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According to Science, the following have been appointed associates in entomology 

 of the Harvard University Museum for five years: Dr. William Barnes, P>ederick 

 Blanchard and Andrew Gray Weeks. 



The degree of Doctor of Science was conferred on Dr. Henry Skinner by the 

 University of Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 14, 1911. For some time Dr. Skinner has 

 been curator of insects at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., and 

 was for twenty-one years editor of Entomological News. 



Mr. A. A. Girault, formerly assistant in entomology at Urbana, 111., has accepted 

 the appointment of Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Queensland. His 

 address is Brisbane, Australia. 



According to Science, "Professor A. J. Cook, the veteran head of the department 

 of biology at Pomona College, Claremont, California, has been appointed by Governor 

 Johnson horticultural commissioner of California. He succeeds Mr. J. W. Jeffrey, 

 who has held the office for seven years. Professor Cook was for many years prior 

 to 1891 connected with the Michigan Agricultural College. He has written a num- 

 ber of books about horticultural subjects and is the author of a manual of apiculture. 

 The position to which he has just been appointed is one of great importance, especially 

 on account of the quarantine measures permissible under the California law, which 

 look toward the prevention of the importation of new insect pests and plant diseases." 



Rev. Henry C. McCook, D.D., a well-known Presbyterian clergyman of Phila- 

 delphia, and the author of a number of books and popular scientific articles on ento- 

 mology, died in November at the age of seventy-four years. 



Professor R. I. Smith, of the North Carolina College of Agriculture, we learn 

 from Science, has accepted a position with the Porto Rico College of Agriculture, 

 taking up extension work in agricultural education. His address after January 1, 

 1912, will be Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 



A recent change in the New Hampshire laws for the control of the gipsy and 

 brown-tail moths has resulted in Governor Bass appointing Professor W. C. O'Kane 

 as state agent in charge of the work, in addition to his duties in the New Hamp- 

 shire College and Agricultural Experiment Station. Colonel Dearborn, the previous 

 incumbent, retired from office December 4th. 



All leaders of the Journal will regret to learn that Professor John B. Smith, 

 State Entomologist of New Jersey and Entomologist of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, is seriously ill at his home in New Brunswick, N. J., and they will hope 

 for his speedy recovery. 



Mailed December 1, 1911. 



