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societies. During his stay in New York City, Prof. Arrhenius 

 lectured at the College of the City of New York, at the Chemists 

 Club and at Columbia University. 



Dr. H. W. Wiley delivered the commencement addresses at the 

 University of Maryland and at the Woman's Medical College of 

 Pennsylvania. 



Miscellaneous. Special Research Fund. The H. F. Kieth 

 Company, of Boston, have given $5,000 to the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology for a research on the decomposition and general 

 vvholesomeness of eggs, and for an investigationof the bacterial and 

 chemical contents of the product under varying conditions. 



Chemists Club. The formal dedication of the new Chemists' 

 Club building was celebrated in New York City on March 17 to 

 19 by a series of scientific meetings and social functions which 

 were greatly enjoyed by a large number of prominent scientific 

 men and members of the American Chemical Society, Society of 

 Chemical Industry, and American Electrochemical Society. At 

 the " extraordinary meeting" of the American Chemical Society 

 on the evening of dedication day, Dr. Jacques Loeb delivered a 

 lecture on " The characteristics of living matter from the physico- 

 chemical point of view." 



IL COLUMBIA BIOCHEMICAL ASSOCIATION 



Newly elected officers and members of various societies. 



Recent elections of members of the Asociation to office, and to 

 membership, in scientific societies are indicated in the appended 

 summary. 



Prof. Isabel Bevier: Elected President of the American Home 

 Economics Association. 



Prof. A. D. Selby : Reelected President of the American 

 Phytopathological Society. 



Prof. A. N. Richards : Reelected Secretary of the American 

 Society of Biological Chemists. 



Prof. Charles R. Stockard: Elected Secretary of the American 

 Society of Naturalists. 



