JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 09 Each year a considerable number of members are delinquent in their dues. The by-laws of the Society provide that these delinquents must be arbitrarily dropped from membership at an appointed time. This year I asked the Chapter Chairmen to interview personally each of these members to ascertain if he really wanted to give up his member- ship. The result was that a great number decided to pay their dues and remain in the Society rather than be dropped. A little personal attention by individual members would help also. If you know some- one who has not paid his dues or who does not attend meetings regu- larly, talk to him and try to find out what is wrong. You might thus help keep a member in the Society rather than let him be dropped. Milton Schwarz and his Membership Committee increased our members by 78 net after resignations and drops. We passed the 1000 mark in active membership for the first time this year. Three awards were made by the Chapter Awards Committee this year. For the New York Chapter the award went to Thomas F. Mc- Namara for a paper entitled "Skin Substantivity as a Criterion in the Evaluation of Antimicrobials." For the Northeastern Chapter to Martin G. Brookins for a paper entitled: "The Action of Hair Sprays on Hair." For the Midwest Chapter to Karl Laden for a paper en- titled: "A Comparative Chemical Study of Dandruff Flakes, Skin Scrapings, and Callus." Each of these awards carries a prize of $250 to the author. I am sorry to report that the California Chapter did not submit a paper for consideration this year. The International Affairs Committee under the leadership of Lester Conrad is busily taking care of our International obligations, among which are the plans for the International Congress at Paris in 1966. Jesse Starkman as Chairman of the Education Committee has pre- pared a model Syllabus for use in courses in Cosmetic Science, and already several universities are considering giving such courses. It is to be hoped that the day will come when degrees will be given in this field. The Arrangements Committee under Shaw Mudge has managed our meeting requirements efficiently and well. Next year we will move from the Biltmore to the Americana, a change which will meet with universal approval. The committees not specifically mentioned here are not left out because their work has not been done but because the nature of their activities is such that they rarely make the front pages of the news- papers.

7O JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Jim Baker has been preparing the by-laws for a reprinting, and hope- fully we will have an up-to-date edition in the very near future. The Nominating Committee prepared a very good slate of candi- dates for your consideration. After the votes were counted it was found that Henry Maso will be your President-Elect, Harry Isacoff will continue as Secretary, Bob Swaine as Treasurer, and the Directors for 1966 will be Maison G. de Navarre, James W. Jenkins, Richard K. Lehne, and Martin Rieger. William Mueller will, of course, auto- matically become President. With this group of officers and directors the Society will be in good hands. In accordance with the by-laws Article III, Section 3, a general meeting of the Society was held December 1 immediately after the final paper of the morning session. According to the report of our Treasurer, Bob Swaine, we spent less money in 1965 than our income, so we are in good sound financial condition. During the year I worked very closely with Bill Mueller, then Presi- dent-Elect, who is now becoming your President. He has known of all policy decisions, and all correspondence has been copied to him. This, however, was no one-way street. His advice and counsel on several occasions was most helpful to me. I am sure that 196G will show him to be very effective. He will make an outstanding president. Finally I would like to thank all of the Officers, Directors, Com- mittee Chairmen, and Committee Members as well as the General Membership for their help in making it possible for me to function as President of this Society. Everybody went way out above and beyond the call of duty to do the best job he could do. Believe me, I am very grateful.