The back pages of issues in Volumes 1-9 contained Local Activities and Opportunities (later called
Contemporary News in Chemistry and Education), which posted summaries of goings-on in chemistry
departments, ACS sections, and foreign scientific organizations. These news clips are valuable
sources of anecdotal information from the 1920s and early 1930s.
Contests Revisited
Only one brave soul responded to last April's challenge. To refresh everyone else's memory,
From Past Issues reprinted a diagram from the What Is Wrong Here? series of 1929 and 1930. The
picture showed a faulty laboratory set-up for the synthesis of nitric acid. The contest also
asked for suggestions for the identities of "chlorazene" and the "corrosive sublimate", used
in the Spriggins' family hen house in the skit Chemistry Saves the Day.
The "Chemistry Teacher Connection" (CTC) is especially for high school chemistry teachers. For only $40/year, it offers an online-only subscription to CLIC along with membership in the Division of Chemical Education, normally $65/year. CTC subscribers receive access to all articles and supplements from 1996 through the current issue.
Through special arrangement with the ACS, JCE High School CLIC is now able to provide subscribers with online access to Chemical & Engineering News articles that have been selected specifically for secondary science instructors and their students.
Occasionally, collections of JCE back issues become available for donation to individual teachers, schools, or libraries. JCE matches collections with interested recipients. Recipients pay shipping costs or pick up the collection.