PROBLEM SOLVING: METHODS AND PEOPLE 333 plains that the model-builder tries to baffle everyone with science, by main- raining a blackboard full of impressive equations. In turn, each of these groups is skeptical of the blue skyers, because they are newcomers and they talk so much! Perhaps the model-builder envies the relative ease with which the experi- mentalist sells his approach to management. The experimentalist has a slight inferiority complex because he is viewed in certain quarters as a "second-class scientist." The "blue skyer" is in a militant minority at this stage, and suffers accordingly. It is, therefore, vitally important that research management on any scale of operations should realize the importance of maintaining close contact between groups following the various disciplines. These groups must not be allowed to withdraw from one another, to feel that their method is "right." There is so much to be gained from the free exchange of ideas and the willingness to seek advice from others that every opportunity for liaison should be encouraged. Scientists who have the ability to recognize the strength and limitations of the various approaches to problem-solving (and of the problem solvers too!) can do much to benefit the problem-solving world.

CHICAGO SECTION NEWS DR. MICHAEL G. BERKMAN, Publicity Chairman of the Chicago Chapter, made the following report: The year 1957 marks the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Chi- cago Chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, the first such group in the United States. It is a ten-year period of which not only the membership but related organizations and the cosmetic industry itself may justly be proud. Since its founding, through the dedicated interest and combined efforts of Mr. Gustav Carsch, Mr. Joseph Schultz, Dr. Sol Gershon and other en- thusiastic charter members, the Chicago Chapter has grown from a mem- bership of 21 in 1947 to a current membership of 90. Although the accomplishments and the contributions of the Chapter have been many and varied, the recent television program, X-perts at your Service, is a most significant milestone of achievement. Under the auspices of Station WTTW, the Society of Cosmetic Chemists made television history. On Tuesday evening, April 30, the Chapter pre- sented a half hour program, one of a series being sponsored by the Chicago Technical Societies Council. A panel of four experts took part in the program. Mr. Gus Kass, direc- tor of research, Lanolin Plus, Inc., spoke on the theory and chemistry of hair waving solutions and discussed the principles of emulsifying agents and their use. Mr. George Kolar, president of Kolar Laboratories, Inc., dis- cussed modern shampoos with emphasis on their advantages over older products. Newer developments in pressurized packages for cosmetics were discussed by Mr. Eugene Rose of the Gene Rose Company, Inc. Dr. Wil- liam Colburn of Colburn Laboratories, Inc., Consulting Chemists, intro- duced the speakers to the television audience and acted as moderator during ß the discussions. It is fitting and appropriate that on this tenth anniversary, the Chicago Chapter should be host to the other groups which are part of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists at the Fourth Annual Seminar, September 19 and 20, at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. 334