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lias recently accepted a position with the Cen- 

 tral Scientific Company of Chicago as man- 

 ager of development and manufacturing. 



Professor James H. Leuba, of Bryn Mawr 

 College, who is to be abroad during the next 

 academic year on sabbatical leave, has been 

 invited to give five lectures at the Sorbonne 

 in the Fall of 1921, under the auspices of the 

 Institut de Psychologie. His subject will be 

 the psychology of religious mysticism. He 

 is also to deliver a series of lectures at Kings 

 College, London. 



The Colunibia Chapter of the Society of 

 Sigma Xi announces a lecture on "Progress 

 in physics in the last decade," by Michael 

 Idvorsky Pupin, professor of electro-mechan- 

 ics. This lecture which was given on the 

 evening of May 4 ds the first of a proposed 

 series of annual lectures on the Progress of 

 Science. 



An address on "The spirit and method of 

 research in agriculture" was given by Dr. E. 

 "W. Allen, of the office of experiment stations, 

 at the college of agriculture, at the Ohio State 

 TJniiversity, on April 15. 



Dr. Arthur G-ordon Webster, head of the 

 department of physics at Clark University, 

 will sail on May 28 for London, where he 

 will deliver a lecture on " Eesearches on 

 Sound," before the Eoyal Institution, on 

 June 10. 



Dr. Prank Schlesinger, director of the 

 Yale Observatory, will deliver an address be- 

 fore the Tale cOiapter of Sigma Xi on " The 

 distances of the stars," on May 10. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, assistant secretary of the 

 Smithsonian InstitutSon, delivered an address 

 before the Washington Academy of Sciences 

 on April 22 on " The solar constant observing 

 stations of the Smithsonian Institution." 



Dr. George Frederick Wright, known for 

 his contributions to geology especially glacial 

 period, and professor emeritus of the harmony 

 of science and religion at Oberlin CoUege, died 

 at Oberlin on April 20, aged eighty-three years. 

 The establishment of the Chemical Warfare 

 Service at Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, 



Maryland, will appoint fifty chemists as soon 

 as suitable men can be secured. The United 

 States Civil Service Commission has an- 

 nounced that until further notice dt will re- 

 ceive applications for these positions in the 

 ;following grades : Chemist at $3,000 to $5,000 

 a year, associate chemist at $2,000 to $3,000 a 

 year, and junior chemist at $1,400 to $2,000 a 

 year. Promotion from the lower to the higher 

 grades will depend upon demonstrated ability 

 and the needs of the service. The examina- 

 tion announcement states that there are 

 opportunities for employment in fifteen spe- 

 cialties of chemical science. FuU information 

 and application blanks may be obtained by 

 communicating with the United States Civil 

 Service Commission, Washington, D. C. 



The inadequacy of the appropriation to the 

 Bureau .of Fisheries for scientific work has 

 made necessary a reduction in the number of 

 projects to be pursued by that bureau during 

 the next fiscal year and will necessitate keeping 

 the Woods Hole, Massachusetts, laboratory 

 closed during the summer. Therefore, no ap- 

 plications for the use of tables during the 

 coming season can be approved. 



A COMMUNICATION from J. Parke Channing 

 of New York, chairman of the American 

 Engineering Council's Committee on Public 

 Affairs, has been placed before President 

 Harding and representatives of the council 

 have been advised that the president is con- 

 sidering the recommendation that an engineer 

 be placed on the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission with other recommendations for ap- 

 pointments to the three vacancies. A supple- 

 mentary communication was also submitted to 

 the president naming six engineers with quali- 

 fications for this appointment in the hope that 

 such list would be useful to him. In repre- 

 sentations to the president, the council is also 

 acting for the American Society of Civil 

 Engineers, the American Association of Engi- 

 neers and the American Institute of Consult- 

 ing Engineers. The American Engineering 

 Council's Committee on Procedure has ap- 

 pointed L. W. Wallace, executive secretary of 

 the council, as its representative on the U. S. 



