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of the unsuccessful competitors, and whether they were Ithaca 

 students or not we do not know. 



If these prizps were offered for investigations to be made "under 

 the suggestions and advice" of college professors, then we con- 

 gratulate Professor Gage upon his connection therewith ; but we 

 ask why in the world did not the Secretary see to it that all the 

 Colleges had the knowledge which should enable them to enter 

 the contest ? If Dr. Curtis wanted to see his prizes fairly com- 

 peted for why did he not insure an eff"ort for them in some of 

 the other 150 American colleges? Again we off'er these columes 

 to the Secretary and to Dr. Curtis in which to explain what 

 safeguards they established to prove this a full, fair, open contest. 



As this Journal goes into over a hundred colleges, we ask the 

 subscribers in each one to report whether or not they had full 

 and fair warning that their students might compete for these 

 prizes and be assisted "by the suggestions and advice" of their 

 professors. We off'er to publish every affirmative rejily. 



In another column will be found the Announcement in full 

 for the 1895 meeting. As will appear from the foregoing, the 

 Society has more to expect from Ithaca than from any other 

 quarter. The selection is wise. It would have been infinite folly 

 to have followed the A. A. A. S. to Springfield, Mass., for there 

 is.not to our knowledge a microscopistin that'city. The Ithaca 

 people seem determined to have a good meeting next August. 

 We shall keep you posted upon the outlook each month. In 

 order that there be no trouble about the Secretary having Prof- 

 essor Gage's Address, we request that he send it to us in advance 

 of the meeting. We will have it all in type and ready to dis- 

 tribute in our August number the moment he has finished read- 

 ing it. 



But how about prizes this year? Give us the facts, please. 



MICROSCOPICAL MANIPULATION. 



A New Method For Securing Paraffin Sections To The 

 Slide or Cover-Glass. — Among the many steps to be taken 

 in making microscopical preparations, that of securing the i^ec- 

 tions to the slide may seem of minor importance, yet the 

 possibility of ultimate, succesful results depends largely on the 

 complete reliance to be placed upon the process by which this 



