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be expended during the next four years. The other members of the 

 commission are : Prof. F. S. Lee and Prof. E. L. Thorndike, Co- 

 lumbia Univ. ; Prof. E. B. Phelps, Mass. Inst, of Tech. ; Dr. /. A. 

 Miller and Mr. D. D. Kimhall, New York. The fund is part of a 

 gift, by Mrs. Elisabeth Milbank Anderson, to the Assoc. for Im- 

 proving the Condition of the Poor. 



Miscellaneous items. Pensions in the Rockefeller Inst. 

 Pensions for the members and assoc. members of the Rockefeller 

 Inst, have been provided by the generosity of Mr. John D. Rocke- 

 feller, who has, for this purpose, increased the endowment of the 

 inst, by a special gift of about $500,000. The rules provide pensions 

 of three-quarters of füll pay for members of the inst, who retire at 

 the age of 65, after fifteen or more years of service, and pensions 

 of from one-half to three-quarters of füll pay, according to the 

 length of Service, for members and assoc. members who retire at 

 60 years of age. There is also a provision for total disability after 

 ten years of service, and for widows and orphaned children, at one- 

 half the Scale upon which members of the staff are pensioned. 



American Chemical Society: Biological Division. The 

 Sect. of Biolog. Chemistry, of the Amer. Chem. Soc, will meet in 

 Rochester on Sep. 10 and 12, when the Organization of the section 

 into a division will be completed. Drs. W. D. Bancroft, Edw. 

 Kremers and A. W. Dox with the officers, Carl L. Aisher g (chair- 

 man) and /. K. Phelps (secr.), are the committee in charge of this 

 matter (p. 480). 



Society of the Sigma Xi. Regent elections of officers 

 (see page 481) — Pres, of the Leland Stanford, Jr., chapter: Prof. 

 R. E. Swain; treas. of the Brown chapter : Prof. P. H. Mitchell. 



Prizes. Elie de Cyon prize. The de Cyon prize ($600) is 

 open for the third international competition until March i, 191 5. 

 The prize will be awarded for the best printed or manuscript work 

 (printed since Mar. 191 3) on the functions of the internal ear, 

 thyroid, hypophysis or pineal gland. The Acad. of Sei., Bologna, 

 has Charge of the administration of the prize fund. — Emil Chr. 

 Hansen Prise Fund (see p. 535). 



Personalia. Dr. Martin H. Fischer, who was seriously ill 

 with appendicitis, has happily recovered. 



