NEWS AND NOTES. 



At the May meeting of the Ohio State University Scientific 

 Society the following officers were elected: 



President — James R. Withrow. 

 Vice President — Dana J. Demorest. 

 Secretary — Raymond J. Seymour. 

 Treasurer — Frederick H. Krecker. 



Charles S. Prosser, a member of the editorial board of this 

 Journal and head of the Department of Geology, Ohio State 

 University, died suddenly on September 11, 1916. The cause 

 of his death is unknown but was probably due to some 

 unexplained accident. 



William R. Lazenby, head of the Department of Forestry, 

 Ohio State University, and an active supporter of the Ohio 

 Academy of Science and of this Journal died September 15, 1916. 



The Life of Inland Waters, an elementary textbook 

 of fresh-water biology for American students, by James G. 

 Needham and J. T. Lloyd, of Cornell University, has been 

 recently published by the Comstock Publishing Company, 

 Ithaca, New York. The price of the volume is $3.00. 



This work, which is a well printed and illustrated book of 

 438 pages, wall be a valuable addition to the texts and reference 

 books available for students in the Aquatic Biology Courses of 

 Summer Schools and Laboratories. It discusses the nature of 

 the aquatic environment, the aquatic organisms and societies, 

 both plant and animal, and contains practical suggestions as to 

 the economic uses to which our swamps and inland waters may 

 be put. The subject material is well selected and the book 

 should do much in stimulating an interest in the life of fresh- 

 waters and the study, protection, and utility of our acquatic 

 resources. J. H. S. 



