December 3, 1920J 



SCIENCE 



535 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



At the annual meeting of the lloyal Society 

 on November 30, Dr. C. S. Sherrington, 

 Wayiieflete professor of physiology at the 

 University of Oxford, was elected president 

 to succeed Sir Joseph Thomson. 



Dr. E. H. Griffiths has been elected gen- 

 eral treasurer of the British Association in 

 succession to the late Professor John Perry. 



TuE Wcldon medal has been conferred by 

 the University of Oxford upon Dr. J. Arthur 

 Harris, of the Station for Experimental Evo- 

 lution of the Carnegie Institution of Wash- 

 ington, in recognition of his work in bi- 

 ometry. The Weldon Medal, accompanied by 

 a monetary prize' of about £90 may be 

 awarded every three years "... without re- 

 gard to nationality, sex, or membership of any 

 University, to the person who, in the judg- 

 ment of the electors,, has, in the six years next 

 preceding the date of the award, published the 

 most noteworthy contribution to biometrio 

 science," in the field of zoology, botany, an- 

 thropology, sociology, psychology or medical 

 science. 



The King of Italy has conferred ujaon J. E. 

 Zanetti, assistant professor of chemistry in 

 Columbia University, the order of the crown 

 with the rank of officer, for services rendered 

 during the war as lieutenant-colonel in the 

 'Chemical Warfare Service. He has also re- 

 ceived from the French government the legion 

 of honor and from the British government the 

 ■disting-uished service order. 



Professor Albert P. Wills, of the depart- 

 ment of physics in Columbia University, and 

 Dr. Frederick Barry, formerly instructor in 

 ■chemistry, have been awarded the Ernest 

 Kempton Adams research fellowship by 

 'Columbia University. This fellowship was 

 founded in 1905 by Edward Dean Adams in 

 memory of his son Ernest Kempton Adams, 

 E:E. '9Y, A.M. ■98. The provision of the 

 fellowship is that its incumbent " shall prose- 

 cute researches either in Columbia University 

 or elsewhere, in the physical sciences, in psy- 

 chology or in their practical applications." 



Dean P. li. Rolfs, for fifteen years director 

 of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion and for the past six years dean of the 

 Agricultural College, has been granted leave of 

 absence to locate, establish and conduct an 

 agricultural institution for the state of Minas 

 Goraes, Brazil. His address after January 1 

 will be at Bellto Ilorizonte, Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil. The president of that state desires to 

 have a full corps of scientific workers ap- 

 pointed from the United States. 



It is stated in Nature that the following 

 have been elected officers of the Cambridge 

 Philosophical Society for the session 1920- 

 1921: President, Professor Seward; Vice-presi- 

 dents, Sir E. Eutherford, Mr. C. T. R. Wilson 

 and Dr. E. H. Griffiths; Treasurer, Professor 

 Ilobson; Hc.cretaries, Mr. H. H. Brindley, Pro- 

 fessor Baker and Mr. F. W. Aston ; New Mem- 

 hers of the Council, Professor Marr, Mr. C. T. 

 Heyoock, Mr. H. Lamb, Professor Hopkins, 

 Dr. Bennett and Dr. Plartridge. 



Five university lectures on " The theory of 

 relativity " are being given at Cornell Uni- 

 versity by Dr. L. Silberstein, of the research 

 laboratory of the Eastman Company, of 

 Rochester. Dr. Silberstein suggested that a 

 preliminary lecture beginning with the experi- 

 mental basis of the theory of relativity would 

 be helpful, and such an introductory lecture 

 was given by Professors Floyd K. Richtmyer 

 and E. II. Kennard, of the physics department 

 of the university. 



C. E. Kenneth Mees, director of the re- 

 search laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, 

 delivered a lecture on December 2, before the 

 Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, on " The 

 structure of photographic images." 



Elmer D. Merrill, director of the Philip- 

 pine Bureau of Science, delivered on Novem- 

 ber 18, an address on " Land and nature in the 

 Philippines," before the Washington Academy 

 of Sciences. 



Professor J. Stieolitz, of the University 

 of Chicago, gave three lectures on the Mayo 

 Foundation at Rochester, Minnesota, on 

 November 3, 4, and 5, on " Chemistry and 



