July 9, 1920] 



SCIENCE 



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Colgate Um^lksitt at its recent commeiice- 

 ment conferred the honorary degree of doctor 

 of science npon Colonel Alfred Hulse Brooks, 

 of the United Stales Geological Surrey. 



Beowx Uxiveksitt has conferred the de- 

 gree of doctor of laws on Dr. Yemon Kellog-g-, 

 of Stanford University and the Xational Re- 

 search CoTineiL 



Upon' the occasion of the Golden Jubilee 

 Commencement of Syracuse University, held 

 on June 14, the honorary degree of doctor of 

 science was conferred upon Edward H. 

 Ej-aus, professor of crystaUography and 

 mineralogy and dean of the summer session 

 of the University of Michigan. 



At the seventy-first annivereary commence- 

 ment of Baylor University, the honorary de- 

 gree of doctor of laws was conferred on Eobert 

 Thomas Hill in recognition of his geologic 

 work in the southwest and the tropical and 

 sub-tropical regions. Dr. Hill will continue 

 his researches upon the geology and geography 

 of the Texas and southern California regions 

 during the summer season, 



Dr. Elias Pottee Ltox, dean of the Uni- 

 versity of Hinnesota Medical School, was 

 granted the degree of doctor of laws by the 

 St. Louis University at its recent commence- 

 ment. 



A tablet in honor of Dr. Charles E. Mills 

 was unveiled at the Philadelphia General Hos- 

 pital on June 17. Dr. Mills resigned last 

 October after forty-two years' service as chief 

 of the neurologic staff at the hospital. The 

 tablet is of bronze, 48 by 28 inches, with a 

 has-relief medallion of Dr. Mills' head sur- 

 mounting it. 



Elmeb D. Ball, of the Iowa Agricultural 

 College, has. been appointed assistant secretary 

 of agriculture. Since his graduation from the 

 Iowa Agricultural College Dr. Ball has been 

 a teacher in agricultural colleges and an in- 

 vestigator of scientific and agricultural prob- 

 lems. He has been dean of the Utah Agri- 

 cultural College and director of the experi- 

 ment station, and state entomologist of Wis- 

 consin. 



Dr. Albert C. Hehre, director of tiie school 

 of hygiene and professor of biology in Uie 

 TTashington State Xormal School, Bdling- 

 ham, "VTashington, has accepted appointment 

 as chief of the division of fisheries in the 

 Bureau of Science, Philippine Islands. 



De. Peytox Eous has been promoted to be 

 a member in i)athology and bacteriology of 

 the Eockefeller Institute for Medical Ee- 

 search. 



Dr. Marstos Tatloe Bogeet, professor of 

 chemistry in Columbia University, has been 

 appointed by the president a member of the 

 United States TariSf Commission. 



Dr. a. C. Boyle, Jr., for ten years pro- 

 fessor of mining, metallurgy and economic 

 geology at the "Wyoming School of Mines, has 

 been appointed geologist for the Union 

 Pacific EaiLroad Company. 



Me. E!en"xeth P. Moseoe has resigned as 

 chemist in the color laboratory, U. S. Bureau 

 of Chemistry, Washington, D. C, to accept 

 a research position in the Jackson Laboratory 

 of E. I. dn Pont de Xemonrs & Company, 

 Wilmington, DeL 



.Dr. a. G. Huktssiax, of the Biological 

 Board of Canada, has visited Washington for 

 a conference with the Bureau of Fisheries in 

 regard to trade names of fiishes and other 

 aquatic products for use in the United States 

 and Canada. Dr. Huntsman conferred also as 

 to fishery and oceanographic investigations 

 that may be pursued by the United States and 

 Canada on both coasts under a cooperative ar- 

 rangement. 



Peofessoe W. B. ECERiis, of the University 

 of California, has established a temporary 

 summer laboratory in the Sacramento Valley 

 near Tina, Tehama county, California, for the 

 purpose of investigating certain malaria-mos- 

 quito problems in that vicinity, notably factors 

 governing breeding habits of anophelines, their 

 egg-laying habits and per cent, of infection. 

 Three species of Anophelines are present; 

 namely, A. occid^ntdlis (western variety of A. 

 quadrimaculatus), A. punctipennis and J.. 

 pseudopunctipennis together with a prevalence 

 of malaria. Collaborating with Professor 



