiology and Director of the Department of Research at Loyola University, gave a very interesting talk on "Chlorophyll in Cosmetic Products." On October 14th the following offricers fi•r 1953 were elected: Doug- las Atlas, Chairman Dr. Win. Col- burn, Chairman-Elect R. Appen- zeller, Secretary Dr. H. F. David- son, Treasurer. Irving D. Auspitz, Creative rector of Weiss and Geller, Inc., of Chicago addressed the group on tile topic "Can Cosmetic Chem- ists Catch Up with Advertising Claims ?" On November 11th Dr. Richard B. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Chemistry, l!linois Institute of Technology, spoke on the subject "Application of Infra-red Spectrom- etrv to Cosmetic Materials." Officers of the Chicago Chapter for 1953. From left to right---Dr. H. F. Davidson, Treasurer Mr. Douglas Atlas, Chairman Mr. Robert Appenzeller, Secretary Dr. William Colburn. Chairman-elect. 323