MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 17 
Other appointments were as follows: 
S. M. Zeller, special research assistant Yellow Pine Asso- 
ciation, B.S. Greenville College, A.B. and A.M. University 
of Washington (formerly instructor in botany, University 
of Washington), reappointed second year; W. S. Reeves, B.S. 
Pomona College, scientific assistant to the Director. 
Graduate students holding positions in Washington Uni- 
' versity are the following: 
H. M. Jennison, B.Sc. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 
M.A. Wabash College (assistant professor of botany and 
bacteriology, Montana State College, on leave of absence), 
assistant in botany; J. W.Severy, A.B. Oberlin College, 
teaching fellow in the Henry Shaw School of Botany. 
In addition to the graduates mentioned in the preceding 
paragraphs, others registered for graduate work do Pd 
calendar year as candidates for advanced degrees in Washing- 
ton University or elsewhere are as follows: M. C. Merrill 
(formerly research assistant) ; A. R. Davis, L. O. Overholts, 
and J. ef Gilman (formerly Rufus J. Lackland fellows) ; 
F. B. Wann (formerly teaching fellow, Washington Univer- 
sity); M. R. Ensign, B.S. Utah Agricultural gg et Mary 
M. Bryan, A.B. Washington University; Clara B. Hill, A.B. 
Vassar College; Ruth Beattie, A.B. University of Missouri; 
Lucy D. Foote, A.B. Clark College; D. C. Neal, B.S. Mis- 
sissippi A. and M. College; Alice Pickel, A.B. Washington 
University; J. Mathilde Rollman, A.B. and B.S. University 
of Missouri; and Laetitia M. Snow (associate professor of 
botany, Wellesley College). 
Those who terminated their connection with the laboratory 
during the year are as follows: M. C. Merrill (formerly 
research assistant), appointed Head of eg Depart- 
ment of the Idaho ‘Technical Institute; J. C. Gilman (for- 
merly Rufus J. Lackland fellow), appointed professor of 
biology in Ripon College; L. O. Overholts (formerly Rufus 
J. Lackland fellow), appointed instructor in botany at the 
Pennsylvania State College; F. B. Wann (formerly teaching 
fellow), appointed instructor in botany in Cornell Univer- 
sity; Mary M. Bryan, appointed teacher in New York City 
schools; and M. z. Ensign. 
Degrees.—At the Commencement, June 10, advanced de- 
grees were awarded graduate students in the Henry Shaw 
School of Botany as follows: Doctor of Philosophy—aA. R. 
Davis (thesis, “Enzyme action in the marine algae”), W. H. 
Emig (thesis, “The occurrence in nature of certain yeast- 
