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science are likely to possess this quality, as 

 has 'been demonstrated by those who have been 

 called upon for administrative work both in 

 peace land in war. In filling executive posi- 

 tions of a scientific character, however, it may 

 be desirable to consider those whose scientific 

 work can be replaced, and those not engaged 

 in research, but having a sympathetic interest 

 in its promotion. 



For the secretaryship of the American Asso- 

 ciation a man is needed who, either through 

 his own work or through association with men 

 of science, appreciates the supreme importance 

 of scientific research for human welfare, both 

 when its applications are obvious and when 

 they are not. He must know that research can 

 only be advanced by drawing to it the ablest 

 men and by giving them the best opportuni- 

 ties, and that for recruits and for support the 

 sympathetic interest of a wide public is essen- 

 tial. He should have the executive and ad- 

 ministrative ability which keeps details in 

 order and initiates new movements, and at the 

 ■same time possess those personal qualities that 

 compel others to share his convictions. 



The committee on the permanent secretary- 

 ship of the American Association will be glad 

 to receive suggestions concerning the conduct 

 of this office and concerning men competent 

 to fill it. The committee on policy has recom- 

 mended an increase of the annual dues to $5, 

 and with its 12,000 members the association 

 should be able to support the secretary and his 

 work as adequately as the office warrants. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Dr. Frank Schlesinger, director of the 

 Allegheny Observatory of the University of 

 Pittsburgh, has been elected director of the 

 Yale Observatory. 



Mr. C. H. Birdseye has been appointed 

 chief topographic engineer of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey, to succeed M. R. B. Marshall, 

 who recently resigned as chief geographer. 

 Mr. Birdseye was formerly chief of one of the 

 divisions of topographic mapping and during 

 the war served in France as lieutenant-colonel 

 of the Coast Artillery. 



Colonel Frederick F. Eussell, of the 

 Medical Corps of the army, has been ap- 

 pointed official representative of the medical 

 department of the army in the government 

 division of the ISTational Eesearch Council. 



Dr. Franklin H. Martin, of Chicago, 

 formerly colonel, M. C, U. S. Army, had con- 

 ferred on him the Order of Commander of 

 Saint Michael and Saint George by the 

 Prince of Wales, in Washington, D. C, on 

 ITovember 14. 



The Boylston Medical Committee appointed 

 by the president and fellows of Harvard Col- 

 lege and consisting of Dr. William F. Whit- 

 ney, chairman, Dr. Harold 0. Ernst, Harvard 

 Medical School, Boston, secretary, and Drs. 

 William T. Porter, Edward H. Nichols, Eeid 

 Hunt, Henry A. Christian and John Warren, 

 announces that at the annual meeting, held in 

 Boston, in 1916, a prize of $300 was awarded 

 for an essay entitled " Studies of the Strep- 

 tococus of Smith," by Dr. Wilson G. Smillie, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



E. C. Allen, Michigan state geologist, has 

 resigned his office to become secretary of the 

 Lake Superior Iron Ore Association, with 

 offices at Cleveland. 



Mr. D. Dale Condit has resigned from the 

 Geological Survey, and Mr. Ealph W. Howell 

 is on a year's leave of absence, to accept 

 positions as petroleum geologists with S. Pear- 

 son and Sons, Ltd. They sailed for England 

 about the middle of October. Professor Olaf 

 P. Jenkins, of the University of Arizona, who, 

 as we recently announced, had planned to 

 accept a position with this company has be- 

 come geologist with the Sinclair Consolidated 

 Oil Corporation, in New York City, and Mr. 

 A. C. Veatch has been placed in charge of 

 the exploration department of the same com- 

 pany. 



The council of the Eay Society has ap- 

 pointed Dr. W. T. Caiman, of the Zoological 

 Department, British Museum (Natural His- 

 tory), to be secretary in succession to the 

 late Mr. John Hopkinson. 



Dr. William H. Rankin, for the last five 

 years assistant professor of plant pathology in 



