The Crra~~sras remarked thnt Bfr. Penchcy hnd snid definitely thnt, resin-free rubbcr wns osiclisect fnr mom quicltlg thnn rubbcr contnining the nnturnl resins.
New York Section. Dr. C. F. CIIASDLW~ snit1 : I t is niv very p1tvts:int privilege ns the senior I'nst-PrrsitIcnt cvi the 'Sncicty of Chcniicnl Inchistry, resicliiig i n tliis country, to ~rrcwnt to JIr. .Jnmcs Cnylcv the L'erkiii C;oltl Jletlnl, for iriiportnnt cicIiiercnicnts in iiit~tt.~trin~ cIicniistry. This iiirtliil hns h e n nwnrtlcd t o Mr. Cnylcy by the I'crkin JIetlnl Committee of the :lssocintctl C'hemicnl nntl Electrochcniicnl Societies of Americn in rccoyiition of hia most rnliinblc work in chcmiciil metnll~~rp-. .Jnmcs Ciiylcc is the nintcrnnl grnntl-tirph~~v of Sir Henry IMl, who estnblishetl stcnm nnvigntion on the Clyde, where he Inunchccl "Thc Conrct " in 1812. Ho wns born nt Lock Hnvcn, J'II., October 1 Ith, 1855, ctlucntcd nt \Vest Sottinglinrn Xcnclcniy. JIcI., nntl grmlt~ntctl front Lnfngcttc Colle:.c in 1816 with the clcgrcc of Jlining Enginccr. I n 1!)00 hc rcccivccl froni The Unircrsity of 1'cnnsylvnnin tlic honornry clegrcc of Doctor of Scirncc, nncl i n 1912 the snine tlcgrec from Lchigh University. Jn 1908 lie rccciced thc Elliot Crcsson Cold JlctInl fur tlic I'romotion of tlic Jlcchnnic Arts froin the Frniiklin Iristitute. JIr. G:iylcy bcgi!n his profcssinnnl life na clicmist for the Crnne Iron Coinpnnr. Cntiisnuqun. I'II., 18ii-80. He WBY nost sitperintenticnt of the Missouri Ihrnncc Conipnny, St. Louis, niitl lntcr wnx the nlnnnKrr of blnxt fiirnnccs, E. nntl C . Brooke Co., Birtlsboro, i'ii., 1880-86. In 1885 he I~ecnnic mnnnger of tho b h s t furiiitces n t the ICtlgnr Tlionison Works, nntl he wns stiliscq~iently promotctl to the position of gcnetnl mnnnger of the sniiic works; lntcr hn becnmc n mnnnging clircctor of the Cnrnegie Steel Coniliniiy. In I901 Ire wns made First 'ice-L'resident of the U.S. Steel C'nrpornt ion, reiiminitig iti this position imtil 1900. He \rns tho inrcritor of