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The Journal of Heredity 
MEETING OF GENETICISTS INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURE 
The place of genetics in the curricu- 
lum in agricultural colleges, and co- 
Operation in genetic investigations, 
were among the several subjects dis- 
cussed in a special meeting of geneti- 
cists held in Chicago December 28th in 
conjunction with the meetings of the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science and affiliated societies. 
Among the speakers at the meeting 
were Professors L. J. Cole of Wisconsin, 
J. A. Detlefsen of Illinois, R. A. Emer- 
son of Cornell, E. B. Babcock of Cali- 
fornia, S. A. Beach of Iowa, M. J. 
Dorsey of Minnesota, and D. F. Jones 
of Connecticut. Fifteen Agricultural 
Colleges and Experiment Stations, 
besides the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture and other institutions, were 
represented. 
A resolution was adopted favoring 
the establishment of a single depart- 
ment of genetics in agricultural colleges. 
Many institutions now have their in- 
struction and research in genetics scat- 
tered throughout many departments 
with no one department responsible for 
a fundamental course. To simplify 
administration and prevent duplica- 
tion, and give proper standing to the 
subject of genetics in the curriculum, it 
is recommended that each institution 
have a department of genetics to han- 
dle the courses of instruction and direct 
the investigational work, and cooperate 
with, but not control, investigational 
work in the specialized problems of 
genetics. 
SECOND INTERNATIONAL EUGENICS CONGRESS 
The Second International Eugenics 
Congress will convene in New York 
City September 22, 1921. It will bea 
conference on the results of research in 
race improvement. The First Inter- 
national Congress was held in London 
in 1912. Since then the world war has 
come and gone, leaving the economic, 
sociologic and biologic conditions 
everywhere greatly disturbed. Never 
before has the need of international 
cooperation and enlightenment been 
felt so keenly. The Second Eugenics 
Congress is therefore meeting at a time 
of exceptional interest. 
The conference will be divided into 
three sections. In the first, the results 
of genetic research in animals and 
plants will be presented, and also 
studies in human heredity. The second 
section will consider factors which in- 
fluence the human family, and their 
control, and the third will concern 
itself with the topic of human racial 
differences—the influence of racial 
characteristics on human history and 
their bearing on the policies of the 
future, modern immigration being es- 
pecially set forth. 
Representatives from nearly every 
country of the world are expected to be 
at this congress. The Secretary-General 
is Dr. C. C. Little, American Museum 
of Natural History, New York City. 
