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Officers for 1927
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CURRENT TOPICS.
F.I.
ing was inaugurated, and it was he who was chiefly instrumental in the establishment of tobacco growing under shade in the Connecticut River Valley. He diirected the governmental work on the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen ; and in 191I, when there arose the threat of a German monopoly of the potash supply, he threw his organization enthusiastically into the field for the development of adequate domestic sources of potash and other fertilizer materials. His prominence in the field of soil science was probably never more adequately recognized than at the opening of the First International Congress of Soil Science held in Washington this summer. The Congress paused at its opening meeting to adopt a resolution of regret that Professor Whitney was unable to attend because of his illness, and to acknowledge his place as a soil scientist of international reputation.
THE
FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE
OFFICERS FOR 1927 President Vice-presidents StXWtWY Assistant Secret ary and Librarian T?W.SUW7 Controller
WM. C. L. EGLIN HENRY HOWSON C. C. TUTW~LER WALTON FORSTALL HOWARD MCCLENAHAN ALFRED RIGLING BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WILLIAM F. JACKSON, JR.
Board of Managers JAMES BARNES GEORGE H. BENZON, JR. CHARLES E. BONINE EDWARD G. Bum FRANCIS T. CHAMBERS G. H. CLAMER THEOBALD F. CLARK WALTON CLARK
MORRISL.
CLOTHIER CHARLES DAY ARTHUR W. GOODSPEED CLARENCE A. HALL NATHAN HAYWARD GEORGE A. HOADLEY ROBERT W. LESLEY MARSHALL S. MORGAN
CHARLES PENROSE JAMES S. ROGERS GEORGE D. ROSENGARTEN E. H. SANBORN HASELTINE SMITH SAMUEL T. WAGNER J. T. WALLIS WILLIAM c. WETHERILL
CURRENT TOPICS.
F.I.
ing was inaugurated, and it was he who was chiefly instrumental in the establishment of tobacco growing under shade in the Connecticut River Valley. He diirected the governmental work on the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen ; and in 191I, when there arose the threat of a German monopoly of the potash supply, he threw his organization enthusiastically into the field for the development of adequate domestic sources of potash and other fertilizer materials. His prominence in the field of soil science was probably never more adequately recognized than at the opening of the First International Congress of Soil Science held in Washington this summer. The Congress paused at its opening meeting to adopt a resolution of regret that Professor Whitney was unable to attend because of his illness, and to acknowledge his place as a soil scientist of international reputation.
THE
FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE
OFFICERS FOR 1927 President Vice-presidents StXWtWY Assistant Secret ary and Librarian T?W.SUW7 Controller
WM. C. L. EGLIN HENRY HOWSON C. C. TUTW~LER WALTON FORSTALL HOWARD MCCLENAHAN ALFRED RIGLING BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WILLIAM F. JACKSON, JR.
Board of Managers JAMES BARNES GEORGE H. BENZON, JR. CHARLES E. BONINE EDWARD G. Bum FRANCIS T. CHAMBERS G. H. CLAMER THEOBALD F. CLARK WALTON CLARK
MORRISL.
CLOTHIER CHARLES DAY ARTHUR W. GOODSPEED CLARENCE A. HALL NATHAN HAYWARD GEORGE A. HOADLEY ROBERT W. LESLEY MARSHALL S. MORGAN
CHARLES PENROSE JAMES S. ROGERS GEORGE D. ROSENGARTEN E. H. SANBORN HASELTINE SMITH SAMUEL T. WAGNER J. T. WALLIS WILLIAM c. WETHERILL