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SCIENCE 



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San rrancisco, at 8 o-clock on the eYenings 

 of December 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. 



Dr. Alonzo Taylor was sent abroad under 

 tbe auspices of the American Minister to 

 make a scientific study of the care of the 

 Allied prisoners in Germany. His reports 

 were published by the British government in 

 1916 and 1917. At that time he was partic- 

 ularly interested in the food problems asso- 

 ciated with nutrition of a people at war. 

 Upon our entrance into the war he was one 

 of the first men taken in by Mr. Hoover in 

 the organization of the Food Administration. 

 His particular problem was to coordinate the 

 efforts of the Department of Agriculture and 

 those of the newly established Food Admin- 

 istration. He was a member of the Com- 

 mittee on Research and on Public Health of 

 the Food Administration and also a member 

 of the commission sent abroad by this country 

 to study the alimentation problems of the 

 Allied nations. Subsequently he was the 

 representative of the Department of Agri- 

 culture upon the War Trade Board. He 

 made two different trips to Europe studying 

 conditions there and since the armistice has 

 been the representative of the Food Adminis- 

 tration and the American Eelief Administra- 

 tion particularly in the Balkan countries. 



Dr. Taylor has written a series of articles 

 dealing with various aspects of the war, par- 

 ticularly for the Saturday Evening Post. He 

 is the author of a book on " "War Bread " and 

 with Dr. Kellogg published a book on "The 

 Food Problem." 



DINNER IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR 

 CHAMBERLIN 



A DINNER in honor of Dr. Thomas Chrowder 

 Chamberlin was given at the Chicago Beach 

 Hotel, on September 27. The dinner was 

 occasioned by the retiring to become professor 

 emeritus of Professor Chamberlin from the 

 headship of the department of geology in 

 order that he might devote himself to the 

 research in which he is interested. The date 

 of the dinner was felicitous in that it was 

 within a few days of Professor Chamberlin's 

 seventy-seven birthday. 



About fifty people, almost solely former 



students and intimate colleagues of the guest 

 of honor, were present. Dr. G. F. Kay, of the 

 University of Iowa, acted as toastmaster, and 

 speeches were made by Dean Eollin D. Salis- 

 bury, of the University of Chicago, Dr. 

 C. K. Leith, of the University of Wisconsin, 

 and Dr. F. E. Moulton and President Judson, 

 both of the University of Chicago. At the 

 end of the dinner, the toastmaster handed 

 to Dr. Chamberlin a great number of con- 

 gratulatory telegrams from friends all over 

 the world. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Mr. George H. Ashley, of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey, has been appointed state geol- 

 ogist of Pennsylvania. 



Dr. Samcel a. Tucker, formerly professor 

 of electrochemistry at Columbia University, 

 who served as major in the Chemical Warfare 

 Service, has been appointed chief chemist for 

 the Chemical Foundation, Inc. 



Dr. Charles L. Parsons has resigned from 

 the Bureau of Mines in order to give more ■ 

 time to the work of the secretaryship of the 

 American Chemical Society. He will also 

 undertake a limited amount of private consult- 

 ing work. 



Dr. Arthur F. Budington, of Brown Uni- 

 versity, and Dr. Ealph W. G. Wyckoff, of 

 Cornell University, have become members of 

 the staff of the Geophysical Laboratory of 

 the Carnegie Institution. 



Dr. Albert Mann, of Washington, D. C, 

 has recently left the Department of Agricul- 

 ture to accept a position with the Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington. A recognition of 

 the growing economic importance of the dia- 

 toms led the National Eesearch Council to ad- 

 vise that plans be made to finance a thorough 

 study of these aquatic plants. The Carnegie 

 Institution received tbe suggestion favorably 

 and Dr. Mann was invited to take up the work. 

 His laboratory and office are located in the Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Dr. Christian E. Holmes, dean of the med- 

 ical college of the University of Cincinnati, 

 has announced his intention of retiring from 



