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Berlin, announces the publication of a new 

 journal devoted exclusively to original mathe- 

 matical memoirs, the Mathematische Zeit- 

 schrift. It is edited by Professor L. Lichten- 

 stein, with the collaboration of Professors K. 

 Knopp, E. Schmidt and I. Schur and an edi- 

 torial committee consisting of Professors W. 

 Blaschke, L. Fejer, C. Herglotz, A. Kneser, E. 

 Landau, 0. Perron, E. Schur, E. Study and 

 H. Weyl. Two volumes appear annually. 



Dr. Edwaed L. Thorndike, professor of edu- 

 cational psychology in Teachers College, Co- 

 lumbia University, delivered an address at 

 Wesleyan University on October 14 on " Psy- 

 chological tests for college entrance examina- 

 tions." 



Dr. Alexander D. Blackader, professor of 

 pharmacology and therapeutics in McGiU Uni- 

 versity, Montreal, delivered the annual ad- 

 dress to the medical students on Founder's 

 Day, his subject 'being, " Our medical faculty 

 and the- value of continued medical research." 



The late Professor Eudolf A. Witthaus, of 

 the Cornell Medical College, bequeathed his 

 medical apparatus and scientific books to the 

 college. 



Wilhelm von Siemens, head of the Siemens- 

 Halske Companies, is dead at Arona, Switzer- 

 land. 



Nature reports that the council of the 

 Eoyal Society has nominated representative 

 committees to deal with national questions 

 connected with the international unions which 

 it is intended to form under the International 

 Eesearch Council. The committee for as- 

 tronomy will consist of the Astronomers 

 Royal for England, Scotland and Ireland, the 

 Superintendent of the ISTautical Almanac, six 

 members nominated by the Royal Society, six 

 members nominated by the Royal Astronom- 

 ical Society, two members nominated by the 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, two members ap- 

 pointed by the Royal Irish Academy and two 

 members appointed by the British Astronom- 

 ical Association. Th-e committee for geodesy 

 and geophysics will consist of the Astronomers 

 Royal, the director of the Meteorological 

 Office, the director-general of the Ordnance 



Survey, the hydrographer of the Navy, two 

 representatives of the Eoyal Society of Edin- 

 burgh, two representatives of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, two members nominated by the 

 British Association, and two members nomi- 

 nated by the Royal Society. Since their for- 

 mation these committees have advised the 

 council of the Royal Society on the formation 

 of the international unions in their respective 

 subjects, and nominated the delegates to the 

 recent meeting at Brussels. The Federated 

 Council for Pure and Applied Chemistry was 

 also recognized as the national committee on 

 that subject. 



The following lectures were delivered dur- 

 ing the graduate summer quarter in medical 

 sciences at the University of Blinois, College 

 of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. 



"Transmission of eye-defeets induced in rabbits 

 fcy means of lens-sensitized fowl-serum : ' ' Michael 

 F. Guyer, Ph.D., professor of zoology, at the tJni- 

 versity of Wisconsin. 



' ' Metabolic gradients : " C. M. Child, Ph.D., 

 professor of zoology at the University of Chicago. 



' ' Modes and age periods of infection in tuber- 

 culosis : " M. P. Ravenel, M.D., professor of pre- 

 ventive medicine at the University of Missouri. 



' ' Oatalase : ' ' W. E. Burge, Ph.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor of physiology at the University of Illinois. 



' ' Nerve transplantation : " C. Carl Huber, M.D., 

 professor of anatomy at the University of Michi- 

 gan. 



' ' Malaria with especial reference to its con- 

 trol : " C. C. Bass, M.D., professor of experimental 

 medicine, Tulane University. 



' ' Giant cells and their role in bone resorption : ' ^ 

 Leslie B. Arey, Ph.D., professor of microscopic 

 anatomy, Northwestern University., Medical School. 



' ' The influence of some chemical substances on 

 immunity reactions : ' ' Aaron Arkin, Ph.D., M.D., 

 professor of pathology and bacteriology. Univer- 

 sity of West Virginia. 



The Advisory Committee of tlie American- 

 Chemical Society, on the authority given it b.y 

 the council, has recommended Professor W. A. 

 Noyes as chairman of the board of editors in 

 charge of the scientific series of monographs, 

 and Dr. John Johnston as chairman of the 

 board of editors of the technological series of 

 monographs recommended by the committer 



