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Carolina, and has been succeeded by W. L. Lippincott. W. W. Fitzpatrick has 

 resigned as professor of dairy husbandry and head of the dairy division of 

 the station to accept a position with the American Guernsey Cattle Club. 

 T. S. Buie, fornrerly agronomist of the Georgia Station, has been appointed 

 specialist in fertilizer investigations at the Pee Dee Substation, and is con- 

 ducting cooperative fertilizer tests and soil fertility studies with the different 

 soil types of the State. 



Wisconsin University.— Erwin M. Tiffany has been appointed assistant pro- 

 fessor of agricultural education. 



Wyoming Station. — H. P. K. Agersborg has been appointed assistant in the 

 department of zoology and parasitology. 



Officers and Committees for 1021 of the Association of Land-grant 

 Colleges. — The complete list of general officers selected at the Springfield 

 meeting, noted editorially in this issue, is as follows : President, H. L. Russell 

 of Wisconsin ; vice president, Howard Edwards of Rhode Island ; secretary- 

 treasurer, J. L. Hills of Vermont ; and members of the executive committee, 

 R. A. Pearson of Iowa, chairman; W. M. Riggs of South Carolina, W. E. Stone 

 of Indiana, A. R. Mann of New York, and F. B. Mumford of Missouri. 



For the various sections the officers are as follows : Agriculture, Dean Mum- 

 ford chairman ; W. F. Handschin of Illinois vice chairman, and W. H. Chandler 

 of New York, secretary; engineering, C. R. Richards of Illinois, chairman, and 

 R. L. Sackett of Pennsylvania, secretary ; and home economics, Edna L. 

 Skinner of Massachusetts, chairman, and Mildred Wiegley of INIinnesota, secre- 

 tary. For the three subsections of the section of agriculture. R. L. Watts of 

 Pennsylvania and C. D. Jarvis of the U. S. Bureau of Education were chosen 

 chairman and secretary, respectively in that of resident teaching; F. S. Harris 

 of Utah and T. P. Cooper of Kentucky, chairman and secretary in experiment 

 station work ; and H. J. Baker of Connecticut and J. A .Wilson of Oklahoma in 

 extension work. 



The standing committee on graduate study was abolished. On the committee 

 on instruction in agriculture, home economics, and mechanic arts, A. B. Cordley 

 of Oregon and Bertha M. Terrill of Vermont were appointed for 3-year terms, 

 vice T. F. Hunt of California and Edna M. White of Ohio. R. W. Thatcher of 

 Minnesota was appointed to the committee on college organization and policy 

 for three years vice Samuel Avery of Nebraska, and H. L. Russell of Wisconsin 

 succeeded J. G. Lipman of New Jersey for a like period on the joint committee 

 on projects and correlation of research. The remaining personnel of the various 

 standing commiftees was continued unchanged. 



Netherlands Institute of Animal Nutrition. — Plans are under way for a 

 laboratory building for chemical, bacteriological, and other research work of 

 this institute, and it is hoped to complete the structure in about two years. An 

 annex to the laboratory is being l3uilt for immediate occupancy. This is a one- 

 story structure about 117 by 62 ft., with basement and attic, and will be known 

 as the vitamin laboratory. The main floor contains several offices and labora- 

 tories, but consists largely of quarters for mice, rats, monkeys, rabbits, fowls, 

 and guinea pigs. Special facilities are to be provided for keeping many of the 

 animals in open warrens during the day, for disinfecting cages, and otherwise 

 maintaining the best of hygienic conditions. The library is on the attic floor, 

 where considerable storage space is also available. 



The institute is located in Amsterdam, and will be devoted to elaborate feed- 

 ing experiments with animals. The staff is to consist of Director E. W. Van 

 Leersum, an assistant director, and various assistants. 



