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Professor S. A. Forbes, University of Illinois, and Professor Herbert Osborn, Ohio 

 State University, attended a conference on conservation of resources of interior 

 waters, at Fairport, Iowa, June 8-10. This conference was called by the Secretary 

 of Commerce; Professor Forbes was chairman and Professor Osborn was one of the 

 vice-chairmen. 



Dr. L. O. Howard acted as toast-master and Dr. E. D. Ball, was one of the speakers 

 at a farewell dinner at the Cosmos Club, Washington, June 17, given by the bureau 

 chiefs to Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, who has resigned as Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry 

 to become one of three directors of the Food Research Institute, established at 

 Stanford University, by the Carnegie Corporation. 



According to the Entomologists Monthly Magazine, the following English En- 

 tomologists have died during the past year : — Dr. Herbert Henry Corbett, of Doncaster, 

 January 5, 1921, in his 65th year : John William Carter, of Bradford, December 15, 1920 

 aged 67: and John Clarke Hawkshaw, of HoUycombe, February 12, 1921, in his 

 80th year; All were interested in the Microlepidoptera and in other orders of insects. 



Dr. R. W. Leiby has returned to his position as Assistant Entomologist in in- 

 vestigations for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Experiment 

 Station after spending the fall and winter months as a graduate student in Entomolog}^ 

 at Cornell University. The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon Mr. 

 Leiby by Cornell at its recent commencement. Dr. Leiby 's thesis subject concerned 

 insect Polyembryony. 



The Experiment Station Record announces that a new scholarship in Entomology' 

 has been awarded by the British Ministry' of Agriculture and Fisheries, on recommen- 

 dation of the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Science with the concurrence of the 

 Development Commission. This scholarship is for 200 pounds, for a term of two years, 

 and is available for study at institutions either in England or abroad, subject to the 

 approval of the Ministry. 



The honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred upon C. L. Marlatt 

 Assistant Chief of the Federal Bureau of Entomology', and Chairman of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board, by the Kansas State Agricultural College at the 58th annual 

 commencement, June 2nd, in recognition of his contributions to our knowledge of 

 insects and his efl&cient services in initiating the policies and directing the work of the 

 Fedeial Horticultural Board. 



The new apici:ltural building of the Ontario Agricultural College was formally 

 opened during the annual convention of the Ontario Beekeepers Association. It 

 is a two- story building of tapestry brick about 65 x 47 feet in size, and cost about 

 $60, 000.00. The lower floor cantains offices, a reading room and a microscopical 

 laboratory, and the second floor has a lecture room seating 250 persons. The basement 

 contains a honey and wax room, and bee cellar with special devices for ventilation 

 and heat control. 



According to Science, the government of Panama has purchased a bronze bust of 

 the late General William C. Gorgas, which will be placed at the entrance of the Santo 

 Tomas Hospital at Panama. The journal of the American Medical Association 



