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five of that Society to consider the nomenclature, and report a 

 Classification, of the fats and fat-like substances. Dr. Gies's term 

 as a member of the Council of the Biochemical Society recently 

 expired. He was elected a member of its Nominating Committee. 



The trustees of Teachers College, Columbia University, have 

 created a school of practical arts, to comprise the present schools 

 of household and industrial arts and the departments of fine arts, 

 music and physical education. To this end there has been consti- 

 tuted a faculty of education, comprising the dean and the professors 

 whose work is largely in education, who will direct the School of 

 Education; also a faculty of practical arts, including the professors 

 of fine arts, music, household arts, industrial arts, and hygiene and 

 physical training. To this latter faculty is entrusted the develop- 

 ment of the new School of Practical Arts, which will offer a new 

 type of university education — a four-year course, comprising both 

 academic and vocational courses. Professor Gies represents the 

 department in the faculty of the new School of Practical Arts, 



Dr. F. G. Goodridge has presented to the biochemical depart- 

 ment a complete ultramicroscope outfit. The apparatus has been 

 placed in position in the laboratory at the Medical School. It is a 

 very valuable and serviceable addition to the departmental equip- 

 ment and we are greatly indebted to Dr. Goodridge for his thought- 

 ful generosity. 



Miss Mabel C. Little has been appointed dietitian at the New 

 York Polyclinic Hospital. Her appointment will not prevent her 

 from completing the work on which she is now engaged in the 

 department. 



Miss Jessie A. Moore has recently been appointed an assistant 

 in the chemical laboratory of the Rockefeiler Institute for Medical 

 Research, 



At the last meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and 

 Medicine Dr. Herman O. Mosenthal discussed the results of his 

 investigation of " Nitrogen and sodium chlorid excretion in experi- 

 mental nephritis " which he has been conducting under the auspices 

 of the Edward N. Gibbs Memorial prize fund. 



