June 3, 1898.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Bryozoa — and the ease with, which material can 

 be obtained, greatlj' facilitate morphological, 

 experimental or systematic studies upon these 

 forms. Havana is also an important fishing 

 point, and the common fish and turtles of the 

 Mississippi Valley can be obtained in abundance. 

 The library facilities of the University and of 

 the State Laboratory of Natural History will 

 be open to investigators. This makes available 

 the leading morphological journals and an ex- 

 ceptionally complete collection of the literature 

 of fresh-water fauna and flora. Necessarj"- 

 laboratorj' equipment of glassware and reagents 

 will be provided, though visitors are requested 

 to furnish their own microscopes, expensive re- 

 agents, and alcohol for collecting purposes. 

 Lists of literature and other desiderata should 

 be in our hands by June 10th. The equipment 

 of the Biological Station — steam-launch, row- 

 boats and collecting apparatus — will be avail- 

 able for field work. 



For the general objects, methods and organ- 

 ization of the school the Director of the Biolog- 

 ical Station, Professor S. A. Forbes, is primarily 

 responsible. The session will be under the im- 

 mediate management of Dr. C. A. Kofoid, 

 Superintendent of the Station and assistant 

 professor of zoology at the University, who 

 will also supervise and provide for the work of 

 advanced students and investigators. The reg- 

 ular zoological courses, major and minor, will 

 be taught by Professor Frank Smith, assistant 

 professor of zoology at the University, and 

 the botanical courses by Mr. Charles F. Hottes, 

 University instructor in botany. The services 

 of other members of the Station staff and of 

 the University biological departments will be 

 drawn upon for instruction in the special lines 

 with which they are most familiar. 



A fee of $10 a month will be charged each 

 student and each occupant of a biological sta- 

 tion table. Membership in the regular classes 

 will be limited to fifty students and the num- 

 ber of visiting investigators to twelve. Those 

 purposing to attend will secure their places and 

 confer a favor upon the management by making 

 early application, accompanied by a statement 

 of their preparation for the work. Other 

 things being equal, college and university stu- 

 dents and teachers of biology in the public 



schools will be given the preference. Further 

 particulars may be obtained from Professor S. 

 A. Forbes, Urbana, 111. 



THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AP- 

 PLIED CHEMISTRY. 



Dr. H. W. Wiley, Chairman of the Ameri- 

 can Committee of Organization for the Third 

 International Congress of Applied Chemistry, 

 to be held at Vienna beginning on July 28th, 

 writes that the Organization Committee requests 

 the American chemists wishing to send contri- 

 butions to that Congress, either papers or reports 

 of any description, to transmit the full title, to- 

 gether with an abstract of the papers, as soon 

 as possible, to Professor Dr. F. Strohmer, IV/2 

 Schonburgstrasse Nr. 6, Wien, Austria. It is 

 desired to publish the full program of the papers 

 to be presented in the near future, and Ameri- 

 can chemists are earnestly requested to send 

 forward their contributions without delay. 



A local committee has been formed at Vienna 

 for the purpose of securing agreeable and cheap 

 dwelling places for foreign members during the 

 continuance of the Congress. Those wishing to 

 engage such places should address : Wohnungs- 

 comite des III internationalen Congresses fiir 

 angewandte Chemie, Wien IV/2 Schonburg- 

 strasse 6. 



American chemists are also informed that, on 

 account of the Jubilee Exposition to be held in 

 Vienna from the 7th of May to the 8 th of Octo- 

 ber, this year, the Austrain railroads are pre- 

 pared to furnish round-trip tickets to all points 

 in Austria-Hungary at greatly reduced prices. 

 A further communication from the Railroad 

 Committee will be made to American chemists 

 in a short time concerning this matter. The 

 North German Lloyd Steamship Company has 

 also made reductions in fares to members of the 

 Congress, regarding which further information 

 may be obtained from Dr. Wiley. 



GENERAL. 



Arrangements have now been made for the 

 day to be spent at Harvard University during 

 the Boston meeting of the American Associ- 

 ation for the Advancement of Science. The 

 various buildings and departments of the Uni- 

 versity will be opened for inspection. A 



