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NATURE 



[OCTOBF.R J, [918 



va Agricultural College from 1885 to 1889, and 



!.... date 01 1 upied .1 similar chair at Rui gers 



College, New Jersey. Ai one time Dr. Halsted was 



ging editor oi tin- American \griculturist. He 



w as pi esidenl of the S01 ii 1 > foi 1 he Pi omol 1 



Agricultural Science in 1897, and of the Botanical 

 Societ) of America in [900 



I in Salters' Company is establishing an institute 

 to be called "The Saiteis' Institute ol Industrial 

 1 hemistry," in connection with which there will be 

 two types cl fellowships lor which post-graduate 

 students of an) recognised university will I"' eligible, 

 viz. fellowships t" enabli post-graduate students in 

 continue their studies at an approved universitj Or 

 other institution under the general supervision ol the 

 director of the institute; and industrial fellowships to 

 enable suitabl) equipped chemists to i ai 1 5 on research 

 for any particular manufacturer, under an agreement 

 which will be entered into between the institute, the 

 manufacturer, and the follow-. The Salters' Company 

 is open to receive applications for the post of director 

 of the institute from persons possessing exceptional 

 knowledge of scientific and industrial chemistry. 



!im Glaziers Company's luncheon on Wednesday, 

 September 25, to which wire invited a numbei oi 

 gentlemen taking a prominent part in the glass 

 industry, was of more than ordinary interest, foi thi 

 Master, Mr. <;. Paget Walford, announced a now 

 polic) for the Company. He said that he had detei 

 mined, when entering on his newterm of office, that the 

 Company should assume once more its responsibilities 

 to the industry, and bring its prestige and history and 

 influence to the support of all movements devised to 

 promote the industry's interests. With this object he 

 foreshadowed the formation of a reconstruction com- 

 mittee of the Company and a representative gathering 

 of the trade ai an early date. The importance of 

 technical training and research as the foundation on 

 which the industry could ho successfully rebuilt was 

 emphasised by the presence and the speeches ol 

 the Vice-Chancellor and the senior and junior Pro- 

 Chancellors of the University of Sheffield, and also b) 

 Dr. W. E. S. Turner, the head of the department of 

 glass technology, who, in addition, gave some en- 

 couraging statistics of the growth of new branches of 

 In L;lass industry. A litter from Mr. II: A. L. Fisher, 

 Minister of Education, apologising for non-attendance, 

 .ilsii stronglv urged tin- claims of technical education 

 and its application to tin- glass trades. 



'rut'. Dodman headland on the Cornish coast has 

 been secured for the National Trust foi Places ol 

 lot' list or Natural Beauty. The donoi 

 remain anonymous. * 



I in expedition to Barbados and Antigua ol a party 

 from tin- sir, 1 niversity of Iowa has returned safi \\ 

 and with good results. The object was not only to 

 secure co in marine zoology, entomology, and 



geologj frort egion in which little work had 



hitherto been dim., but also to study the living forms 

 in and around hi ; n,U visited and thus to supple- 



mi HI tin- In 1 11 in- w Ork based ( .n ill, 



collections secured. \ number of reports are to be 

 prepared; thai on Mollusca l>v J. B. Henderson, the 



1 eel fishes h\ Dr. I i i matin, and the 



Vsteroidea and Holothuroidea b\ Prof. W. K. Fisher. 

 I In Hydroida and Mcvonaria will probably he dealt 

 with by Prof. < . ('. Nutting. 



Sir James Frazeb in "The Gold Bough" has 



ted numerous ai 1 ounts ol ill ition of kin^s 



priests I he Sumerian people 1 mast) ol 



■ , ■ 558 B.C.) developed this pha ligion to 

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an extent almost unparalleled in the subsequent his- 



ii.ic nl mankind. By them this belief was connected 

 with a fundamental doctrine of amieut civilisation, 

 the conception 1 : a dying god, Tammuz, tie soul of 

 eimi I li< Museum Journal foi September, 

 1 1 1 1 7, latel) i' eived, publishes a series cil hymns 

 devoted in the cull of Dungi, the first of these men- 

 god,, found in he Nippur Library. This song-si 



lies, , if, .|h, :, ol lib .Hid thl sulir ilude ill tin 



man-saviour who intercedes to propitiate the- wrath of 



ods aroused b) sin. This new tablet thus occupies 



a plao "i peculiai importance in cuneiform literature. 



■ Dr. Walter Hough has republished from the Pro- 

 ceedings oi the United States National Museum 



(vol. liv. I an 11111 ni 'In I I . .[ . 1 Indian c oil, i 



in the museum Ibis tribe occupies stone-built dwell- 

 ings in north-eastern Arizona. It was first visited 

 by white men in 1540, and, owing to the isolatioi 

 the country, it has preserved to a greatei lee,,., than 



ilhei tribes lb' arts and customs of the Pueblos. The 



Hopi live by farming, and the arts in which the) are 

 most skilful are weaving, basket-making, and wood- 

 carving, while their proficienc) in cookery is widel) 



known among other Indian tribes. The present col- 

 lections give a vivid picture :ii .,11. sin produc- 

 tions and technology. The report is well illustrated 

 by drawings and photographs, and brings together in 

 an interesting way a large- amount of information on 

 one it tb, ni,, si remarkable existing Indian tribes. 



Tut. Brooklyn Museum Quarterly for July, 1017, 

 only ni, nib received, describes an exhibition of 

 students' work from the various high schools in the 

 city. Ii 1 1 nisi si s ,if models ol stage settings, designs, 

 and drawings illustrating the scenic ail of the theatri . 

 During the past century the art of scene-painting has 

 held, iii the estimation of the public, a position 

 between that of the mural and thai of tin sign painter, 

 in spin nf the tact that during the eighteenth century 

 lb, art was highly developed in Italy and France. 

 Among the most interesting exhibits are four scenes 

 designed foi the recent production of "The Canterbury 

 Pilgrims" at the Metropolitan Opera House in 

 Brooklyn, and those for " Giaconda " and " I In 



Willow Tree." These sellings are designed tO assisl 



tin actor in realising the "atmosphere" of thi pieci 

 which h, is engafed in representing, and to initiate 

 new- developments of character. 'The scheme is 

 interesting, and suggests new developments in art 

 teaching. 



Mr. J. Rf.id Moir, in a contribution reprinted from 

 the East Anglian Daily Times of September 17, 

 describes an interesting addition to the collections nf 

 the Ipswich Museum, which alread) po — sses a fine 

 series of stone weapons. The casts recently purchased 



pies, both in colour and form, of the most 



notable discoveries of ancient human hones which 

 have been mad, both in this country and on the con- 

 tinent of Europe. One cast represents the stri 

 ape-man (Pithecanthropus erectus) of Java, others the 

 Heidelberg jaw (Homo heidelbergen is), the Piltdown 

 skull ami |.iw (Eoanthropus dawsoni), the Gallev Hill 

 skull and jaw, two examples of }h>m,< neanderthalensis, 

 and the famous Cro Magnon skull and jaw. So far 

 as is known, this is the only collection of the kind 

 in (neat Britain, and it deserves the attention of 

 anthropologists. 



A 1 Kim m survey of what is known » > f the- sense of 

 hearing in fishes appears in the Proceedings of the 

 American Philosophical Society (vol. lvii., No. 2). 

 The author. Prof. G. 11. Parker, after a careful study 

 of the literature of the subject, .••nside-rs it probable 

 that in the ears of the highe 1 fishes, where utriculus 



