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as the Warner and Swazey Observatory, in 

 honor of the donors, members of the noted firm 

 that have made so many of the largest and 

 best telescopes in this country. Mr. Warner is 

 a trustee of Case School of Applied Science, 

 and both men have long taken an active in- 

 terest in the work of the school. They se- 

 cured the site on the brow of a hill overlook- 

 ing a residential section of East Cleveland, 

 about two miles from the campus, but easily 

 accessible, and erected on it a handsome brick 

 structure filled with all the necessary equip- 

 ment to carry on college instruction in as- 

 tronomy. The gift to Case is the most note- 

 worthy addition to astronomical equipment 

 in this section of the country, and especially 

 significant because it is in the home city of 

 the men whose name it wiU bear. 



The observatory is L-shaped, with the tower 

 and dome at the angle. One wing contains two 

 astronomical transits, and a zenith telescope, 

 all from the Warner and Swazey factory. 

 The other wing contains a constant-tempera- 

 ture clock room, provided with two Eiefler 

 clocks, and a library room, suitable for class 

 use as well, housing the school's collection of 

 astronomical books. The tower will accom- 

 modate a small class where the ten-inch tele- 

 scope is mounted. The lens was ground by 

 John Brashear, of Pittsburgh. The tube is 

 fitted with every device known to the expert 

 makers to increase its usefulness. In the 

 basement are living apartments for a care- 

 taker, a storeroom, a battery room, and a dark 

 room for photographic purposes. 



At the dedicatory exercises, which were held 

 outdoors on the grounds, both Mr. Swazey and 

 Mr. Warner spoke, the former relating some of 

 the firm's experiences in the making and im.- 

 proving of astronomical instruments, and the 

 latter referring especially to the instrument 

 presented to Case, and making the formal 

 presentation. President Charles S. Howe ac- 

 cepted the gift on behalf of the trustees. The 

 main address of the occasion was given by 

 Director W. W. Campbell, of the Lick Observ- 

 atory of the University of California, on the 

 subject, " The Daily Influence of Astron- 

 omy." Professor D. T. Wilson, professor of 



astronomy at Case, outlined the work done at 

 the school in astronomy, and the services he 

 hoped the school would be able to render the 

 community by means of this splendid observa- 

 tory. 



K. O. Thompson 



A SURVEY OF FOREST RESEARCH 



" North American Forest Eesearch " pub- 

 lished as Vol. 1, Part 4, No. 4, of the Bulletin 

 of the National Research Council, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, is a summary of the investigative 

 projects in forestry and allied subjects. It 

 covers the work carried on in 1919-1920 by 

 national, state, and provincial governments, 

 schools of forestry, scientific schools and pri- 

 vate interests in Canada, Newfoundland and 

 the United States. The work is a compila- 

 tion by the committee on American forest re- 

 search, of the society of American Foresters. 

 It is the first and only authoritative and com- 

 plete outline of research work in forestry 

 devoted to increasing the knowledge of the 

 best means of producing and utilizing one of 

 the greatest natural resources of the North 

 American continent. 



Agricultural research, as exemplified by the 

 agricultural experiment stations, has proved 

 its practical value. Forest research attemipts 

 to do for forest production what agricultural 

 research has done for agricultural production. 



The bulletin describes the investigative 

 work that is being done in four main fields. 

 (1) Utilization of forest products; (2) Proper 

 handling of the forest and its perpetuation; 

 (3) Proper handling of the range within or 

 adjoining forests; (4) Forest economics, or 

 the relation of the forests and their products 

 to the economic life of the continent. 



The survey is said to contain brief descrip- 

 tions of studies being carried on for practic- 

 ally every important forest region, type and 

 tree and in every province and state in which 

 the forests are an important economic factor 

 in North America. 



A SCORE FOR HEALTH ACTIVITIES 



The New York State Department of Health 

 has prepared an activities score for cities with 



