500 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS provided a sound background for cosmetic scientists, research on the control of personal odor, its contribution tSor the formulation of better deodorants, we are honored to present to you on behalf of the SOCIETY or COSMETro CI4EmSTS this scroll and check awarded by the SOCIETY to foster and stimulate the basic research in the cosmetic industry and publication of same." ACCEPTANCE OF THE AWARD BY DR. WALTER B. SHELLEY "Mr. President, members of the SOC•E,¾ and guests, it is a great pleasure to be here today to accept this award. I am deeply honored and thrilled. As all of you in research know, investigation is a cooperative endeavor. Our work on the sweat gland has been no exception, and I should like to pay tribute here to the team of investigators with whom I have been associated at the University of Pennsylvania. They include Doctors Harry J. Hurley, Jr., Milton M. Cahn, Edwin J. Levy, Eldon T. Perry, Peter N. Horvath, Kimio Ikai, Miss Anna C. Nichols and Miss Sondra Golomb. Without their untiring help, I certainly would not be here accepting this award from Mr. Kolar today. "There is another band of investigators to whom we in dermatological research are increasingly indebted, and that is your very own group. It has been both exciting and rewarding to find another discipline attacking the problems of the skin I have become increasingly aware of the mutual benefits which are accruing. I hope that, as the years pass, our scienti- fic liaison will prove even more productive. "My deepest thanks to all of you for naming me the recipient of the 1955 Special Award. I shall always treasure the memories of this wonder- ful day."

CHICAGO--NEW YORK SECTION NEWS CHICAGO SECTION NEWS 501 THE SPECIAL Ladies' Night meeting was held on June 12th at Henrici's Restaurant at the Merchandise Mart. Dr. George R. Hughes, Associate Director of Egyptology at the University of Chicago, spoke on "The Cosmetic Arts in Ancient Egypt." This fascinating lecture covered the origin of the cosmeticJan's art and the use of the products developed. Surviving objects and cosmetic materials from ancient Egypt were de- scribed along with pictorial representations. Dr. Hughes has been studying the culture of ancient Egypt for over twenty-five years, first as a research assistant at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, later as a research associate of the University of Chicago Epigraphic Survey in Luxor, Egypt, and currently as Field Director of this Epigraphic Survey. Dr. Hughes spends several months of each year in Egypt directing the work of the University of Chicago group there. NEW YORK SECTION NEWS THE NEw YORK Chapter now has 191 members and is growing. The membership committee under the chairmanship of Stephen Capkovitz is bringing to the attention of qualified women chemists in the metropolitan area the advantages to them of membership in the Section. Other qualified prospects are also being solicited to join. Ladies' Night on April 25th proved to be a marked success. A cocktail hour preceded the lecture by Dr. Ernest Guenther on "Essential Oil Production the World Over" and a travelogue through South America, both of which were illustrated by colored movies taken by Dr. Guenther. Each lady present received a gift package door prizes were contributed by members of the industry. Meetings of the Section were discontinued during the summer months. A great deal of interest has been shown in the effort of the Education Committee to establish courses at the college level for training cosmetic chemists. Dr. Martin Katz is chairman of this committee of the New York Section and is assisted by Harry Isacoff, Herbert Edelstein and two college professors Leonard Charkin and Joseph L. Kanig. The first fall meeting was held on September 26th. Dr. Amos E. Light, well known for his excellent pharmacological research spoke on "Peripheral Circulation." Dr. Light is associated with the Wellcome Research Laboratories, Tuckahoe, N.Y.