OTHS. 



California University and Station. — J. H. Norton, assistant chemist at the 

 citrus substation at Kivorside, has resigned to take effect I'ebruary 1, 1912, 

 when he will cngatre in commercial work. 



Connecticut College. — An international egg-laying contest is being held at the 

 college beginning November 1. Twelve States, Canada, and England are 

 represented by 23 breeds. Fifty colony houses have been erected for the work. 



Georgia Station. — L. J. Herring, assistant animal pathologist and veteri- 

 narian, has accepted an opening in commercial work. 



Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Station. — Frank W. Terry, assistant entomologist, 

 died November 7. 



Louisiana University and Stations. — V. L. Roy, professor of agricultural ex- 

 tension work, has been appointed president of the State Normal School at 

 Natchitoches. He is succeeded by E. S. Richardson, who will be assisted by 

 W. H. Balis and Miss Agnes Morris. 



A seed testing laboratory has been established at the Baton Rouge Station 

 by the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department. J. M. Moss is to be in 

 charge of the laboratory. 



E. S. Tucker, of the Bureau of Entomology of this Department, is to carry on 

 investigations of insects affecting stored rice, and will make his headquarters 

 at Baton Rouge after January 1, 1912. 



Massachusetts Station. — J. F. Merrill has resigned as assistant chemist, this 

 taking effect December 1. 



Nebraska Station. — Miss Venus W. Pool resigned November 1 as assistant in 

 agricultural botany to accept a position in the seed laboratory of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry of this Department. 



Cornell University and Station. — Recent appointments include John Bentley, 

 jr., of the Forest Service of this Department, as assistant professor of forestry, 

 A. C. King, an 1899 graduate of the college of agriculture, as extension in- 

 structor, and Royal Gilkey, a 1908 graduate, as instructor in extension teaching. 



Ohio Station. — D. W. Galehouse has been appointed assistant in charge of fair 

 exhibits. 



Oklahoma Station.— E. W. Stafford, whose resignation from the New Jersey 

 Stations has been previously noted, has been appointed assistant entomologist. 



Porto Rico Federal Station. — The position of entomologist has been filled by 

 the appointment of Dr. Charles W. Hooker, of the Bureau of Entomology of 

 this Department, who has entered upon his duties. 



West Virginia University. — The inauguration of Dr. Thomas E. Hodges as 

 president took place November 3. Among those in attendance during the exer- 

 cises of the week were President Taft, who delivered an address on Judicial 

 Settlement of International Disputes; Dr. F. B. Dresslar, of the United States 

 Bureau of Education, who spoke on Duties and Opportunities of the Modern 

 Scholar; President E. A. Alderman, of the University of Virginia, whose sub- 

 ject was The Universities and the National Spirit ; President H. P. Judson, of 

 the University of Chicago, who discussed The University and the State; and 

 President W. O. Thompson, of Ohio State University, whose subject was The 

 University and the People. 

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