580 SCIENTIFIC NEWS AND NOTES 



Prof. H. F. Moore, the Director of the University of IlHnois Experi- 

 ment Station, has been in Washington for the past few weeks to assist 

 in the cahbration of the large testing machine at the Bureau of 

 Standards. 



Mr.W.H. Sligh, of the Bureau of Standards, has been commissioned 

 a captain in the Engineer Corps, U. S. A., and is stationed at Camp 

 Humphreys: 



Prof. James R. Withrow, of the department of chemistry, Ohio 

 State University, is on leave of absence and engaged in war research at 

 the American University Experiment Station of the Chemical Warfare 

 Service. 



