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SCIENCE 



[Vol. LVI, No. 1440 



tional Conference adopted resolutions including 

 the following: 



We greet with satisfaction the first steps of 

 the administration to correct the iniquities com- 

 mitted by the custodian of alien enemy property. 



It is also significant that George Sylvester 

 Viereck was chairman of the resolutions com- 

 mittee. Viereck attracted much attention dur- 

 ing the war as a persistent German propa- 

 gandist. 



LECTURES ON SCIENCE AT TEACHERS 

 COLLEGE 



Teachers College, Colum!bia University, is 

 offering for the summer session of 1922 a spe- 

 cial course entitled "Educational Interpreta- 

 tion of Modern Science," under the charge of 

 Dr.' Otis W. Caldwell, director of the Lincoln 

 School of Teachers College. The course is 

 open to all students who register and pay the 

 tuition fee. It carries two credit points for 

 those who attend the lectures, and prepare 

 synopses and term papers upon two topics 

 selected from the subjects discussed. 



The lectures, which are being given daily in 

 the Horace Mann Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. 

 from July 10 to August 18, are as follows: 



"Achievemeents of science," Dr. Otis W. Cald- 

 well. 



"Methods and purposes of medical research," 

 Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Eockefeller 

 Institute for Medical Research. 



"Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis)," Dr. 

 Harold L. Amoss, associate professor of medicine, 

 Johns Hopkins Medical School. 



"Epidemic influenza," Dr. Frederick L. Gates, 

 Eockefeller Institute for Medical Research. 



"The control, care and treatment of human 

 tuberculosis," Dr. Matthias NicoU, Jr., deputy 

 commissioner. Department of Health, State of 

 New York. 



"Chemistry of Foods," Dr. H. C. Sherman, 

 executive officer of the department of chemistry, 

 Columbia University. 



"Influence upon man of climatic conditions 

 and of the physical features of the earth's sur- 

 face," Dr. W. W. Atwood, president of Clark 

 University. 



"Influence of the distribution of natural re- 

 sources upon human activities," Dr. Atwood. 



"Recent advances in long distance telephony," 

 Dr. F. B. Jewett, president of the American 



Institute of Electrical Engineers and vice-presi- 

 dent of the Western Electric Company, and Mr. 

 John Mills, the Personnel Department. 



' ' Chemistry in relation to present day civiliza- 

 tion. I. Gasoline. II. Refrigeration. III. Coal 

 tar products. IV. Photography. V. Sugar," Dr. 

 E. E. Slosson, editor of Science Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



' ' The human voice and its electrical transmis- 

 sion, " Mr. John Mills. 



"Warfare against insects," Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 chief of the United States Bureau of Entomology. 



"A modern botanic garden in relation to com- 

 munity needs, ' ' Dr. George T. Moore, director of 

 the Missouri Botanical Gardens. 



' ' International health work, ' ' Dr. George E. 

 Vincent, president of the Rockefeller Foundation. 



' ' The meaning of evolution, ' ' Dr. John M. 

 Coulter, head of the department of botany. Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. 



' ' Evolution and religion, ' ' Dr. Coulter. 



' ' The use of statistics in industry, ' ' Mr. R. S. 

 Kellogg, editor of News Print Service, New York 

 City. 



"What science has done to enlarge our knowl- 

 edge of the soil, ' ' Dr. Milton W. Whitney, chief 

 of the U. S. Bureau of Soils. 



' ' The Endurance of the Soil, ' ' Dr. Whitney. 



' ' Forests as economic factors in modern life, ' ' 

 Dr. Raphael Zon, forest economist, U. 8. Forest 

 Service. 



"Forests as physical and biological factors," 

 Dr. Zon. 



' ' Physiological aspects of the modern potato 

 problem, ' ' Dr. C. O. Appleman, professor of plant 

 physiology and biochemistry. University of Mary- 

 land. 



' ' Physiological aspects of food storage, ' ' Dr. 

 C. O. Appleman. 



"Vitamins," Dr. Walter H. Eddy, associate 

 professor of physiological chemistry. Teachers 

 College. 



PITTSBURGH MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The fall meeting of the American Chemical 

 Society will be held with the Pittsburgh Sec- 

 tion on Monday, September 4, to Saturday, 

 September 9, inclusive. All divisions and five 

 sections are planning extensive meetings. The 

 Pittsburgh local committees have already 

 nearly completed their arrangements and an 

 interesting program, together with instructive 



