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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LI. No. 1327 



The John Calvin McKair lectures at the 

 University of N'orth Carolina were delivered 

 this year by Professor Edwin G. Conklin, of 

 Princeton, who spoke on the subject of 

 "Human Evolution in Retrospect and 

 Prospect." 



The University of North Carolina chapter 

 of Sigma Xi was installed May 26 by Pro- 

 fessor C. E. McClung, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, president of Sigma Xi. The 

 charter members of the North Carolina 

 chapter are Drs. James M. Bell and Joseph 

 Hyde Pratt, initiated at Cornell and Tale 

 respectively, and Drs. F. P. Venable, H. V. 

 Wilson, W. D. MacXider, A. S. Wheeler, 

 W. C. Coker and William Cain, all members 

 of the faculty. 



The meeting of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania Chapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi 

 on May 26 was held at the Flower Observa- 

 tory, Highland Park. Addresses were made 

 by Professor Eric Doolittle on " Star Clusters 

 and Star Xebulse " and by Professor Horace 

 C. Richards on the " Einstein Theory of 

 Relativity." Preceding the addresses, supper 

 was served on the lawn to one hundred and 

 fifty members and guests. Officers elected for 

 1920-21, are M. J. Babb, president; 0. L. 

 Shinn, vice president; H. C. Barker, secre- 

 tary; H. S. Colton, treasurer. 



Professor George B. Mangold recently 

 spoke before the Anthropological Society of 

 St. Louis on " Ethnic Types in America." 

 On May 5, Dr. W. W. Graves gave a lecture 

 on the " Scaphoid Scapula." 



The Croonian lecture of the Royal Society 

 will be delivered by Professor William Bate- 

 son on June 17 uiwn the subject of " Genetic 

 Segregation." 



Sir Arthur Xewsholme, who has returned 

 to England, has in press a voliune of American 

 addresses on Public Health and Insurance, 

 which will be published by the Johns Hopkins 

 University Press. 



According to the English correspondent of 

 the Journal of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation, Sir William Osier left an estate of 

 the gross value of $80,000 with a net per- 



sonality of $53,000. He left his medical and 

 scientific library (as cataloged) to the McGill 

 University, Montreal, and all other property 

 to his wife. At her death or earlier, if she 

 should wish it, his residence, 13 Xorham 

 Gardens, Oxford, is to be given to the dean, 

 canons and governing body of Christ Church 

 as the residence of the regius professor of 

 medicine. 



We learn from Nature that a committee of 

 fellows of the Royal Society and members of 

 the University of Cambridge has been formed 

 for the purpose of collecting funds for a 

 memorial to be erected in Westminster Abbey 

 to the late Lord Rayleigh in recognition of 

 his eminent services to scenee. Lord Rayleigh 

 was both president of the Royal Society and 

 Chancellor of the University, and an appeal 

 has been issued by the society and the uni- 

 versity. It is thought, however, that there 

 may be some men of science unconnected with 

 either of these bodies who may wish to show 

 their appreciation of Lord Rayleigh's work. 

 Donations may be sent to the hon. treasurers 

 of the fund. Sir Richard Glazebrook and Sir 

 Arthur Schuster, at 63 Grange Road, Cam- 

 bridge. 



IEaevin" Hendrix Stacy, professor of civil 

 engineering and dean at the University of 

 Xorth Carolina, has died at the age of thirty- 

 seven years. 



Frederick Kolpin Ravn, professor of plant 

 pathology in the Royal Agricultural College 

 of Denmark, Copenhagen, died from blood 

 poisoning on May 24, in East Orange, X. J., 

 aged forty-seven years. 



Dr. Alexander Ferguson, professor of 

 pathology in the School of Medicine, Cairo, 

 has died at the age of forty-nine years. 



Captain Ettrick William Creak, F.R.S., 

 known for his work on the compass and on 

 magnetism, died on April 3, at the age of 

 eight-five years. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 



NEWS 



Mr. T. Harrison Hughes has given £50,000 

 and the Cunard Steamship Co., £10,000 to the 



