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Dr. Emily C. Seaman has been appointed, by the Commis. on 

 Prison Reform, to investigate the dietary efficiency and conditions 

 of the State Prison of N. Y. ; to report on the result of the investi- 

 gation; and to cooperate with the Commis. in bringing about desir- 

 able changes. Dr. Seaman has also been made a member of the 

 Commit. on Social Hygiene of the Nat'l Commit. on Prisons and 

 Prison Labor. 



Misses Lucy F. Cooper and Leila J. Wadsworth have been ap- 

 pointed Practical Arts Scholars (Teach. Coli.). 



Dr. Gies has been elected a member of the N. Y. Sabbath Com- 

 mit. ; an honorary pres't of the Panama-Pacific Dental Congr., San 

 Francisco, Aug. 30-Sept. 9; member of the Honorary Council of the 

 I4th Internat'l Lord's Day Congr., Oakland, Cal, July 27-Aug, i ; 

 member of the School Lunch Commit, N. Y. Assoc. for Improving 

 the Condition of the Poor; chair. of the sub-commit. of the Advisory 

 Council, N. Y. Board of Health, to deal with the problem of the 

 shipment of fat into N. Y. City; member of a commit. of N. Y. 

 physicians, surgeons and dentists which petitioned Congress to re- 

 voke the war tax on dentifrices (p. 252). 



