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applications must be completed and in posses- 

 sion of the adjutant general at least three 

 weeks before the date of examination. Early 

 attention is therefore enjoined upon all in- 

 tending applicants. There are at present 

 forty vacancies in the medical corps of the 

 army. 



The International Association of Medical 

 Psychology and Psychotherapy will hold its 

 annual meeting at Vienna on September 18 

 and 19, immediately before the opening of the 

 Congress of German Men of Science and 

 Physicians. 



Mining students of the University of Illi- 

 nois vpill hold a mining exhibit in connection 

 with the dedication of the Mining Laboratory 

 on May 8, 9 and 10. This will consist of a 

 display and demonstration of the heavy 

 mining machinery and apparatus of the new 

 building. 



Through the cooperation of the Bermuda 

 Natural History Society and Harvard Uni- 

 versity, the Bermuda Biological Station for 

 Kesearch will be open this summer as usual 

 for about six weeks, from the middle of June 

 till August. Botanists or zoologists wishing 

 to avail themselves of this opportunity should 

 communicate with Dr. E. L. Mark, 109 Irving 

 St., Cambridge, Mass. 



During the months of July and August the 

 facilities of the Seed Laboratory of the Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, wiU be avail- 

 able as far as space permits to any one who 

 wishes to consult the seed collection and be- 

 come familiar with the practical methods of 

 seed testing for mechanical purity and ger- 

 mination. Eor further information address 

 Mr. E. Brown, botanist in charge. 



Secretary Daniels has withdrawn the offer 

 of warships for the use of college students 

 because of the new plans for the Atlantic fleet. 

 Sending the fleet through the Mediterranean 

 will make it necessary to use some of the ships, 

 now in reserve, for various details. Conse- 

 quently there will be none left that will be 

 available for the use of college men. 



At the recent annual meeting of the Naples 

 Table Association for Promoting Laboratory 

 Eesearch by Women, the use of the table sup- 

 ported by the association at the Zoological 

 Station at Naples was granted for the coming 

 year to Dr. Ehoda Erdmann, of Berlin, Ger- 

 many, and Dr. Caroline Thompson, professor 

 of botany at Wellesley College. The Ellen 

 Richards research prize of $1,000 for the best 

 thesis written by a woman on a scientific sub- 

 ject embodying new observations and new con- 

 clusions based on independent laboratory re- 

 search in biological, chemical or physical sci- 

 encCj was awarded to Miss Ida Smedley, Lon- 

 don, England, D.Sc, London University, who 

 has been working for the past four years in the 

 biochemical laboratory of the Lister Institute 

 of Preventive Medicine. The subject of the 

 winning thesis was : " An Investigation into 

 the Methods of Formation of Fatty Acids 

 from Carbohydrates in the Organism." Ten 

 theses were submitted in competition. The 

 examiners for the award of this prize were: 

 Dr. W. H. Howell, Johns Hopkins Medical 

 School; Dr. Theodore Richards, of Harvard 

 University, and Dr. Henry Crew, of North- 

 western University. The following officers 

 were elected: 



President, 1913-14 — Miss Ellen F. Pendleton, 

 president of Wellesley College. 



Treasurer, 1913-14— Mrs. Elizabeth L. Clarke, 

 a trustee of Smith College. 



Secretary, 1913-16 — Mrs. Ada Wing Mead, of 

 Providence. 



The Utah Eugenics Society met on April 

 3, for permanent organization, having existed 

 under temporary organization since May 20, 

 1912. The committee on permanent organi- 

 zation reported constitution, by-laws, and 

 recommendations to the meeting and nomina- 

 tions for officers. After a short program, con- 

 sisting of talks on various phases of eugenics 

 by Mr. Mathohniah Thomas, Professor E. C. 

 Gibbs, of Salt Lake High School, Mrs. Martha 

 C. Jennings, matron of women. Salt Lake 

 City High School, Dr. E. D. Ball, of the Agri- 

 cultural CoUege, the following officers were 

 elected : 



President — Mathohniah Thomas, Salt Lake City. 



