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SCIENCE 



N. S. Vol. XXX. No. 763 



The twelfth International Congress on Al- 

 coholism, held in London last month, was at- 

 tended by about 1,400 members, including 400 

 delegates from abroad. 



The Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Chi 

 Sigma Chemical Fraternity was installed at 

 the University of Kansas on May 29. The 

 chapter was installed by Dr. J. H. Mathews, 

 of the University of Wisconsin, and Mr. L. S. 

 Palmer, of the University of Missouri. The 

 following men constitute the charter mem- 

 bers of the new chapter: F. P. Brock, A. N. 

 Budd, F. W. Bruekmiller, M. L. Breidenthal, 

 H. ]Sr. Calderwood, P. V. Faragher, B. C. 

 Frichot, Chas. Hoffman, H. A. Kohman, P. 

 E. Parmelee, F. W. Padgett, E. R. Weidlein, 

 G. S. "Weith and A. J. Weith. 



The expedition which is carrying relief sup- 

 plies to Commander Robert E. Peary left St. 

 John's on August 3. The 88-ton schooner 

 Jeanie will take fifty tons of coal and the 

 same amount of stores, which she will land at 

 Etah, Greenland, to supplement the supplies 

 on Peary's steamer Roosevelt. The schooner 

 will return as soon as she has discharged her 

 cargo, bringing any despatches Peary may 

 have left. 



The first section of the electric funicular 

 railway from Le Fayet to the summit of Mont 

 Blanc was opened to the public on July 25 as 

 far as the Col de Voza (5,495 feet in height). 

 In the morning the first train carried the local 

 French authorities and engineers to the Col, 

 covering the Yj kilometers in 56 minutes. 

 The whole of the line is constructed in the 

 open. Work will shortly be commenced on 

 the second and most difficult section, about 

 eight kilometers long, to Tete Rousse (10,300 

 feet). 



The Black Hills of South Dakota contain 

 deposits of ores of the rare metals tin, tungs- 

 ten and tantalum, which have been examined 

 by Frank L. Hess, geologist, of the United 

 States Geological Survey, whose report forms 

 a paper in the Survey's Bulletin 380. The 

 lack of commercially valuable tin deposits in 

 the United States gave especial interest to the 

 discovery of tin ores in the Black Hills. The 

 deposits occur in the northern part of the hills 



at Tinton and in the southern part near Hill 

 City, Keystone, Oreville and Custer. Mr. 

 Hess sketches the geology of the tin deposits 

 as exposed at the various mines and claims 

 and gives brief accounts of their commercial 

 development. Tungsten deposits occur in the 

 Black Hills at several places, but have been 

 exploited commercially only at Lead, in the 

 central hills. The valuable ore is wolframite. 

 Tungsten is of especial interest and value in 

 connection with its use in tool steel and as a 

 filament in incandescent electric lamps. The 

 tantalum of the Black Hills occurs in the min- 

 eral columbite. The known deposits of colum- 

 bite in the region are described in detail by 

 Mr. Hess. Tantalum is also used in making 

 filaments for incandescent electric lamps. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Kenyon College has recently received 

 $100,000 from Samuel Mather, of Cleveland, 

 the income of which is to be devoted to the 

 increase of salaries of the faculty. 



It is announced that the George Peabody 

 College for Teachers will be erected in close 

 proximity to Vanderbilt University and will 

 be affiliated with it. 



Dean Harry B. Hdtchins has been ap- 

 pointed acting president of the University of 

 Michigan, and will assume his office v^hen 

 President Angell's resignation takes effect on 

 October 1. 



Professor F. B. Mumford has been elected 

 dean of the agricultural college in the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri to succeed Dean J. H. 

 Waters, who has become president of the 

 Kansas Agricultural College. 



Dr. John B. Powers has been elected dean 

 of the medical department of Wake Forest 

 University, vice Dr. Watson S. Pankin, who 

 resigned to become secretary of the state 

 Board of Health. 



The chair of plant pathology recently es- 

 tablished in the University of Wisconsin Col- 

 lege of Agriculture by legislative action has 

 just been filled by the appointment by the 

 regents of Dr. L. R. Jones, of the University 



