The increasing number of scientific papers published annually involving the use of paper chromatography attests the importance which this technique has attained in chemical research and analysis.As a consequence, the technique of paper chromatography warrants introduction as laboratory exercises in the curriculum of the high school student. These exercises will be found to be quite stimulating and challenging to the pupil. Herewith are described experiments utilizing the simple circular or radial chromatographic technique of Brown (5) and Rutter (6) which has been extended by other investigators (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)