428 SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Dr. George Otis Smith, director of the U. vS. Geological Survey, 

 received the honorary degree *of Doctor of Laws from Colby College 

 in June. 



Professor Augustus TROWBRiiXiE, professor of physics at Princeton 

 University, has been elected chairman of the Division of Physical 

 Sciences of the National Research Council for the year ending July i, 

 1921. 



Dr. Rodney H. True, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, resigned in July to accept the position of 

 professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania. 



Correction: The Journal was in error in an item on p. 402 of the 

 preceding issue, in stating that there was doubt as to the legality of 

 the recess appointment of Professor M. T. Bogert to the Tariff Com- 

 mission. We are informed that this appointment had not been before 

 the Senate, and there could therefore be no question of its implied 

 rejection through lack of action by that body before adjournment. 

 Professor Bogert has decided not to accept the appointment. 



