June 30, 1899.] 



SCIENCE. 



917 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



The statue of Helmholtz, iu the court of the 

 University of Berlin, was unveiled on June 6th, 

 in the presence of the German Emperor. 



The statue of Darwin by Mr. Hope Pinlier, 

 presented to Oxford University Bluseum by 

 Professor Poulton, was unveiled on June 14th, 

 with an address by Sir Joseph Hooker. The 

 statue, which is of life-size and which somewhat 

 dwarfs the figure of Newton, by the side of 

 which it is placed, represents the philosopher 

 in an attitude of meditation, his hands crossed 

 on his breast. 



Dk. Milton Updegeaff, professor of as- 

 tronomy in Missouri University, has been ap- 

 pointed, by President McKinley, professor of 

 mathematics in the United States Naval Obser- 

 vatory. 



The Arago medal of the Paris Academy of 

 Sciences was presented to Sir George Stokes on 

 the occasion of his recent jubilee. 



The Council of the London Mathematical 

 Society has awarded the sixth DeMorgan medal 

 to Professor W. Burnside, F.R.S., for his re- 

 searches in mathematics, particularly in the 

 theory of groups of finite order. 



Mr. William Martindale was, on June 

 7th, elected President of the Pharmaceutical So- 

 ciety of Great Britain. 



The John Marshall prize for 1899 has been 

 awarded to Jacob H. Hollander, Ph.D., associ- 

 ate professor of finance, for his publication en- 

 titled 'The Financial History of Baltimore.' 

 The Marshall prize consists of a relief portrait 

 in bronze of Chief Justice Marshall. It is 

 awarded annually to a graduate of the Johns 

 Hopkins University who has published the 

 most important work in the department of 

 history, politics and economics. 



The death, is announced, at the age of 7-±> of 

 M. Nourrisson, professor of philosophy at the 

 Lycee Napoleon since 1858, and since 1870 a 

 member of the Academy of Political Sciences. 



Dr. Thomas O. Summers, professor of anat- 

 omy at the St. Louis College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons, known for his researches on yellow 

 fever, died by suicide on June 19th. 



The United States Civil Service Commission 



announces that it desires to establish an eligible 

 register for the position of Scientific Aid, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Candidates are not re- 

 quired to appear at any place for examina- 

 tion, but should file statements with the 

 Commission not later than August 1st. For 

 the information of applicants the follow- 

 ing statement is made, as received from the 

 Secretary of Agriculture: (1) Applicants will 

 be limited to graduates of colleges receiving the 

 benefits of grants of land or money from the 

 United States ; (2) each applicant must file 

 with the United States Civil Service Commis- 

 sion, Washington, D. C, a properly certified 

 statement as to the length of time spent in 

 college, the studies pursued, the standing in 

 these studies, the special work it is desired to 

 take up and the special qualifications for such 

 work, and, finally, a thesis upon such special 

 scientific subject as the applicant may select, or 

 in lieu of this any literature on scientific sub- 

 jects published over his own signature ; (3) the 

 length of time any Scientific Aid may serve iil 

 the Department is limited to two years ; (4) 

 the salary shall not exceed forty dollars per 

 month. 



The Maryland Geological Survey has started 

 investigations in forestry in cooperation with 

 the Division of Forestry at Washington, and 

 Mr. George B. Sudworth, of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, has been detailed to work 

 in Maryland and has already completed a 

 forestry survey of Alleghany county. This 

 work will be gradually extended throughout 

 the State as fast as the topographic maps are 

 completed. The Maryland Survey has also 

 started biological investigations in Maryland 

 under the supervision of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who 

 has detailed members of his staff to begin a 

 study of the distribution of the faunas and 

 floras of the western section of the State. This 

 work will be carried on as an adjunct to the 

 Geological Survey of the State, and reports upon 

 the life zones and areas of the State will be pub- 

 lished from time to time by the State Geologist. 



The members of the Maryland Geological 

 Survey recently made an extended trip along 

 the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, upon one of 



