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It was then appropriate that before his 

 retirement, there should be some demonstra- 

 tion of appreciation by tlie scientists them- 

 selves. This took the form of a buffet supper 

 at the Ealeigh Hotel, Washington, February 

 16. The event was planned by a committee 

 chosen from the membership of the various 

 Washington scientific societies in which the De- 

 partment of Agriculture is largely represented. 

 In the menu were included various items 

 representative of the work of the department, 

 such as " Dasheen Chips," " Soy Bean Sauce," 

 "American Eoquefort Cheese," and "New 

 Unnamed Grapes." During the evening. Dr. 

 B. T. Galloway presented Secretary Meredith 

 with a vellum volume bound in hand-tooled, 

 dark morocco, and containing the following 

 inscription of appreciation signed by the five 

 hundred and sixty scientific and technical 

 men who attended: 



The researches of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture in recent years have become so di- 

 versified and so important for the welfare of the 

 country and are so absolutely dependent on a wise, 

 far-seeing and sympathetic administration, such as 

 you have given us, that your departure from among 

 us is a matter of very general regret. 



Your broad comprehension and appreciation of 

 the fundamental importance of scientific research 

 in agriculture, your prompt recognition of the 

 needs of the service and your enthusiasm aiid ef- 

 fective efforts to secure proper recognition of the 

 work and workers have been most stimulating to 

 us and have been of the greatest value in promot- 

 ing a better understanding of the activities and 

 purposes of the department and their vital relation 

 to the business and industrial interests of the na- 

 tion and the progress of the whole people. 



In view of the above facts, we the undersigned, 

 desire to express our deep appreciation and to 

 thank you for what you have done and extend to 

 you our hearty good wishes for all time to come. 



In response, the secretary spoke briefly of 

 his interest in the scientific work of the de- 

 partment, and his hopes for its future devel- 

 opment. The esteem in which Mr. Mereditli 

 is held, was evidenced by the large attend- 

 ance at this unofiieial gathering. And the 

 spirit of those present was such that when all 

 joined in a rousing cheer for " Mereditli " and 



in singing " He's a jolly good fellow " it seemed 

 not only wholly in harmony with the occasion, 

 but a fitting expression of their enthusiasm 

 for the man. 



CONGRESS ON MEDICAL EDUCATION 



The Annual Congress on Medical Educa- 

 tion, Licensure, Hospitals and Public Health 

 will be held at Chicago on March T, 8, 9 and 

 10, under the auspices of The Council on 

 Medical Education and Hospitals, and The 

 Council on Health and Public Instruction of 

 the American Medical Association, The Asso- 

 ciation of American Medical Colleges, The 

 Federation of State Medical Boards of the 

 United States and The American Conference 

 on Hospital Service. 



The program of the sessions on Medical 

 Education are as follows: 



Introductory Eemarks, Arthur Dean Bevan, chair- 

 man of the Council on Medical Education and 

 Hospitals, Chicago. 



The Significance of Group Practise in its Relation 

 to the Profession and the Community, Veader N. 

 Leonard, Academy of Clinical Medicine, Duluth. 



SYMPOSIUM ON GRADUATE TRAINING IN THE VARIOUS 

 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES 



Medicine and the Medical Specialties — 



(a) Internal medicine, George Blumer, clin- 

 ical professor of medicine, Yale Univer- 

 sity. 

 (6) Pediatries, Harry M. McClanahan, professor 

 of pediatrics. University of Nebraska. 



(c) Nervous and mental diseases, Arthur S. 



Hamilton, professor of nervous and men- 

 tal diseases, University of Minnesota. 



(d) Dermatology and syphilology, William A. 



Pusey, emeritus professor of dermatology, 

 University of Illinois. 

 Surgery and the Surgical Specialties — 



(a) Surgery, Charles H. Prazier, professor of 

 clinical surgery, University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 

 (6) Ophthalmology, Walter B. Lancaster, Bos- 

 ton. 



(c) Oto-Laryngology, Wendell C. Phillips, New 

 York. 



(d) Orthopedic surgery, Robert W. Lovett, pro- 



fessor of orthopedic surgery, Harvard 

 University. 



