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H. von Schrenk, September 15, at the Annual Gardeners' 

 Banquet, Missouri Botanical Garden, "Pacific Coast Trees." 



H. von Schrenk, September 22, before the Roadmasters and 

 Maintenance of Way Association Convention, St.. Louis, 

 "Where Are Our Ties Coming From?" 



H. von Schrenk, October 12, before the Garden Club of St. 

 Louis, "Pacific Coast Trees." 



IL von Schrenk, October 14, before the American Society 

 for Municipal Improvements, "Recent Developments in Wood 

 Block Paving." 



H. von Schrenk, October 18, before the Academy of Science 

 of St. Louis, "The Forest Resources of the United States." 



H. von Schrenk, November 12, before the American section 

 of the Society of Chemical Industry, at the Chemists' Club, 

 New York, '"The Preservative Treatment of Wood, [ta 

 Broader Aspects and Some of Its Technical Phases." 



Graduates, Fellows, and Investigators. — Unusual conditions 

 prevailed at the beginning of the academic year 1920-21, ow- 

 ing to the exceptional number of calls for scientifically trained 

 young men and women. Several fellowships were vacated for 

 the reasons mentioned, and it was impossible to fill these va- 

 cancies with men of adequate promise. There were regis 

 tered for graduate work during the calendar year the fol- 

 lowing students: G. M. Armstrong, Rufus J. Lackland re- 

 search fellow ; W. II. Chambers, Rufus J. Lackland research 

 fellow; Adele Lewis Grant, teaching fellow, Washington Uni- 

 versity; Takashi Matsumoto, formerly laboratory assistant; 

 B. B. Payson, teaching fellow, Washington University; R. W. 

 Webb, formerly research assistant; F. S. Wolpert. Rufus J. 

 Lackland research fellow. In addition Doctor Norma E. 

 Pfeiffer, assistant professor of botany, University of North 

 Dakota, and Mr. F. P. McWhorter, fellow, department of 

 botany, University of Chicago, have been in residence, using 

 the facilities of the laboratory, library, and herbarium. 



For 1920-21 appointments were made to the Rufus J. Lack- 

 land research fellowships as follows: G. M. Armstrong, B. 

 S. Clemson College, M. A. University of Wisconsin, formerly 

 extension pathologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, reappointed 

 second year; R. W. Webb, B. S. Clemson College, A. M. 

 Washington University, formerly research assistant; F. S. 

 Wolpert, A. B. University of Montana, formerly assistant in 

 botany, University of Montana, reappointed second year. 



Other appointments for the same period were as follows: 

 Joanne L. Karrer, B. S. University of Washington, M. S. 

 University of Washington, Ph. D. Washington To -versify. 



