November 5, 1920] 



SCIENCE 



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"Problems in the petroleum industry," by Col- 

 onel George A. Burrell (formerly head of Research 

 Division, Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. Army), 

 now president. The Gasoline Recovery Co., New 

 York City. 



' ' The composition of automolbUe exhaust gas in 

 reference to the ventilation of vehicular tunnels," 

 by Major Aruo C. Fieldner, research chemist, Bu- 

 reau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



On Friday evening preceding tlie sym- 

 posium, a banquet of one hundred and thirty 

 alumni and former students of the department 

 was held at the Hartman Hotel. Among the 

 speakers on this occasion were: Mr. Frederick 

 W. Sperr, Jr., The Koppers Co.; Dr. Benja- 

 min T. Brooks, The Mathieson Alkali Works; 

 Mr. Frank 0. Clements, General Motors Re- 

 search Corporation; Professor Charles W. 

 Foulk, department of chemistry. The Ohio 

 State University; Mr. Cole Coolidge, depart- 

 ment of chemistry, Ohio State University; 

 Mrs. Carl Gay, and Mrs. George W. Stratton. 



DEDICATION OF THE EDWARD ORTON ME- 

 MORIAL LIBRARY 



The Edward Orton Memorial Library was 

 dedicated on Saturday, October 16, the exer- 

 cises forming a part of the semi-centennial 

 celebration of the Ohio State University. Ed- 

 ward Orton was the first president of that in- 

 stitution, its professor of geology until 1899, 

 and state geologist of Ohio from 1882 until his 

 death in 1899. The library, named in his 

 honor, is a gift of his son. Colonel Edward 

 Orton, Jr. It is located in Orton Hall and 

 was opened for use late in 1917. The absence 

 of Colonel Orton because of his duties in the 

 war department prevented a dedication at that 

 time. 



Dr. I. C. White, president of the Geological 

 Society of America, spoke on the contribu- 

 tions of Dr. Orton to geology; Colonel Orton 

 spvoke on the Edward Orton Memorial Li- 

 brary and announced the presentation of a 

 set of the Alpine Journal and of $500 and 

 stated that he would give a like amount from 

 time to time. A reception followed and later 

 the guests were entertained at luncheon. 



The books of this library consist chiefly of 



the university collection, the geological sur- 

 vey collection and the Prosser library. The 

 rooms are well lighted and commodious and the 

 furnishings and equipment are unsurpassed 

 by those of any similar library in the country. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



IToBEL prizes have been awarded to Dr. Jules 

 Bordet, professor of bacteriology at Brussels, 

 and Dr. August Krogh, professor of oceanog" 

 raphy at Copenhagen. 



Professor F. Francis, professor of chemis- 

 try in the University of Bristol, has been 

 elected a corresponding member of the Belgian 

 Royal Academy of Medicine. 



Dr. p. V. Wells is returning to the Bureau 

 of Standards after completing his investiga- 

 tions on the stratification of thin soap films, 

 which he has been carrying forward at the 

 laboratory of Professor Perrin in Paris. 



George C. Whipple, Gordon McKay pro- 

 fessor of sanitary engineering, has returned to 

 Cambridge after an absence of eight months, 

 during which he has been chief of the Division 

 of Sanitation of the League of Red Cross So- 

 cieties, with headquarters at Geneva, Switzer- 

 land. His term of service ended on October 

 1, when he became consulting sanitary engi- 

 neer. During the month of May, Professor- 

 Whipple and others visited Roumania to make 

 an inspection of the methods for combating 

 typhus and cholera. 



Neil M. Judd, curator of American archeol- 

 ogy. United States National Museum, has re- 

 turned to Washington after having spent the 

 last five months in Utah, Arizona and New 

 Mexico, engaged in archeological investiga- 

 tions for the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 and the National Geographical Society. 



Ernest M. Gress, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh, 1920), 

 has been appointed botanist in the Pennsyl- 

 vania Bureau of Plant Industry, Harrisburg. 

 In connection with his other duties Dr. Gress 

 will undertake the upbuilding of an extensive 

 herbarium at Harrisburg. 



A. 0. Boyle, Jr., mining engineer, and pro- 

 fessor at the University of Wyoming, has re- 



