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seventy-five alabaster vases, is a colleetion of 

 about a hundred and fifty predynastic and 

 early dynastic hard stone vases, oqe being in- 

 scribed with the name of the first Pharaoh 

 (3,400 B.C.). 



Among other acquisitions is a group of about 

 one hundred bronzes, including some sixty- 

 five statuettes and a series of fine battle-axes 

 ■which form the finest collection of bronzes 

 ever brought from the Near East to America. 

 A beautifully written papyrus roll of the Book 

 of the Dead, probably of the seventh or sixth 

 century B.C., is far the best manuscript of this 

 book as yet brought to America ; and the pur- 

 chase of the Timins Collection of stone weap- 

 ons and implements gives to the university the 

 finest colleetion of Egyptian Stone Age indus- 

 tries in this country. 



From Asia comes a series of two hundred 

 and fifty-eight cuneiform tablets containing 

 business records and a copy of the Eoyal An- 

 nals of Sennacherib. The latter document is 

 in the form of a six-sided prism of buff-col- 

 ored terra cotta in perfect preservation. It 

 records the great campaigns of the famous As- 

 syrian emperor, including the western expedi- 

 tion against Jerusalem in which he lost a large 

 part of his army. No such monument as this 

 has yet been acquired by American museums, 

 and it will be of primary value to students and 

 of unique interest to the public. Of other 

 cuneiform documents the purchases total a 

 thousand tablets, some of special literary and 

 religious interest. 



THE NEWS SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN CHEM-' 

 , ICAL SOCIETY 



In his report the technical director of the 

 A. C. S. News Service says: 



The reports from the clipping agencies indicate 

 that the publicity given to the Chicago meeting was 

 exceptionally large. Whether it will equal in vol- 

 ume or surpass that received from the St. Louis 

 meeting can not be ascertained until the fuU re- 

 turns are analyzed. 



As Chicago is one of the world's greatest news 

 distributing centers, the wires of the Associated 

 Press, the United Press and similar organizations 

 sent out many dispatches to the newspapers of the 

 country, as is shown by the sheaves of clippings 



now being garnered by the A. C. S. News Service. 

 The admirable dispatch summarizing the work of 

 the meeting, written by Mr. Richard D. Jones, of 

 the United Press, had an especially wide distribu- 

 tion. The daily papers throughout Illinois, Indi- 

 ana and various parts of the middle west carried 

 unusually full accounts. 



The sixtieth meeting was held in the midst of a 

 political campaign and in a city, the press of which 

 happened to be giving more than usual attention to 

 local affairs. The Chicago newspapers, however, 

 printed about ten columns concerning the sessions. 

 The most attention was given by the Jownal, and 

 the other leading Chicago papers are herewith 

 given according to the space allotted by each: 

 Tribune, American, Daily News, Post, Herald- 

 Examiner. 



Extensive dispatches were printed in the eastern 

 papers and some of them appeared in prominent 

 positions. The subjects which seem the most pop- 

 ular to date, as far as lay journalism is concerned, 

 are flavoring extracts without alcohol, the resolu- 

 tion urging Congress to pass dye legislation, hydro- 

 lyzed sawdust as cattle food, all news relating to 

 fuel and news print, and the annoimcement that 

 America now makes 800 rare chemicals, this last 

 being featured on the front page of the New York 

 Times. 



More trade and technical publications sent rep- 

 resentatives than ever before, in the history of the 

 Society, because of the fact that so many period- 

 icals of this class are either published in Chicago 

 or have branch offices there. 



The A. C. S. News Service wishes to acknowledge 

 the very efficient help of the Chicago Section's 

 Publicity Committee, of which Mr. Chester H. 

 Jones is the chairman. 



GRANTS FOR RESEARCH OF THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE 



The attention of investigators is called to 

 the fact that the committee on grants of the 

 association will soon have at its disposal some 

 four thousand dollars for distribution in aid 

 of research. Amounts up to about five hun- 

 dred dollars will thus be available for work 

 in each of the various sciences: mathematics, 

 physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, zool- 

 ogy, botany, anthropology, psychology, social 

 and economic sciences, and education. The 

 rules governing the assignment of grants were 

 published in Science for January 23, 1920. 



