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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



ney, of the General Electrical Com- 

 pany, will give the presidential address 

 on the chemistry of artificial light. 

 The mathematicians, the physicists, the 

 geologists, the paleontologists, the bio- 

 logical chemists, the physiologists, the 

 anatomists, the bacteriologists, the 

 zoologists, the entomologists, the bot- 

 anists, the anthropologists, the psychol- 

 ogists and other groups will hold meet- 

 ings whose programs would fill many 

 pages. 



The railways have allowed the usual 

 reduction in rates on the certificate 

 plan. Apart from scientific programs 

 of unusual attractiveness the educa- 

 tional and other institutions of Boston 

 can under such circumstances be visited 

 to special advantage. Those who are 

 professionally engaged in scientific 

 work and those who are interested in 

 following the progress of science can 

 to equal advantage be present at Bos- 

 ton during convocation week. 



SCIENTIFIC ITEMS 

 The Nobel prizes for the present year 

 have been awarded as follows : For 

 Physics — Divided between Mr. Gugli- 

 elmo Marconi and Professor Ferdinand 

 Braun, of Strassburg. For Chemistry 

 — Professor Wilhelm Ostwald, of Leip- 

 zig. For Physiology or Medicine — - 

 Professor Theodor Kocher, of Berne. 

 For Literature — Selma Langerlof, the 

 Swedish authoress. For the Promotion 

 of Peace — Baron D'Estournelles de 

 Constant, president of the French par- 

 liamentary group for international 

 arbitration, and M. Beernaert, former 

 Minister of State of Belgium. 



The Royal Society has awarded its 

 Copley medal to Dr. G. W. Hill, of 

 Nyack, N. Y., for his researches in 

 mathematical astronomy; royal medals 



to Professor A. E. Love, for his re- 

 searches in the theory of elasticity and 

 cognate subjects and to Major Ronald 

 Ross, for his researches in connection 

 with malaria ; the Davy medal to Sir 

 James Dewar, for his researches at low 

 temperatures, and the Hughes medal 

 to Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, for his re- 

 searches on electrical standards. 



The Philosophical Society of Wash- 

 ington held on December 4 a meeting 

 commemorative of the life and services 

 of Professor Simon Newcomb, late 

 president of the society. The program 

 included addresses by the Honorable 

 James Bryce, Dr. Milton Updegraff, 

 Dr. R. S. Woodward, Dr. L. 0. Howard 

 and Dr. E. M. Gallaudet. 



At the recent meeting of the board 

 of trustees of the Carnegie Foundation 

 for the Advancement of Teaching, Dr. 

 Ira Remsen, president of Johns Hop- 

 kins University, and Dr. Charles R. 

 Van Hise, of the University of Wiscon- 

 sin, were elected trustees to fill vacan- 

 cies caused by the resignations of Dr. 

 Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard Univer- 

 sity, and Dr. E. H. Hughes, of De 

 Pauw University. Provost Charles E. 

 Harrison, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, was elected chairman of the 

 board to fill the vacancy caused by the 

 retirement of Dr. Eliot. 



By the will of the late George 

 Crocker, of New York City, valuable 

 property, said to be worth about $1,- 

 500,000, has been bequeathed to Colum- 

 bia University for researches on the 

 cause, prevention and cure of cancer. — 

 The board of trustees of the Reed Insti- 

 tute will establish at Portland, Ore, a 

 College of Arts and Sciences, with the 

 bequest of $2,000,000 left by the late 

 Mrs. Amanda W. Reed. 



