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logical Museum in San Diego, was elected 

 president of the Southwestern Division; 

 Elliott C. Prentiss, M.D., of El Paso, Texas, 

 was elected vice-president and chairman of 

 the executive committee; and Dr. A. E. 

 Douglass, of the University of Arizona, was 

 elected secretary and treasurer. 



The executive committee in its membership 

 besides the three officers just mentioned con- 

 sists of Dr. John D. Clark, Albuquerque; 

 A. L. Elagg, Phoenix; Fabian Garcia, Mesilla 

 Park; Arthur ISTotman, Bisbee; Richard S. 

 Trumbull, El Paso; Milton UpdegrafP, Pres- 

 t3ott; and Charles T. Vorhies, Tucson. 



A constitution was adopted. The area in- 

 cluded in this Division will be Arizona, ISTew 

 Mexico and West Texas. 



Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, the newly elected 

 president of the Southwestern Division, gave 

 a lecture entitled " Our Place in Civilization," 

 at the University of Arizona, . Tucson, on 

 April 28 and at El Paso, Texas, on April 30. 

 In connection with the formation of this 

 division also Dr. A. E. Douglass, of the Uni- 

 versity of Arizona, gave a lecture entitled 

 " The Big Tree and its Story," in Phoenix, 

 Arizona on April 1. 



THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT DRINKER OF 

 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY 



Dr. Henry S. Drinker has addressed to his 

 fellow-alumni of Lehigh University, the fol- 

 lowing letter : 



I have felt for some time and have so stated, in- 

 formally, to the memlDers of our board of trustees, 

 that as I reach the age of seventy this year, it 

 would be the part of wisdom for me to retire from 

 the presidency of the university. I have therefore 

 tendered my resignation to take effect at the close 

 of the commencement exercises on June 15th next. 

 So far as I know, I am in perfect health and in 

 good strength, but I wish to retire while my 

 friends still feel they desire my services to continue. 

 I am not willing to hold on for some time, as I 

 might do, and then feel that increasing years and 

 failing powera compel my retirement. 



Prom the time of my graduation in June, 1871, 

 I have been devoted to the service of the univer- 

 sity's interests, and have served as secretary of 

 the alumnii, president of the alumni, alumnus trus- 

 tee, trustee and president, and now in proposing to 



drop out of active presidential duties, I have no 

 thought of lessening my interests in the ahna mater, 

 nor is my retirement from the presidency prompted 

 by any thought except that I have accomplished 

 the things for which I came here, and I now wish 

 to see the leadership of the university pass into the 

 hands of a younger man, one qualified by educa- 

 tional training and actual large experience in edu- 

 cational work, and possessing marked executive 

 ability. I am satisfied that the university has 

 reached a stage in its existence requiring for its 

 leaderahip and guidance, a man possessing these 

 characteristics. 



It has been my privilege to bring to the service 

 of the university energy, devotion and business 

 experience. It was thought at the time of my 

 election, when the university was in financial strain, 

 and in need of greater facilities in plant and equip- 

 ment aaad a larger teaching force, that the energies 

 of its friends sihould be directed to these ends, and 

 I was asked to undertake the task. To-day, with 

 our plant in greatly improved shape, with our fac- 

 ulty increased from 15 in 1905, to 33 in 1920, the 

 entire teaching force raised from 57 to 89, with 

 OUT financial situation greatly improved and com- 

 paring favorably with tha.t of our competitors, our 

 present need is, as above stated, for a man experi- 

 enced and trained in educational methods, and with 

 good executive albUity; I feel content in the knowl- 

 edge that our board of trustees will well consider 

 tihe situation, and fittingly serve our university's 

 needs. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



I At the recent meeting of the National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences the following foreign associ- 

 ates were elected: Frank Dawson Adams, Mc- 

 Gill University; Marie Ennemond Camilla 

 Jordan, College of France; Frangois Antoine 

 Alfred Lacroix, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, 

 Paris ; Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, University of 

 Leyden ; Sir David Prain, Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew, Surrey; Santiago Ramon y Cajal, 

 University of Madrid. 



The National Academy of Sciences has rec- 

 onnnended to Columbia University that the 

 Barnard medal be conferred on Albert Ein- 

 stein " for highly original and fruitful devel- 

 opment of the fundamental concepts of physics 

 through the application of mathematics." The 

 Agassiz medal has been awarded to Admiral C. 



