290 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS tion of what has appeared in Chapter 4. The chapter contributed by Stevenson, The .4ncillary Effects in Detergent .4ction, contains many beautiful plates showing soil re- moval from fibers. Aside from these, this chapter is primarily a repetition of earlier chapters. The role of foam in detergency is treated very briefly. The author states that low foaming nonionic deter- gents appear to be as efficient as their foaming counterparts but gives no substantiating data. Surpris- ingly, the subject of alcohols and of long chain alkanolamides, which are widely used as detergency im- provers, receives almost no mention. Lawrence prefaces his contribu- tion, Polar Interaction in Detergency, with the following statement: "When I was asked to give a lecture on this series, I said that I knew nothing about the subject of the title nor, so far as I was aware, did anyone else." This reviewer is inclined to agree with Dr. Lawrence, and for all practical purposes this chapter could have been omitted from the text. The author talks (literally--in the first person) about the solubility of organic substances in aqueous soap solutions in a dis- jointed and rambling fashion. Many graphs on binary and ternary systems are presented which are probably very clear to experts in this field, but very little effort is made to make them understandable to those who would like to become experts. The reader is certainly entitled to a more lucid explanation than statements such as: "As usual in the smectic mesophase, the texture is not one of simple layers, but that of focal conics of Dupin's cyclides," appearing on page 169. The fact that detergents remove polar soil by penetration is covered in the last four pages of a 34-page chapter. The last two chapters, Kinetics of /ldsorption and Its Relation to De- tergency and Evaluation of Detergent Evyffciency, both by Durham, are brief but adequate. The latter rounds out the picture by discussing conventional and radioactive meth- ods of evaluating dishwashing, metal cleaning and fabric detergency. This reviewer believes that people working with surface active ma- terials in the fields of detergency and more specifically laundry and dish- washing detergents will find this book a good review and summation of the pertinent knowledge in the field today. However, this book is probably of very limited value to the cosmetic chemist whose major interests lie in the use of surfactants as emulsifiers, solubilizers and as detergents for skin and hair.- Charles Fox, Warner-Lambert Pharm. Co.

BY-LAWS OF SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS (Incorporated under the laws of Delaware) As Amended May 20, 1962. AP. TICLE I AP.T•CLE II NAME, OFFICES, OBJECT AND COPxPOKAFF a SEAL SECTION 1. iVame. The name of the corporation is Society of Cosmetic Chemists, hereinafter called the SOCIETY. SEcrrmN 2. Offices. The principal office of the SOCIETY unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors shall be at 317-325 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, Delaware, and the name of the resident agent in charge thereof shall be The Prentice-Hall Corporation Systems, Inc., whose address is 317-325 South State Street, Dover, Kent County, Delaware. The SOCIETY may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. SEcrrIo• 3. Objects. Its objects are fully set forth in its Certificate of Incorporation, which, briefly defined, are to establish a medium for the dissemination of scientific knowledge of the Toilet Goods Industry and to improve the professional standing of scientists in the fields of cosmetics and perfumery. No profit or private benefit shall inure to any persons from the income or property of the SOCIETY. Its purposes shall be limited to scientific, professional, educational, social, or charitable activities. SECTm• 4. Corporate Seal. The SOCIETY shall have a corporate seal which shall consist of two concentric circles, be- tween which shall be the name of the SOCIETY, and in the center shall be in- scribed the year of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." MEMBERSHIP SECTION 1. •Vlembership. The SOCIETY shall consist of three classes of Members, namely: ?lctive Members, Honorary Mem- bers, and Emeritus Members. Persons in- terested in the objects of the SOCIETY shall be eligible for Membership as defined in A•rrICLE II, SEcrrIO•S 2, 3, and 4, of these By-laws. SEcrrIo• 2. ?lctive Membership. The Board of Directors may elect to Active Membership persons who have (1) majored in the fields of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, Medicine, Physics, or other related sciences, and are recipients of degrees from accredited colleges or universities or, (2) matriculated for not less than two years in an accredited college or university with recognized credit in the above stated fields of Science and who, thereafter, have been engaged in a technical capacity in the Toilet Goods Industry for not less than five years or, (3) been deemed eligible upon examination of their qualifi- cations by the Board of Directors. How- ever, no more than two applicants shall be accepted in any one year under clause (3). To be eligible for Active Membership, applicants shall qualify in accordance with one of the three stated specifications shall file with the Secretary of the SOCIETY an application endorsed by three Members of the SOCIETY who are qualified to do so by right of fMll Membership privileges and, shall pay the initial stated annual dues. If ap- proved by the Board of Directors, they shall be elected to Active Membership by the majority vote of the Directors present at the 291