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THE POPULAR SCIEXCE MONTHLY 



LiBEAEY OF THE ACADEMY. 



skeletons and mounted specimens of 

 the mammals will be housed in the 

 second story of the first building on 

 Nineteenth Street, the third floor of 

 which is given over to the large collec- 

 tion of birds. In the connecting wing 

 of the third floor will be housed the 

 entomological department, where over 

 a million specimens will be kept in fire- 

 proof metal cases, free from dust and 

 moth. The fourth floor of the Eaee 

 Street building will house the fine ex- 

 hibition of shells, while the rest of the 

 fourth floor of the buildings will be 

 given over to the very complete work- 

 ing rooms of the scientific staff. 



Within the last twenty years, under 

 the presidency of Dr. S. G. Dixon, 

 from an institution largely supported 

 by voluntary membership, the academy 

 has become an endowed institution with 

 an annual income which maintains its 

 work. No state aid has been granted 

 to the academy for maintenance, but 

 in view of the fact that it is the re- 

 pository of the state geological collec- 

 tions, of very great value, within the 

 last few years generous appropriations 



have been made for rebuilding, the 

 space in the new buildings of the acad- 

 emy more than quadrupling the space 

 in the old greenstone building in which 

 so much work was accomplished for the 

 advancement of science. 



DEATHS AMONG AMERICAN MEN 

 OF SCIENCE 



The hands of death have fallen 

 heavily on our scientific men during 

 the past month. AVhen, earlier in the 

 year Professor Brush died, we realized 

 that, however great the grief may be, 

 it is the way of nature for one who has 

 passed his eightieth year and completed 

 his life's work. Eear Admiral Melville, 

 too, died full of years and honor. But 

 the other deaths have been of men in 

 mid-career, who go leaving unfinished 

 the tasks which they only could do. 

 These are Professors Eotch and Sanger, 

 of Harvard University; Professors 

 Montgomery and Spangler, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania; Professor 

 Smith, of Eutgers College, and Pro- 

 fessor Tarr, of Cornell University. 

 Tlie oldest of them was but fifty-four, 



