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their qualifications to Dean Edward EUery, 

 Union College, Schenectady, IST. Y., before 

 August 1. 



At the annual meeting of the American As- 

 sociation of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, 

 held in Cleveland on March 24, it was voted to 

 hold the next meeting in connection with the 

 Triennial Congress of American Physicians 

 and Surgeons in Washington, during May, 

 1922. The officers elected for the year were: 

 President, Harry T. Marshall; Vice-president, 

 Paul A. Lewis; Secretary, Howard T. Karsner; 

 Treasurer, Frank B. Mallory. Other members 

 of the Council are: Dr. Eugene L. Opie, Dr. 

 Oskar Klotz, Dr. James Ewing, Dr. H. E. 

 Robertson. 



The Journal of the American Medical As- 

 sociation states that an organization has been 

 formed, the Notgemeinschaft for German sci- 

 ence, which has been discussing ways and 

 means to promote scientific research in Ger- 

 many. The Medizinische Elinih quotes from 

 the proceedings that, of the total 3,000 Ger- 

 man scientific periodicals, 400 are to be con- 

 tinued with the aid of the organization. To 

 make up for the lack of foreign publications 

 during the war, a large sum will be appro- 

 priated to insure that all the important foreign 

 journals will be represented in Germany at 

 least by one or two copies of those published 

 during the last few years, while the current 

 numbers will be obtained by exchange. A 

 purchasing and loan center for scientific ma- 

 terial and instruments is to be installed at 

 some central point to maintain the experi- 

 mental research of the country on a higher 

 limit. It is also planned to supply animals 

 for experiments in medical and biologic re- 

 search. 



The University of Michigan Biological Sta- 

 tion will hold its thirteenth session for in- 

 struction and research on the shores of Doug- 

 las Lake, Cheboygan County, Michigan, from 

 July 5 to August 26. Instruction in zoology 

 will be given by Professors George R. La Rue 

 and Pftul S. Welch, University of Michigan; 

 Frank Smith, University of Illinois; Zeno P. 

 Metcalf, North Carolina State College of Ag- 



riculture and Engineering; and in botany by 

 Professors Frank C. Gates, Kansas State Ag- 

 ricultural College; George E. Nichols, Tale 

 University, and John H. Ehlers, University of 

 Michigan. Mrs. Lois S. Ehlers, of Ann Ar- 

 bor, is to be dean of women. Mr. Harry C. 

 Fortner, University of Tennessee; Dr. Minna 

 E. Jewell, Milwaukee-Downer College; and 

 Miss Alice E. Keener will serve as assistants. 

 Under certain conditions, properly qualified 

 graduate students may complete the require- 

 ments for the M.A. or M.S. degree by work- 

 ing at the station through three or four sum- 

 mer sessions. Inquiries should be addressed 

 to Professor George R. La Rue, director, Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NOTES 



A GIFT of $300,000 has been made by the 

 General Education Board to the million-dollar 

 endowment fund of the University of the 

 South. 



Dr. Phillip B. Wood worth, formerly dean 

 of the engineering faculty at Lewis Institute 

 and recently in charge of the educational- 

 work of the government as director of the 

 Central District, has been elected president of 

 the Rose Polytechnic Institute. 



Professor Henry P. Talbot, professor of 

 analytical chemistry and chairman of the fac- 

 ulty, has been appointed acting dean of the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



As one step in the reconstruction plans of 

 Tale University the subjects of pharmacology 

 and experimental medicine have been com- 

 bined as a university department with the title 

 of department of pharmacology and toxicol- 

 ogy, the chairman of which is Dr. Frank P. 

 Underbill. The functions of the new depart- 

 ment are three-fold: teaching, research and 

 service to the community and state. Special 

 attention will be devoted to the training of 

 future investigators and teachers, and to the 

 chemistry and physiology of the action of 

 drugs and poisons. 



At the University of Pennsylvania, the fol- 



