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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



gains. The coal discovered by Lieu- 

 tenant Shackleton is only of scientific 

 interest in showing the changes that 

 have taken place in the climate. 



Captain Amundsen, who had already 

 won fame by traversing the Northwest 

 Passage, probably regards his expedi- 

 tion to the pole as only an episode, and 

 will proceed with his plan to drift with 

 the ice across the north polar regions. 



SCIENTIFIC ITEMS 

 We regret to record the death of 

 Dr. John Bernhardt Smith, state ento- 

 mologist of New Jersey and professor 

 of entomology at Eutgers College; of 

 Professor Mason Blanchard Thomas, 

 professor of botany at Wabash College; 

 of Dr. Charles Eobert Sanger, professor 

 of chemistry and director of the chem- 

 ical laboratory at Harvard University; 

 of Dr. Henry Taylor Bovey, F.E.S., 

 formerly professor of civil engineering 

 in McGill University, and of Professor 

 Osborne Eeynolds, F.E.S., the distin- 

 guished engineer and physicist. 



Mr. Samuel Henshav? has been 

 appointed director of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology of Harvard Uni- 

 versity. — Professor Charles Sedgwick 

 Minot has been selected by the German 

 government as Harvard exchange pro- 

 fessor at the University of Berlin for 

 1912-13. Dr. Eudolf Eucken, professor 

 of philosophy at Jena, has been ap- 

 pointed exchange professor at Harvard 

 University. — Dr. Talcott Williams, as- 

 sociate editor of the Philadelphia Press, 



has been appointed director of the 

 School of Journalism of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, founded by Mr. Pullitzer. Pro- 

 fessor John W. Cunliffe, now head of 

 the department of English of the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin, is the associate 

 director of the school. 



For the meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, 

 which is to be held this year at Dundee, 

 beginning on September 4, under the 

 presidency of Professor E. A. Schafer, 

 F.E.S., the following presidents have 

 been appointed to the various sections: 

 Mathematical and Physical Science, 

 Professor H. L. Callendar, F.E.S.; 

 Chemistry, Professor A. Senier; Geol- 

 ogy, Dr. B. N. Peach, F.E.S.; Zoology, 

 Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.E.S.; Geog- 

 raphy, Sir Charles M. Watson, K.C.M.G., 

 C.B., E.E. ; Economic Science and Sta- 

 tistics, Sir Henry H. Cunnyghame, 

 K.C.B.; Engineering, Professor A. 

 Barr; Anthropology, Professor G. 

 Elliot Smith, F.E.S.; Physiology, Mr. 

 Leonard Hill, F.E.S.; Botany, Pro- 

 fessor F. Keeble; Educational Science, 

 Professor J. Adams; Agriculture, Mr. 

 T. H. Middleton. 



The treasurer of Columbia University 

 has reported to the trustees that he had 

 received about $1,550,000 from the ex- 

 ecutors of the estate of the late George 

 Crocker. Accordingly, the work of 

 cancer research, for which Mr. Crocker 

 gave this sum as an endowment, will 

 begin at once. 



