June, 'lOJ CURRENT NOTES 327 



Current Notes 



Conducted by the Associate Editor 



Dr. Raymoud C. Osborne has been juade Assistant Professor of Zoology iu 

 Barnard College. 



Mr. Charles R. Jones, formerly of the Bureau of Entomology, and located 

 at Dallas, Texas, has accepted the position of Entomologist of the Philippine 

 Islands, with headtjuarters at Manila, P. I. 



Mr. Alfred B. Champlain, formerly assistant in the Division of Economic 

 Zoology at Harrisburg, Pa., began his work April 1st in his new position 

 as assistant in eutomologj- at the Agricultural Experiment Station, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



^Ir. Merrill A. Yothers has recently been ap]iointed assistant entomologist 

 at the Agricultural PLxperiment Station at Pullman. Washington. Mr. Yothers 

 formerly held a similar position at the Michigan station. 



Rev. J. S. Zabriskie, well known as au entomologist and microscopist, 

 and a member of the Brooklyn Entomological Club, died at his home in 

 Brooklyn April 2d, at the age of seveuty-flve years. 



At the Bussey Institution of Harvard University. Forest Hills. Mass., a 

 course of illustrattxl lectures in economic entomology and genetics has been 

 arrangetl for Sunday afternoons at four o'clock, beginning April 19th and 

 closing May 29th. The entomological lectures are as follows : 



April 10th, "Insects as Carriers of Disease. I. The House Fly and its 

 Allies," by Professor W. M. Wheeler. 



April 17th, "Insects as Carriers of Disease. II. Mosquitoes and their 

 Allies," by Professor W. M. Wheeler. 



May 8th, "The Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths," by Mr. C. T. Brues. 



May 15th, "Insects Injurious to Elm Trees," by Mr. C. T. Brues. 



The staff of the Texas Experiment Station, lo<*ated at College Station, 

 Tex., has recently occupied the new Administration Building, lately erected 

 at a cost of about $47,000. The building is of modern fire-proof construction, 

 of two stories and equipped with all modern devices. The upper floor 

 is occupied by the chemical department, where special apparatus is installed 

 to prevent the ^spread of fire. All floors in the laboratory are of concrete 

 and all rooms are connected by fire-proof doors. On the lower floor are 

 the offices of the Director, Agriculturist, Feed Control Bureau, Plant Patholo- 

 gist and Entomologist. The Entomologist of the Station, who is also State 

 Entomologist occupies a commodious office and labor.-itory. The basement 

 of the building contains storerooms for all Departments. The installation 

 of the records of the research work conducted in the Station, iv a building 

 thoroughly protected from fire, is a step well worth emulation by other 

 institutions of a similar kind. 



Mr. Harper Dean, formerly connected with the Bureau of Entomology, 

 Cereal Crop Insect Investigations, resigned on March 1st to accept the 

 position of Agricultural Editor of the Scmi-Wecklu Express published at 



