June 27, 1913] 



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Herbert John Webber, bachelor of science; mas- 

 ter of arts; doctor of philosophy; charter member 

 Botanical Seminar, and early assistant in the 

 department; distinguished physiologist, patholo- 

 gist, and plant breeder; discoverer of motile 

 sperms in Zamia; investigator of double fertiliza- 

 tion in maize; improver of plants useful for food 

 and clothing; member of learned societies. 



Albert Fred Woods, bachelor of science; master 

 of arts; charter member Botanical Seminar, and 

 early assistant in the department; notable investi- 

 gator; as an administrator distinguished for serv- 

 ices in the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture; dean of a great college of agriculture; 

 director of a famous experiment station; author 

 and man of affairs. 



TEE PHYSICAL LABOBATOBT OF WASH- 

 INGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE 



Through the generosity of an alumnus, 

 $50,000 was given to Washington and Jeffer- 

 son College in June, 1911, for the erection of 

 a physics laboratory. An attempt veas made 

 to keep within the appropriation, but the cost 

 of erection ran up to $51,090. It is built of 

 cream-colored brick, and measures 60 by 90 

 feet. The floors are of reinforced concrete, 

 while the walls are solid brick 22 and 18 

 inches thick. All the laboratories are pro- 

 vided with piers running down to the rock 

 underneath the building or with slate ledges 

 built into the wall. The first floor contains 

 elementary laboratories, workshop, storage 

 room, constant temperature room, and one 

 private laboratory. On the second floor are 

 laboratories for work in electricity and light. 

 Besides there is a chemical laboratory, a 

 supply and stock room, and two private labor- 

 atories for advanced work. The third floor is 

 given over to the lecture room, with accom- 

 panying preparation and apparatus rooms, a 

 general laboratory for work in mechanics, a 

 dark room, and a laboratory for advanced 

 optics. Electric power is distributed from the 

 dynamo room on the first floor, while the bat- 

 tery distributing center is on the third floor. 

 A reference library and reading room is lo- 

 cated on the second floor. The laboratories 

 are all supplied with gas, hot and cold waters, 

 compressed air and exhaust; also, direct, alter- 

 nating and battery currents are available in 



each laboratory for power and experimental 

 purposes. 



The laboratory was dedicated on January 

 16, 1913, celebrating the 111th anniversary 

 of the chartering of Jefferson College at 

 Canonsburg. The address was made by Pro- 

 fessor A. G. Webster on " Physical Labora- 

 tories and their Relation to the Advance of 

 Civilization." 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Harvard Univeesity has conferred its doc- 

 torate of science on Dr. Chas. D. Walcott, 

 secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Among honorary degrees conferred by Tale 

 University were doctorates of science on Dr. 

 A. A. Noyes, professor of theoretical chem- 

 istry of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology, and on Dr. S. W. WiUiston, professor 

 of paleontology at the University of Chicago; 

 the doctorate of laws on Dr. John G. Hibben, 

 president of Princeton University, and Dr. 

 David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, 

 and the master of arts on Dr. Harvey Gush- 

 ing, professor in the Harvard Medical School. 



The University of Pennsylvania has con- 

 ferred its doctorate of laws on Dr. G. W. 

 Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal. 



Brown University has conferred the degree 

 of doctor of science on Mr. Frank M. Chap- 

 man, curator of ornithology in the American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Wesleyan University has conferred the 

 doctorate of laws on Dr. Charles H. Judd, 

 director of the school of education of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. 



Tufts College has conferred the doctorate 

 of science on Admiral Robert E. Peary and 

 the degree of doctor of science on Dr. Alfred 

 C. Lane, Pearson professor of geology and 

 mineralogy in Tufts College. 



During commencement week at Colorado 

 College there was celebrated the twenty-fifth 

 anniversary of President W. F. Slocum's ad- 

 ministration. The following honorary de- 

 grees were conferred on scientific men: the 

 degree of doctor of science on Professor T. D. 

 A. Cockerell, of the University of Colorado, 



