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The U. S. Civil Service Commission an- 

 notmices lan examination for assistant for fish- 

 ery food laboratory. A vacancy in the Bureau 

 of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., at $2,000 to $2,400 a year, and 

 vacancies in positions requiring similar quali- 

 fications, ■will be filled from this examination. 

 The duties of api>ointees vcill be to make 

 analyses of fishery products, including canned 

 products, oils, fish scrap, fish meal, etc., and to 

 aid in the technology of development of meth- 

 ods of preservation and utilization of fishery 

 products in the laboratory and in the field. 

 Competitors will not be required to report for 

 examination at any place, but will be rated on 

 education, experience and a thesis. 



The Ellen Richards Research prize offered 

 by an association of American college women, 

 hitherto known as the Naples Table Associa- 

 tion, is available for the year 1921. This is 

 the tenth prize ofEered. The prize has been 

 awarded four times, twice to American women 

 and twice to English women. The comipetition 

 is open to any woman in the world who presents 

 a thesis written in English. The thesis must 

 represent new observations and new eontelu- 

 sions based upon lalboratory research. 



The Indiana Academy of Science held its 

 annual spring meeting at the McCormack's 

 Creek Grorge State Park near Spencer, Ind., 

 on May 13 and 14. At the business meeting 

 on the thirteenth the academy voted to direct 

 the officers to prepare a suitable clause amend- 

 ing the constitution of the academy, so that 

 affiliation with the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science would be pos- 

 sible. Final action on this matter wiH, in all 

 probability, be taken at the regular winter 

 meeting next December. The academy mem- 

 bers dined together in the dining rooms of the 

 Christian Church at Spencer on the evening 

 of the thirteenth and early the next morning 

 proceeded by automobile to the State Park, 

 where, under the leadership of Professor 

 Malott, of Indiana University, who has made 

 a special study of the region, the members ex- 

 plored the Flatwoods district and the gorge of 

 McCormack's creek, which drains it. Pro- 



fessors Mottier and Scott, of Indiana Univer- 

 sity, led the 'botanists and zoologists on the 

 trip. 



During the past year the following papers 

 have been presented before the Society of the 

 Sigma Xi at the University of California 

 under the presidency of Professor Herbert M. 

 Evans : 



September 27, Mesearch iehind the 'battle line: J. 



H. HiLDEBKAND. 



October 29, The processes of social phenomena: A. 



L. Keoebek. 

 November 20, A study of anger and pugnacity: G. 



M. Stratton. 

 December 9, Low temperatwe research: W. H. 



RODEBUSH. 



January 28, Soohworm and military efficiency: 



C. A. KOFOID. 



February 18, The effect of alTcali on plants: D. R. 



HOAGLAND. 



March 3, On the construction of a geological scale 



for the Great Basin of North America: J. C. 



Merriam. 

 March 24, Physiological studies on aviators: J. L. 



Whitney. 

 April 21, Becent research im the organic compowfids 



of nitrogen: T. D. Stewart. 

 May 5, Some aspects of the development of the 



anatomical sciences in America: H. H. Evans. 



Creation of a Canadian Bureau of Scien- 

 tific Research, at an initial cost of $600,000 

 for the site and construction and equipment 

 of the building, and $50,000 for the first 

 year's salaries and upkeep, has been endorsed. 

 The leader of the Government and of the Op- 

 position both supported it. The standardiza- 

 tion of all measures used in Canada of length, 

 volume, weight, etc., of aU forms of energy 

 and of scientific apparatus used in industry 

 and the public services will be one of the 

 main functions of the Bureau of Research. 



The Journal of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation quotes from the Progresos de la Olinica 

 of Madrid giving the royal decree establishing 

 the Institute Cajal as a center for scientific 

 research in different branches of biology, and 

 to prepare students to carry on research in 

 other countries. The institute is also to offer 

 facilities to a limited number of foreign re- 



