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Science for the People: Tkofessob Henuy F. Os- 



130RN. 

 Science in Warfare: CM'T. E. L. ZALrNsia. 



Reference was made in the speeches to the 

 debt of New York City to science, and the 

 hope was expressed that the city would in re- 

 turn give the societies a building for their meet- 

 ings and for the establishment of a scientific 

 center in the city. The report of the build- 

 ing committee of the Alliance will be found 

 elsewhere in this issue of Science. 



The National Geographic Society held its 

 annual reception in the Corcoran Art Gallery 

 on March 16th. President Alexander Graham 

 Bell and the following members of the Board 

 of Managers received the guests: Messrs. F. 

 V. Coville, W. H. Dall, David T. Day, Henry 

 Gannett, G. K. Gilbert, A. W. Greely, John 

 Hyde, W J McGee, O. Hart Merriam, H. G. 

 Ogden and Miss E. R. Scidmore. These were 

 assisted by Miss E. M. Bell, Mrs. Dall, Mrs. 

 Coville, Mrs. McGee, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. 

 H. F. Blount, Mrs. Day, Mrs. Gannett, Mrs. 

 Grcely, Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. Merriam and Mrs. 

 Ogden. 



Dr. B. H. Wareen, the State Zoologist of 

 Pennsylvania, has tendered his resignation to 

 Secretary Edge, of the Board of Agriculture. Dr. 

 Warren, according to the Philadelphia ierfflier, 

 says in his letter : "Governor D. H. Hastings, 

 on the day of his departure for the Pacific 

 coast, directed a mutual friend to interview me 

 and request that I should support the Anti-Mc- 

 Cauley delegates to the State Convention. This 

 I positively declined to do." After further 

 brief discussion of his position as a supporter 

 of the McCauley-Quay interests, Dr. Warren 

 closes his letter, after expressing thanks to Gov- 

 ernor Hastings and Secretary Edge for cour- 

 tesies extended, as follows: "As my attitude 

 seems to be at variance with what Governor 

 Hastings desires, and as I believe he should be 

 surrounded with ofTicials who will bo in full ac- 

 cord with his political views, I to-day sever my 

 oflicial connection with your Department, and 

 shall esteem it a favor if you will kindly, at 

 your earliest convenience, communicate this to 

 the Governor." The attitude of Governor 

 Hastings in regard to the State Zoologist ap- 



pears to be most unfortunate, but we cannot 

 greatly regret the resignation of a State Zool- 

 ogist who believes that he should be in ' full 

 accord with the political views ' of the Gov- 

 ernor. 



Professor Grimaux, member of the Paris 

 Academy, has been deprived of his chair in the 

 lilcole Polytechuique, Paris, owing to his testi- 

 mony at the trial of M. Zola. We learn from 

 The British Medical Journal that at a recent 

 meeting of the Biological Society the assem- 

 bled members (numbering 40) decided to ex- 

 press to Professor Grimaux their sympathy and 

 esteem for him. When Pi'ofcssor Grimaux ap- 

 peared at the meeting all present rose, and Pro- 

 fessor Richet made the following speech : " It 

 is the custom at the Biological Society to con- 

 gratulate its members when an honor is con- 

 ferred on them, or when a memorable event 

 occurs in their career. To-day we offer the 

 homage of our affection to M. Grimaux, our 

 master, our friend and our colleague. He has 

 been severely treated. It is not for us to criti- 

 cise this act, but we desire to express to him 

 the admiration, the respect and sympathy 

 which animate the hearts of us all." M. 

 Grimaux, who was considerably affected by 

 this expression of sympathy, replied: "Cer- 

 tainly the law has been violated. Witnesses 

 who give evidence according to their conscience 

 should be protected. I repeat, I listened only 

 to the dictates of my conscience. I swore to 

 tell the truth and I told it. I am prepared al- 

 ways to do my duty in the same way." 



Dk. Th. W. Engelmann has been elected a 

 member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. 



The Belgian Academy of Sciences has elected 

 as foreign members : Professors F. Klein, Got- 

 tingen ; G. Salmon, Dublin ; E. Haeckel, Jena ; 

 J. B. A. Chauveau, Paris ; W. Pfeffer, Leipzig, 

 and A. de Lapparent, Paris. 



Professor W. Pfeffer, whose great work 

 on Pflanzenphysiologie was reviewed in a recent 

 number of this Journal, was invited to give 

 the CroOnian lectures before the Royal Society 

 on March 17th. Cambridge University will 

 confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Science. 



We learn from Nature that more that 100 for- 

 eign zoologists have now consented to be mem- 



