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Tulane Col. of Med, (reorganized) : Dr. /. T. Halsey, prof. of clin. 

 therapeutics ; Dr. C. S. Williamson, Jr. (assoc. prof. of chemistry, Ala. 

 Polytech. Inst.), assoc. prof. of industrial and sugar chemistry. (See 

 page 575.) 



Univ. of Minnesota: Dr. F. J. Alzvay (prof. of agric. chemistry, 

 Univ. of Neb. and chemist of the Neb. Agric. Exper. Sta.), prof. of 

 soil chemistry and chief of the div. of soils; Dr. A. D. Hirschfelder 

 (Johns Hopkins Med. Seh.), prof. of pharmacy and director of the 

 Seh. of Pharmacy; Dr. E. P. Lyon (prof. of physiology and dean of 

 the Med. Col., St. Louis Univ.), dean of the med. dep't and director 

 of the dep't of physiology, in succession to Dr. F. F. Wesbrook. 



Univ. of Nebraska: Dr, A. A. Johnson (Western Reserve Univ.), 

 instr. in clin. pathology; Dr. Fred Upson (Univ. of Chicago), prof. of 

 agric. chemistry, Univ. of Neb. and chemist of the Neb. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta., to succeed Dr, F. J. Alway. 



Univ. of Singapore: Dr. /. A. Campbell (assis, to Prof. Schäfer, 

 Edinburgh Univ,), prof. of physiology. 



Univ. of Wisconsin: Dr. P. M. Dawson, instr. in physiology. 



Univ. of Wyoming: Drs. C. J. Oviatt (Mich. Agric. Col.) and A. E. 

 Bowman (Utah Agric. Col.), extension profs. of agriculture. 



Washington State Exp. Sta.: Dr. Ira D. Cardiff (prof. of botany, 

 State Col, of Wash,), director. He will remain head of the dep't of 

 botany in the College. 



Western Reserve Univ. : Promotions — Dr. /. D. Pilcher, assis. prof. 

 of pharmacology ; Dr. Paul J. Hanzlik, instr. in pharmacology ; Dr. Roy 

 G. Pearce, instr. in physiology. 



Yale Univ.: Messrs. S. Goldschmidt and A. J. Hogan, lab. assis. in 

 physiol. chemistry. 



Lectures. Dr. James W. Johling (Michael Reese Hosp., Chi- 

 cago) delivered the annual address before the Minn. Pathological 

 Soc, May 20, on The toxicity and antigenic properties of the 

 cleavage products of bacterial proteins. — Dr. Oscar Riddle (Car- 

 negie Inst.) lectiired, May 5, under the auspices of the Cornell 

 Chapter of Sigma Xi, on A relation between the storage metabolism 

 of ova and the experimental control of sex. 



Buildings, funds and scholarships. The committee on medical 

 research, Amer. Med. Assoc, has awarded a grant of $250 to the 

 dep't of bacteriology of the Hoagland Laboratory, Brooklyn, to 

 defray the expenses of an investigation on the immunity reactions 



