74 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS BELGIAN SYMPOSIUM THE Soci•t• Beige de Cosm•tologie, of 17 Rue du Stade, Brussels, is organis- ing an ambitious International Symposium of Cosmetology in 1958. It was to have been arranged for July, but has now been postponed to August 22nd-23rd (Friday and Saturday) at the request of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of the U.S.A., which would apparently like it to be brought into line with the day of foundation of the German Cosmetic Chemists' Society, which was August 30 of this year. The Soci•t• intends to have twenty papers read, each of which will be translated on the spot into French, English and Germaninaccording to whatever language it is given in by the confdrencier. It is hoped to have two papers read by English chemists. Further details are available direct from the Soci•t• Beige de Cosm•to- logie. As accommodation is very difficult in Brussels, they tell us, those intending to be present on this occasion are advised to book well in advance. COLOURS FOR COSMETICS SOAPS D & C Colours--our speciality D. F. ANSTEAD LTD. Colour s!•ecialists to the soap and cosmetic-industries 99 VICTORIA RD., ROMFORD, ESSE Tel. •Romford 44216

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT By S^BB^'r J. STRIANSE THE YEAR 1957 has been a most eventful one, not only for the SOCIETY but for the world in general. The history books of the future will record 1957 as the year of man's first successful venture into outer space. Surprisingly enough, this year found the SOCIETY involved far outside of its usual orbit. One might say that S.C.C., 1957 wore an international cloak almost from birth. For example: Our special award of $1000 which is given for outstanding, recent liter- ary contributions of greatest value to our industry, was awarded for the first time since its conception to two British scientists, namely Drs. Archer John Porter Martin and Anthony Trafford James, for their pioneering and development in the field of gas liquid partition chroma- tography. This timely and outstanding selection was made possible by the efforts of Herman J. Amsterdam, Chairman, and the members of his Special Award Committee and also Dr. Lester Apperson, Chairman, and the members of the Literature Review Sub-Committee. Shortly after this event, 51 members of our SoCiETY found themselves abroad attending and taking part in seminars held in Paris, Geneva and London. This was our first en masse attendance of Seminars held in Europe in the history of the SOCIETY. I am and we all should be indebted to our Secretary, Robert Kramer, for the magnificent job he did in organizing this entire trip. This you realize was all in addition to the many other functions he performs as Secretary of the SOCIETY. The smoothness with which the seminar in Geneva was con- ducted was due to a large degree to the efforts of Dr. Donald Powers and Edward Morrish, Co-Chairman of the European Seminar Committee. While in Europe, we became aware of what I consider the most important event of the year. An International Congress of Cosmetic Societies was held in Paris. The countries represented were: England, France, Ger- many, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia and the United States. It was here that the French proposed the formation of the first Inter- national Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists. In view of the far reaching implications of this proposal, I took advantage 75