May 16, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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Among those who spoke at the dedication of 

 the engineering buildings on May 8 and 9, at 

 the University of Illinois, were Mr. Samuel 

 Insull, president of the Commonwealth Edison 

 Company; M. J. G. Panghorn, special repre- 

 sentative of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; 

 Mr. John Hays Hammond, mining engineer, 

 American Institute of Mining Engineers; Mr. 

 W. L. Park, vice-president Illinois Central 

 Railroad; Mr. Isham Randolph, consulting 

 engineer, Chicago, and Governor Edward E. 

 Dunne. 



Mrs. Christine Ladd Eranklin, of New 

 York City, gave last week at Columbia Uni- 

 versity and is giving this week at Harvard 

 University three lectures on " Color Vision." 



On April Y, Dr. Haven Metealf, of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, lectured at the 

 University of Wisconsin on " The Work of 

 the Government in Eorest Pathology." 



The Linacre lecture of Cambridge Univer- 

 sity was delivered by Dr. Norman Moore on 

 May 6 in the lecture room of anatomy and 

 physiology. New Museums. The title of the 

 lecture was " The Physician in English His- 

 tory." 



Sm J. Alfred Ewing gave a lecture on the 

 structure of metals before the Durham Philo- 

 sophical Society on May 2. 



A COMMITTEE has been formed, with the 

 king of Italy as president, to establish suitable 

 memorials of the late Professor Giovanni 

 Schiaparelli, the distinguished astronomer. 



The teachers of the Normal School at Avig- 

 non, of which M. J. H. Eabre, the entomolo- 

 gist, was a pupil, are taking steps to erect a 

 monument in his honor. The council of Vau- 

 cluse has voted 1,500 francs to the fund. 



Mr. Shinobu Hirota, who recently returned 

 to Japan after assisting Professor Milne for 

 eighteen years in his work in seismology, died 

 on April 24. 



The British government intends, as we 

 learn from Nature, to ask parliament to sanc- 

 tion a special vote sufficient to provide as 

 follows: Eor Lady Scott (in addition to the 

 Admiralty pension of £200 per annum for her- 

 self and £25 per annum for her son, until he 



reaches the age of eighteen) an annuity of 

 £100. Eor Mrs. Scott, the mother, and Mrs. 

 Campbell and Miss Grace Scott, the sisters, of 

 Captain Scott, a joint annuity of £300. Eor 

 Mrs. Wilson, the widow, and Miss Mary 

 Souper, the sister-in-law, of Dr. E. A. Wilson, 

 a joint annuity of £300. Eor Mrs. Evans, the 

 widow of Petty Officer E. Evans (in addition 

 to the pension and allowances awarded to her 

 by the Admiralty, amounting to 13s. 6d. a 

 week), a further annuity of 12s. 6d. a week 

 for herself and 3s. a week in respect of each 

 of her children up to the age of eighteen. 

 The government of India, in the service of 

 which Lieutenant Bowers was before joining 

 the expedition, has offered to provide pensions, 

 amounting in all to £100 per annum, for his 

 mother and sisters. Captain Oates, the fifth 

 member of Captain Scott's southern party, 

 was unmarried; and as no mention is made 

 of any relatives, it may be assumed that he 

 was possessed of ample means. In addition 

 to the provision referred to, the total amount 

 subscribed by the public as a memorial for the 

 dead explorers and kindred purposes is £55,760. 



The surgeon general of the army announces 

 that preliminary examinations for appoint- 

 ment of first lieutenants in the army medical 

 corps will be held on July 14, 1913, at points 

 to be hereafter designated. Eull information 

 concerning these examinations can be pro- 

 cured upon application to the " Surgeon Gen- 

 eral, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C." The 

 essential requirements to secure an invitation 

 are that the applicant shall be a citizen of the 

 United States, shall be between 22 and 30 

 years of age, a graduate of a medical school 

 legally authorized to confer the degree of 

 doctor of medicine, shall be of good moral 

 character and habits, and shall have had at 

 least one year's hospital training as an interne, 

 after graduation. The examinations will be 

 held simultaneously throughout the country at 

 points where boards can be convened. Due 

 consideration will be given to localities from 

 which applications are received, in order to 

 lessen the traveling expenses of applicants as 

 much as possible. In order to perfect all 

 necessary arrangements for the examination. 



