16 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
assistant), and Mrs. Edgar Anderson (teaching fellow in 
Washington University), as well as by members of the staff 
in charge of various phases of the work. 
Rufus J. Lackland Fellows.—Holders of these fellowships 
for the academic year 1923-24 are as follows: Carl C. Epling, 
A. B. University of California, instructor in botany, Oregon 
Agricultural College, reappointed second year; Louise M. 
Stupp, A. B. Washington University, assistant principal, 
Girard School, Girard, Illinois. 
Jesse R. Barr Fellows.—Two of these fellowships are held 
by graduate students in botany for 1923-24: Fanny Fern 
Smith, A. B. Washington University; Grace Gilmor, B. S. 
and M. 8. Wooster College, laboratory assistant, Ohio Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, Wooster. 
Teaching Fellows.—Dr. Joanne K. Armstrong, B. 8. and 
M. 8S. University of Washington, Ph. D. Washington Uni- 
versity; Mrs. Edgar Anderson, A. B. Wellesley College, as- 
sistant in genetics, Wellesley College. 
Fellowship of the Crop Protection Institute——For the sec- 
ond academic year one of the substantial fellowships main- 
tained by the Crop Protection Institute under the auspices 
of the National Research Council has been located at the grad- 
uate laboratory of the Garden. On the vacation of this fel- 
lowship in September by H. C. Young, as noted below, the 
appointment was awarded to Lionel E. Tisdale, B.S. Alabama 
Polytechnic Institute, M.S. Michigan Agricultural College, 
assistant state pathologist, South Carolina Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, formerly teaching fellow in Washington 
University. This fellowship was established ‘‘in order to 
promote original research relative to the fungicidal and in- 
secticidal properties of sulphur.’’ 
Investigations completed by graduate students, candidates 
for degrees in Washington University, June, 1923, were 
notable in number and in scope. On June 14, the degree of 
Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon the following: 
Arthur F. Camp, A.B. University of California, assistant in 
plant pathology, University of California, Lackland Research 
Fellow (thesis topic, ‘‘Citric Acid as a Source of Carbon for 
Certain Citrus Fruit-Destroying Fungi’’); Adele Lewis 
Grant, B.S. University of California, A.M. Washington Uni- 
