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in the Station in the department of entomology, Kansas Agricultural College, in 

 place of Dr. M. C. Tanquary, who resigned to accompany the Crocker Land Expedi- 

 tion. 



Dr. John W. Scott, assistant professor of zoology, Kansas Agricultural College, 

 has resigned to become professor and head of the department of zoology and para- 

 sitology at the University of Wyoming. His place at Kansas has been filled by the 

 appointment of Dr. J. E. Ackert, of the University of Illinois. 



H. F. Wilson has been appointed head of the entomological department at the 

 Oregon College and Station, and hereafter Professor A. B. Cordley will give his 

 entire time to his work as dean of the school of agriculture. A sub-station has been 

 extablished at Hood River for the purpose of studying the fruit insects and diseases. 



Mr. James F. Zimmer formerly in charge of the Insecticide Testing Laboratory 

 of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology at Vienna, Va., has resigned to accept a posi- 

 tion as Assistant State Leader in Farm Management, at Manistee, Mich. His 

 duties will be to Assist the fruit growers and farmers along the eastern shore of 

 Lake Michigan. 



Professor A. G. Ruggles, who was granted leave of absence that he might serve as 

 entomologist for the Pennsylvania chestnut tree blight commission, has returned to 

 his work at the University of Minnesota. The Pennsylvania work was stopped 

 because the appropriation was considered inadequate and was vetoed by the 

 Governor. 



Mr. W. F. Fiske, formerly of the Bureau of Entomology and with headquarters 

 at the Gypsy moth parasite laboratory, Melrose Highlands, Mass., is now employed 

 in connection with investigations into the Trypanosome diseases of man and domestic 

 animals in Africa. His address is, Care of Tropical Diseases Committee, Royal 

 Society, Burlington House, London, England. 



Professor A. J. Cook, horticultural commissioner of California recently had to 

 face charges of incompetency made by a self appointed body called the Horticultural 

 AVelfare Committee. This committee claimed that Professor Cook's administration 

 has been injurious to the fruit industry of the state. No case was presented, however, 

 against Professor Cook, who was wholly and emphatically vindicated by Governor 

 Hiram Johnson. 



Mr. E. P. Van Duzee, formerly of Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, N. Y., is now at 

 Scripps Institution, La Jolla, California, where he divides his time between library 

 work and in studying the hemiptera. Mr. Van Duzee will probably remain on the 

 Pacific coast, and will continue his work in entomology, being now engaged in pre- 

 paring a catalogue of North American Hemiptera. Correspondents should send 

 letters and specimens to the address given above. 



According to Science "Mr. C. W. Mason of Wye, England, and Mr. Donald Mc- 

 Gregor of Oxford, have been appointed Carnegie scholars in entomology under the 

 Imperial Bureau of Entomology. Mr. Mason arrived in the United States early in 

 July and is now studying at the laboratory of parasitology of the Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy of the United States Department of Agriculture at Melrose Highlands, Mass. 

 He will study in this country for one year. Mr. McGregor will arrive in New York 

 soon and will probably join Mr. Mason at Melrose Highlands." 



The American and the Pacific Coast Associations of Nurserymen, which met in 

 joint convention at Portland, Ore., passed resolutions and appointed a committee to 

 aid in bringing about more uniform legislation regarding inspection and certification 

 of nursery stock in the different stateg. The following standing committee was 

 appointed to take charge of the work: William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y., Chairman; 

 Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb., Treasurer; M. McDonald, Orenco, Ore. 



Professor W. T. Shaw, zoologist of the Experiment Station, professor of Zoology 



