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Missouri to The Pennsylvania State College as head of the De- 

 partment of Forestry. Before going to Missouri Professor 

 Ferguson was connected with this institution three years and in 

 the absence of the head of the department took charge for nearly 

 two years. 



The Association of privately employed foresters in Germany 

 has issued a circular, published through the newspapers, warning 

 young men against entering private employment, and describing 

 the distress in which private foresters find themselves. From 200 

 to 300 applicants are had for every poorly paid position, and many 

 well-educated men are forced to take inferior postions ; the 

 market is greatly overstocked. 



On October i, Mr. J. S. Dawley, General Stage Director of 

 Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and troupe arrived at Northfork, Cali- 

 fornia, and in co-operation with and under the supervision of the 

 officers of the Sierra National Forest, took 65 views of foresters' 

 activities and forest fire work. These views will be combined in 

 a moving picture entitled "A Forest Fire and How it is Fought." 

 This picture will be released, it is expected, by the Edison Com- 

 pany in December and will be shown simultaneously in all the 

 large cities of the United States and Europe. This is the first 

 time that a moving picture, showing in detail the many activities 

 of a Forest Ranger, and the work in connection with a real forest 

 fire has ever been taken, and because of the action in the picture 

 it ought to be received very favorably. The cause and effect and 

 methods of fighting a forest fire ought to be made clear to the 

 thousands of persons who previously have had no conception of 

 this subject. 



The July issue of the "Philippine Journal of Science" is a 

 memorial number to Doctor Paul Caspar Freer who died in April 

 at the early age of fifty-one years. Dr. Freer was Director of 

 the Bureau of Science, Dean of the College of Medicine and 

 Surgery, Professor of Chemistry of the University, and Editor- 

 in-Chief of the Journal at Manila. 



After a scientific training in United States and Europe Dr. 

 Freer was appointed to the chair of Chemistry in Michigan Uni- 



