﻿DEC. 
  19, 
  1922 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS 
  477 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS 
  

  

  L. 
  B. 
  Aldrich 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  is 
  taking 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  solar 
  

   observing 
  station 
  at 
  Montezuma, 
  Chile, 
  probably 
  until 
  1925. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  L. 
  M. 
  EsTABROOK 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agricultural 
  Economics, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  will 
  leave 
  in 
  January 
  for 
  the 
  Argentine, 
  the 
  government 
  

   of 
  which 
  has 
  asked 
  him 
  to 
  reorganize 
  the 
  economic 
  and 
  statistical 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   similar 
  department 
  in 
  that 
  country. 
  During 
  his 
  absence 
  his 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  W. 
  F. 
  Callander. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Ales 
  Hrdlicka 
  has 
  returned 
  from 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  Europe. 
  

   In 
  Europe 
  he 
  was 
  enabled 
  to 
  visit 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  important 
  sites, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   new, 
  of 
  finds 
  of 
  Early 
  Man, 
  and 
  to 
  personally 
  examine 
  all 
  the 
  skeletal 
  remains 
  

   of 
  ancient 
  man 
  discovered 
  since 
  his 
  European 
  visit 
  in 
  1912. 
  Among 
  

   them 
  were 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Piltdown 
  Man, 
  and 
  the 
  Rhodesian 
  skull 
  recently 
  

   discovered 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  The 
  Petrologists' 
  Club 
  met 
  on 
  Tuesday, 
  November 
  28. 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  E. 
  Wright 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geophysical 
  Laboratory, 
  Carnegie 
  Institution 
  of 
  Washington, 
  gave 
  

   an 
  informal 
  illustrated 
  talk 
  on 
  A 
  geologic 
  trip 
  to 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Research 
  Council 
  has 
  appointed 
  the 
  following 
  committee 
  

   to 
  examine 
  the 
  project 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  tropical 
  research 
  station 
  

   in 
  Panama: 
  Nevin 
  M. 
  Fenneman 
  (Chairman), 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  

   of 
  Geology 
  and 
  Geography; 
  Henry 
  S. 
  Graves, 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  

   States 
  Relations; 
  Frederick 
  P. 
  Gay, 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Medical 
  

   Science: 
  Raymond 
  Dodge, 
  Chairman 
  of 
  Anthropology 
  and 
  Psychology; 
  and 
  

   Vernon 
  L. 
  EIellogg, 
  Permanent 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  