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The American Naturalist and Psyche, deal- 

 ing mainly with the structure of the head and 

 mouth parts of the house fly and mosquitoes, 

 and the trachese of insects. 



An omnivorous reader, he kept ahreast of 

 the advances of his science and at the same 

 time retained a keen interest in mathemat- 

 ical, physical and linguistic studies, publishing 

 papers dealing with the mathematical proper- 

 ties of lenses, and on hyperbolic functions. 

 His self-acquired mastery of a reading knowl- 

 edge of the modern languages led him to a 

 desire for some more universal means of com- 

 munication, so that he was attracted to the 

 Esperanto movement and became one of its 

 early American promoters. 



Bred as a theologian he was nevertheless in 

 sympathy with the then new doctrine of evo- 

 lution, and throughout his life was a firm 

 upholder of the essential harmony of science 

 and religion. His papers on this subject were 

 numerous. 



His retirement from the active duties of a 

 professor did not lessen his aboimding zeal 

 for work, for he then began and carried 

 through to completion a three-volume report 

 on the Flora of Patagonia — a labor that 

 might tax the energies of a much younger 

 man. 



Dr. Macloskie was true and loyal to his 

 adopted country while cherishing with pride 

 his Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was a man of 

 strictest probity, affectionate, enthusiastic and 

 impulsive; he was just and sympathetic in his 

 dealings with his students; a most devoted 

 and unselfish collaborator in the work of his 

 own and other departments; loyally devoted 

 to his friends through good and evil report; 

 a good citizen and a Christian gentleman. 



In 1896 Princeton University granted him 

 the honorary A.M. As one of her adopted 

 sons he served her faithfully in his life and 

 his death comes as a loss to his former pupils 

 and colleagues. W. M. Eankin 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 



In view of the many developments taking 

 place in the institution, by which it is being 



rapidly transformed from a college or pri- 

 marily local relationships into a scientific 

 school of national importance, the trustees 

 of Throop College of Technology, at Pasa- 

 dena, voted at their annual meeting on Feb- 

 ruary tenth to change its name to the Cali- 

 fornia Institute of Technology. 



The developments of the recent past and 

 those assured in the near future that have 

 seemed to justify this action are briefly as 

 follows : 



There have been received by the institution 

 two gifts of $200,000 each to form permanent 

 endowments for the support of research in 

 physios and chemistry, respectively; and in 

 addition $800,000 has been given for general 

 purposes, on condition that this endowment 

 be increased by additional subscriptions to 

 two million dollars. 



Other gifts aggregating $380,000 have been 

 received for the construction of new build- 

 ings.. With the aid of these fimds a building 

 for chemical instruction and research, named 

 after the donors the Gates Chemical Labora- 

 tory, has already been completed and is occu- 

 pied by the chemistry department, which in- 

 cludes five professors and assistant professors, 

 two instructors, and six teaching fellows. A 

 laboratory for aeronautical research has also 

 been built, and investigations on airplane 

 propellers are in progress. During the latter 

 part of the war a laboratory for submarine 

 detection was erected and the researches in 

 tliat field are still in progress, with reference 

 to both commercial uses and future military 

 developments. This work will next year be 

 transferred to the new physics building; and 

 the war laboratory will be equipped for ad- 

 vanced instruction and research in applied 

 chemistry and chemical engineering. A 

 building for instruction and research in phys- 

 ics is now being planned, and is to be erected 

 dm-ing the year. In recognition of the dona- 

 tion which made it possible, it will be known 

 as the Norman Bridge Physical Laboratory. 

 In addition, a building to serve as an audi- 

 torium and music hall, both for the Institute 

 and for the Pasadena Music and Art Asso- 

 ciation is to be built at once upon the campus. 



