July 9, 1909] 



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During the recent commencement week of 

 the Ohio State University two memorials were 

 presented by the alumni. An oil portrait of 

 James Hulme Canfield, fourth president of 

 Ohio State University and later librarian 

 of Columbia University. This was painted by 

 Mr. George Bellows, of New York City, an 

 Ohio state man. The second memorial was a 

 large bronze tablet for Townshend Hall, one 

 of the agricultural buildings of the \iniversity. 

 This tablet contains a life-size medallion por- 

 trait of Dr. Townshend and the following in- 

 scription : 



to the memory of 



Norton Strange Towkshend 



1815-1895 



BELOVED PHYSICIAN, FRIEND OF THE 



CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM, WISE LAWMAKER, 



A PIONEER IN AGBICULTUBAL EDUCATION, 



ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS UNIVERSITY 



AND ITS FIRST PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE 



THE STUDENTS OF AGRICULTUBE 



AND OF VETERINARY MEDICINE 



HAVE PLACED THIS TABLET 



A.D. 1909 



We regret to announce the death, June 20, 

 at Copenhagen, Denmark, of the distinguished 

 naturalist and physician. Dr. Eudolph Bergh, 

 well known among zoologists for his work on 

 the nudibranchiate mollusks. 



TheU. S. Civil Service Commission announces 

 an examination on July 14, to fill a vacancy 

 in the position of editor, in the bureau of edu- 

 cation, Department of the Interior, at a sal- 

 ary of $2,000 per annum. The duties of the 

 position will be performed cbiefly at Washing- 

 ton, and will include correspondence, report 

 writing, editing and the preparation of orig- 

 inal articles concerning the various phases of 

 education. There will also be occasional work 

 outside of Washington studying educational 

 institutions and problems, attending confer- 

 ences, and giving addresses at important pub- 

 lic meetings. It is desired to secure in the 

 appointee selected one having a broad general 

 education who has also specialized in the 

 study of education and has a wide knowledge 

 of educational literature, including current 

 publications, so that he will be able to give 

 advice and to furnish information concerning 



matters which may be of interest to the edu- 

 cational public at any given time. It is not 

 essential that he should be skilled in the pre- 

 paration of copy or in the reading of proof. 

 Men only will be admitted to this examination. 

 Harvard University has received an anon- 

 ymous gift of $5,000 to establish a fund, the 

 annual income of which is to be used for the 

 support of a summer field course in structural 

 or stratigraphical geology, conducted prefer- 

 ably in the mountain region of western North 

 America, for the benefit of students who have 

 an elementary knowledge of the subject. 



Mr. F. G. Smart has given the University 

 of Cambridge £600 to establish two prizes to 

 be awarded each year in botany and in zoology. 

 A research studentship in actinotherapeut- 

 ics, of the annual value of £300, to be known 

 as the Douglas research studentship, has been 

 established at Guy's hospital, London. 



Mr. Frank Springer has presented to the 

 museum of the University of Colorado a col- 

 lection of more than fifty species of fossil 

 Crinoids and Blastoids. 



The Rhode Island legislature at the last 

 session appropriated $2,500 annually for three 

 years for a survey of the natural resources of 

 the state. The work was placed under the 

 general charge of the Bureau of Industrial 

 Statistics, Colonel George H. Webb, com- 

 missioner, who has appointed Professor 

 Charles W. Brown, head of the department of 

 geology at Brovm University, to take immedi- 

 ate direction of the survey. Mr. Nelson C. 

 Dale, A.M., and I. R Sheldon, '10, have been 

 appointed field assistants. 



The Ulinois State Laboratory of Natural 

 History has recommenced biological work on 

 the niinois River and dependent waters at 

 Havana (Hlinois), in continuation of the 

 work interrupted in 1899. The plan of opera- 

 tions involves an ecological and economic 

 study of the entire river system, to include 

 both the plant and animal contents of the 

 waters, and their relations to the enviromnent 

 in general and detail. The work is in charge 

 of Dr. S. A. Forbes, director of the laboratory, 

 with Mr. R. E. Richardson as resident assis- 



