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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. VII. No. 179. 



Running soar in his pastur. Tlie polypup from the 

 nite are and exposure the wonde cum from the oick 



of a hoars. , M.D. 



, Fehruary 30, 1897. Sur, 



I surtify I treted the sed sojer fum 18888 to Date 



foarmerly his stnmik tuh was jined to his nervi- 



ous sistem but now it air rotted off cosing grate ex- 

 pectoring and Iiard of hreth. Your Obt. serveut 

 , M.D. 



An examination -will be held to fill a vacancy 

 in the grade of Chemist at the New York cus- 

 tom house on June 9th. The salarj' of this 

 office is $2,400. 



The New York Libravj^ Association held its 

 annual meeting at Utica, N. Y. , on May 25th 

 and 26th. 



The 36th University Convocation will be held 

 at Albany on June 27th, 28th and 29th. Among 

 the subjects proposed for discussion are : Exten- 

 sion of elective system in high schools and acad- 

 emies. Should the four-year high school course 

 be enforced as the minimum prerequisite for all 

 degree courses? Should a minimum for confer- 

 ring degrees be fixed by law ? How low may 

 admission requirements be made without for- 

 feiting tlie right to tlie name college '? What 

 recognition should colleges and universities give 

 to diplomas of State normal schools'? What, if 

 any, college studies should be regarded as con- 

 stants to be pursued in every course? In 

 courses leading to liberal arts degrees what 

 credit should be given for studies in engineer- 

 ing, music and fine arts? Should high schools 

 regularly ofl'er instruction in domestic science 

 and in business, or should this training for par- 

 ticular callings be relegated entirely to special 

 schools ? Educational functions of wall pictures, 

 photographs and lantern slides as coordinate 

 with books in giving either information or in- 

 spiration. The influence on boys and girls of 

 reading daily newspapers. In connection with 

 the reception in the State Librarj^ on June 27th 

 a new Indian Museum will be opened for in- 

 spection. 



In noting the appointment of Professor Kee- 

 ler to the Lick Observatory The Revue Scien- 

 tiftqiie pays the following compliment to the 

 atmosphere of Pittsburg : 



L'Observatoire d'Alleglieny ayaut uu ciel • plus 



tranaj)areut que oelui du Mont Hamilton, M. Keeler 

 avait oft'ert de rester a la tfite du premier de ces etab- 

 lissemeuts si de geiic'reux amis de la science souscriv- 

 aient un million do francs pour agraudir et doter 

 I'Observatoire. 



The third meeting of the Pan-American 

 Medical Congress is to he held in Caracas, 

 Venezuela, in Christmas week, 1899. 



In an interesting article in the May Forum, 

 Professor Willis L. Moore states that the 

 Weather Bureau intends to establish tenta- 

 tivelj' fifteen or twenty stations between the 

 Alleghanies and the Rocky Mountains during 

 the present spring, and to make special effort to 

 secure observations at the same hour at a high 

 level from all the stations, so that the meteor- 

 ological conditions at that altitude may be 

 compared with those prevailing at the surface 

 of the earth. If we are successful in attaining 

 the desired altitude at enough of our stations 

 each day to give the data from which a synop- 

 tic chart can be constructed we shall then be 

 able to map out not only the vertical gradients 

 of temperature, humidity, jiressure and wind 

 velocity, but also the horizontal distribution of 

 these forces at two levels — one at the earth's 

 surface and the other at the height of one mile. 

 It may be that after this work is done only 

 negative knowledge will be acquired, but even 

 then the work will not have been in vain. 

 It will be an instructive study to note the de- 

 velopment and progression of storms and cold 

 waves at this high level. At that altitude the 

 diurnal variations cease ; there is but little 

 change between the heat of midday and that of 

 midnight, so that storm conditions may be 

 measured without the confusing efl'ects due to 

 immediate terrestrial radiation. 



The Botanical Club of Barnard College has 

 handed to the Treasurer §500 to form the 

 nucleus of a fund for the equipment of a botan- 

 ical laboratory to be known as the Emily L. 

 Gregory Botanical Laboratory. 



Mr. John Nichols has added the sum of 

 $45,000 to the $200,000 which he gave about 

 two years ago for a library building for the city 

 of Providence. 



The State Institute for Serum Research is 

 being removed from Berlin to Frankfort, that 



