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from its organization, as he has been connected 

 with the college as student and teacher for 

 fifty-five years, and has seen the College ex- 

 pand from 176 students to 1738. So far as 

 reports from colleges and universities in 

 America could be secured, this Scientific Asso- 

 ciation has maintained the longest continued 

 existence ■without a lapse of meetings, twice a 

 month, except vacations. The association is 

 now in a most prosi>erous condition with about 

 70 members. 



Northwestern University department of 

 chemistry has received a grant of $3,500 from 

 the Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Fund 

 6i the United States Government. This fund 

 is for the purpose of supporting research lead- 

 ing to the development of new metallo-organic 

 compounds which may prove of therapeutic 

 value in the treatment of syphilis of the 

 central nervous system. A plan of cooper- 

 ation has been worked out between the Uni- 

 versities of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, 

 and iN'orthwestern whereby all pharmacolog- 

 ical work wiU be done by the first-named in- 

 stitution and the synthesis of new compounds 

 by Minnesota, Illinois and Northwestern in 

 cooperation. 



A SUM of money has been raised by the olive 

 growers and the canning industry for an in- 

 tensive study of botulism in California. The 

 investigation will be conducted in the labora- 

 tories of the Stanford University Medical 

 School and the Greoi^e William Hooper Foun- 

 dation for Medical Eesearch of the University 

 of California and has the cooperation of the 

 U. S. Health Service and the California State 

 Board of Health. The investigation wiU in- 

 clude a careful study of the distribution of the 

 Bacillus iotulinus in nature, of the ways in 

 which food materials may become infected and 

 of the steps necessary to destroy the organism 

 when it has infected raw food materials. A 

 staff of -specially trained workers has been en- 

 gaged and it is expeoted that the work will re- 

 quire at least two years. 



Concurrently with the introduction of a 

 bill into the United States Senate by Senator 

 Jdhnson providing for the establishment and 

 maintenance by the United States Forest Serv- 



ice of a Forest Experiment Station in Cali- 

 fornia in cooperation with the University of 

 California, the Division of Forestry at the 

 State University has expressed the opinion 

 that such an experiment station " would be of 

 great importance to every one interested in 

 California forests." It was stated that the For- 

 est Products Laboratory established aibout ten 

 years ago ait the University of Wisconsin has 

 not only developed into a large and important 

 institution doing work known throughout the 

 country, but that it is now the leading institu- 

 tion of its kind in the world. " There is no 

 reason why the Forest Experiment Station pro- 

 posed for California to enable scientific investi- 

 gation of forestry problems should not also 

 become the leader in its field." An initial ap- 

 propriation of $25,000 is suggested in Sena- 

 tar Johnson's biU, it was stated. The work 

 of the staff of the proposed station would be 

 carried on in cooperation with the faculty of 

 the Division of Forestry of the University of 

 California. 



A BRITISH Association of Research for the 

 cocoa, chocolate, sugar, confectionery, and 

 jam trades has been formed in accordance with 

 the government scheme for the encourage- 

 ment of industrial research. The association 

 will establish and maintain laboratories and 

 conduct experiments, and poweirs aire also 

 taken to encoiurage the technical education of 

 persons engaged or likely to be engaged in 

 the allied trades. The government will con- 

 tribute, with certain limits, out of the funds 

 of the Imperial Trust for the encouragement 

 of scientific and industrial research a sum 

 equal to that subscribed by the members 

 themselves for five years. 



Among recent appropriations made in Cuba 

 there is one providing $225,000 to remodel the 

 Hospital Las Animias of Havana and to erecJt 

 a monimient to Dr. Carlos Finlay at the en- 

 trance of the hospital. 



The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Ee- 

 search has received a letter from Surgeon- 

 General William C. Braisted, U. S. Navy, 

 testifying to his appreciation of the valuable 

 aid rendered by the institute in connection 



