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III. COLUMBIA BIOCHEMICAL ASSOCIATION 

 In memoriam. At the annual meeting of the American So- 

 ciety of Biological Chemists, in Baltimore, December 27, Professor 

 Gies presented the following memorandum, on the death of Dr. 

 Pond, which was adopted unanimously by a rising vote : 



"The American Society of Biological Chemists records with deep 

 regret the death of Dr. Raymond H. Pond. Dr. Pond was one of the 

 charter members of the Society, and an active and gifted biochemical 

 investigator. Dr. Pond's untimely death removes a lovable and engag- 

 ing Personality from our scientific circle, and a vigorous force in 

 botanico-chemical research has been lost to American science." 



Appointments and honors. Messrs. Edgar Altenberg and C. 

 A. Schwarze have been appointed assistants in botany at Columbia 

 University. 



Dr. C. W. Ballard was chairman of the committee in charge of 

 the arrangements for the annual banquet of the Alumni Association 

 of the College of Pharmacy, held on December 6. Dr. Ballard was 

 recently elected a member of the Torrey Botanical Club. 



Dr. L. E. Bisch, who has been an interne at the Manhattan State 

 Hospital, since last June, was recently given charge of a Service of 

 ov€r 500 patients in acute and chronic psychoses. He will deliver 

 several public lectures during the winter cn the nature of mental 

 diseases. 



Prof. R. Burton-Opitz, and Drs. C. Stuart Gager, Louis Hus- 

 sakof and Gustave M. Meyer have been elected members of the 

 Radium Institute of America. 



Drs. Herbert S. Carter and Herman O. Mosenthal have been ap- 

 pointed assistant visiting physicians to the Presbyterian Hospital. 



The Association of Official Agricultural Chemists has appointed 

 Dr. A. D. Emmett a referee on methods for the Separation of the 

 nitrogenous substances of meats. 



Among the five national officers of Phi Lambda Upsilon are Dr. 

 A. D. Emmett, Vice-President, Dr. George D. Beal, Registrar, and 

 Dr. George A. Geiger, Treasurer. 



Mr. Harry L. Fisher was recently appointed instructor in chem- 

 istry at the Cornell University Medical College. 



