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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



University, and of Dr. Johann Paul 

 Schweitzer, emeritus professor of chem- 

 istry in the University of Missouri. 



The Paris Academy of Sciences has 

 awarded its Lalande Prize to Dr. Lewis 

 Boss, director of the Dudley Observa- 

 tory, Albany, N. Y. Its general prizes, 

 each of the value of $2,000, have been 

 awarded to M. Jules Tannery, of Paris, 

 for his mathematical publications, and 

 to M. Deperet, of Lyons, for his geo- 

 logical publications. 



Professor L. H. Bailey has ten- 

 dered to the trustees of Cornell Uni- 

 versity his resignation as director of 

 the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture. — Dr. E. C. Franklin, professor 



of organic chemistry at Stanford Uni- 

 versity, has become professor of chem- 

 istry in the hygienic laboratory of the 

 Public Health and Marine-Hospital 

 Service. — Professor Clyde Furst, sec- 

 retary of Teachers College, Columbia 

 University, since 1902, has become sec- 

 retary of the Carnegie Foundation for 

 the Advancement of Teaching, succeed- 

 ing Mr. John G. Bowman, who has 

 become president of the University of 

 Iowa. — The director of the Museo 

 Naeional, Mexico, Sr. Garcia has re- 

 signed and Sr. Bobelo has been ap- 

 pointed in his place. Sr. Batres, in- 

 spector of antiquities, is succeeded by 

 Sr. Rodriguez. 



