NOTES. 



Arizona University. — President K. C. Babcock has accepted an appointment to 

 tlie newly established position of specialist in higher education in the United 

 States Bureau of Education, and has entered upon his duties. 



Arlcansas University and Station. — V. A. Hooper and Dr. AV. M. Bruce have re- 

 signed the chairs of dairy husbandry and agricultural chemistry, respectively, 

 to engage in private business at Clarendon, Ark. 



The attendance of students upon classes in the college of agriculture has in- 

 creased about 13 per cent over last year. The state fair, at Hot Springs, which 

 is largely under the control of the college and station, met with greater success 

 this year than at any other time in its history. The various secondary agricul- 

 tural schools, with the exception of that at Magnolia, have opened with an average 

 attendance of 100 students. These schools articulate with the college of agri- 

 culture, its dean being an advisory member of their governing boards. 



Kansas College and Station. — R. J. Kinzer has resigned as animal husbandman 

 to accept the secretaryship of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, and will enter upon his new duties January 1, 1911. J. B. Fitch (Purdue, 

 1910) has been appointed assistant in dairying. J. B. Parker, assistant in ento- 

 mology, has resigned to accept the chair of biology in the Catholic University 

 of America, at Washington, D. C. 



Cornell University and Station. — According to a recent announcement in Cor- 

 neU Coittitri/nKiii. a department of forestry has been authorized. The pomology 

 work has been separated from the department of horticulture and organized as 

 a distinct department in charge of C. S. Wilson, as professor of pomology. 

 Other promotions include C. H. Tuck to the professorship of extension teach- 

 ing, A. R. Mann, from secretary to a professorship, with the title of secretary 

 and professor of agricultural editing, and E. S. Savage, from instructor to assist- 

 ant professor of animal husbandry. 



L. B. Judson has withdrawn from teaching to give his entire time to investi- 

 gation work. A. C. Beal has been appointed assistant in floriculture, Paul Work 

 instructor and investigator in olericulture, vice L. D. Batchelor, whose resigna- 

 tion has been previously noted, and Mrs. Helen B. Young instructor in home 

 economics. Assistants have also been appointed as follows: R. J. Gilmore, 

 biology; G. R. Hill, jr., plant physiology; H. W. Anderson and C. T. Gregory, 

 plant pathology; Sara M. Bailey, home economics; L. M. Hurd, poultry hus- 

 bandry ; and W. W. Fisk, dairy industry. G. E. Burnap, of the department of 

 rural art, has resigned to accept an appointment in connection with the park 

 system of Washington, D. C. 



Oklahoma Station. — James A. Wilson, superintendent of the Murray State 

 School of Agriculture at Tishomingo, Okla., has been appointed director. 



Porto Rico Station. — The insular government has ceded to the station 200 

 acres of land on a mountain side above the city of Mayaguez for carrying on 

 some work in reforesting. This is being planted to cabinet woods and fruits, 

 especially the mango. W. C. Taylor, assistant chemist, has resigned to enter 

 commercial work. 



American Association of Economic Entomologists. — The twenty-third annual 

 meeting of this association will be held at Minneapolis, Minn., December 28 and 

 29, in connection with the annual meeting of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. A joint session with the Entomological Society of 

 America is planned for December 28. 



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