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leave next month for Brazil, where biological, 

 botanical and zoological research work will be 

 carried out. 



Propessoe a. E. Waller, of the department 

 of botany, Ohio State University, is spending 

 four months in Europe continuing studies on 

 economic botany. 



At the fifteenth annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican and Canadian Section of the International 

 Association of Medical Museums held recently 

 in the Army Medical Museum, Washington, 

 under the presidency of Professor James 

 Ewing, of Cornell Universitj^, the following 

 olfioers were elected for the ensuing year : Pres- 

 t, Dr. Frank B. Mallory, Boston; vice- 

 s, Drs. Howard T. Karsner, Cleve- 

 land, Harry Marshall, University, Va., and 

 Robert A. Lambert, New Haven; secretary- 

 treasurer, Dr. Maude E. Abbot, Montreal. 



The Harvard Medical Association held its 

 triennial dinner on June 16. Dean Edsall 

 spoke on the progress of the Medical School. 

 Dr. Francis W. Peabody, professor of medi- 

 cine, discussed his new work in the department 

 of clinical investigation at the Boston City 

 Hospital. Dr. Elliott P. Joslin spoke of the 

 relations between the Medical School and its 

 alumni. 



The Harvard Engineering Society held a 

 dinner in Boston on June 14. Clifford M. Hol- 

 land, '05, presided. The speakers included 

 Dean Hughes, of the Engineering School, and 

 W. W. Torrey, '19, secretary of the under- 

 graduate section of the society. Howard E. 

 Coffin spoke on "Our American air policies 

 and national defence." 



In connection with the annual general meet- 

 ing of the Eugenics Education Society a con- 

 ference on "The inheritance of mental quali- 

 ties, good and bad," was held at Burlington 

 House, London, on July 4. Among the speak- 

 ers were Dr. Tredgold, Dr. C. H. Bond, Dr. 

 Bernard Hollander and Mr. E. A. Fisher. 



Professor James G. Needham, of Cornell 

 University, will give a special lecture at the 

 University of Utah Summer School, on "War, 

 a biological phenomenon." 



An address was delivered on June 7 before 



the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, 

 with Professor Sir Robert Philip in the chair, 

 by Professor A. Calmette, of the Institut Pas- 

 teur of Paris, on "The protection of mankind 

 against tuberculosis." 



A COMMITTEE has been formed in France to 

 erect by international subscription a monument 

 in memory of Ives Delage, distinguished for 

 his work in biology. It is proposed to place 

 the monument at Roscoff, where Delage was in 

 charge of the Marine Biological Station. 



Feed C. Wokkbnthin, assistant professor of 

 botany at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, died 

 on June 13, at the age of thirty-two. 



Edward Hall Nichols, clinical professor of 

 surgery in the Medical School of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, has died at the age of fifty-eight years. 

 Dr. Nichols was also director of the cancer 

 laboratory of the Croft Research Fund, Boston. 



William Munroe Courtis died at his home 

 in Detroit on June 19, aged eighty years. He 

 was a well known consulting engineer in mining 

 and had also made contributions to botany. 



Peopessor Frederic Percival Tuthill, 

 chemist, for twenty years connected with the 

 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, died on July 2, 

 aged fifty-four years. 



By the will of the late Prince Albert de 

 Monaco, a million francs is bequeathed to the 

 Paris Academy of Sciences. 



A research fellowship of $1,000 for the 

 study of the chemistry of tubercle bacillus has 

 been given to Tale University by the National 

 Tuberculosis Association. The funds will be 

 used to support research in the subject now 

 being conducted by Professor Treat B. Johnson 

 and his associate, Dr. E. B. Brown. 



The National Poultry Council of Great Bri- 

 tain has been informed by the ministry of agri- 

 culture that the revised scheme of operation for 

 the educational and research work of a national 

 poultry institute has now been approved by 

 the development commissioners, and that the 

 treasury will sanction the payment of the prom- 

 ised grant. The amount of the grant for cap- 

 ital expenditure is not to exceed £19,500, and 

 is conditional on a further sum of £6,500 being 

 provided by the industry, to complete the 

 £26,000 which, it is estimated, will be required 



