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course very largely with reference to the 

 non-scholastic pursuits which await them 

 after leaving college; if they do not want 

 to study Greek, they may study French or 

 German or Spanish; they may study ap- 

 plications of science, as well as pure 

 science; if they do not want to study phi- 

 losophy or advanced mathematics, they 

 may study the labor problem, or banking 

 and currency, or commercial geography 

 and commercial law: only let it be under- 

 stood that whatever they profess to study 

 they must really study. In a college, as 

 in a railroad station, there is no room for 

 loafers. "William Nokth Eice 



THE PALEONTOLOGIGAL SOCIETY 

 For some years there has been a growing 

 •desire among paleontologists for a society in 

 which students of all branches of paleontology 

 can unite for the promotion of their common 

 interests. Such an organization has now been 

 effected as a section of the Geological Society 

 of America under the name of " The Paleon- 

 tological Society." 



The preliminary correspondence which was 

 begun by Professor Charles Scbuchert, of 

 Yale University, early last year, was inspired 

 by the successful meeting of the American 

 Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists' in New 

 Haven. This correspondence developed the 

 fact that nearly 60 paleontologists are ready 

 to unite in a general society, and of these, 34 

 attended the first meeting for organization in 

 Baltimore on December 30, 1908. At this 

 meeting an Executive Committee, consisting 

 of Charles Scbuchert, F. B. Loomis, S. W. 

 Williston, David "White, H. F. Osborn and 

 T. W. Stanton, was appointed with full power 

 to act for the society. 



On February 13, 1909, the Executive Com- 

 mittee met with a special committee of the 

 Geological Society of America in the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, New York 

 City, and made a satisfactory adjustment of 

 the relations between the two societies. The 

 committee also prepared a constitution and 

 by-laws and elected the following board of 



officers for the Paleontological Society to 

 serve the remainder of this year: 



President — John M. Clarke. 



First Vice-president — John C. Merriam. 



Second Vice-president — Timothy W. Stanton. 



Third Vice-president — David White. 



Treasurer — William D. Matthew. 



Secretary — Herdman F. Cleland. 



Editor — Charles R. Eastman. 



It is expected that all the paleontologists of 

 North America will be enrolled in the mem- 

 bership of the new society before next winter, 

 when its first regular meeting will be held 

 with a full program of papers. 



T. W. Stanton 



ENGINEERS OF WISCONSIN FORM STATE 

 SOCIETY 



The organization of the Engineering So- 

 ciety of Wisconsin was completed at the first 

 meeting, held at the University of Wisconsin 

 February 24r-26, at which some 150 city engi- 

 neers, general managers of power and traction 

 companies, contracting engineers, superintend- 

 ents of water and light plants, mechanical and 

 civil engineers, and superintendents of high- 

 way construction were present and became 

 charter members. 



The officers elected were: President, Dean 

 F. E. Tumeaure, College of Engineering, 

 University of Wisconsin; Vice-president, City 

 Engineer McClelland Dodge, of Appleton; 

 Trustees for two years, B. F. Lyons, assistant 

 general manager of the Beloit Gas and Electric 

 Co., and E. P. Worden, mechanical engineer 

 of the Prescott Steam Pump Co., Milwaukee; 

 Trustees for one year, E. Gonzenbach, of the 

 Sheboygan Electric Light and Power Co., and 

 City Engineer E. E. Banks, of Superior. 

 These, as executive board, will elect the secre- 

 tary later. 



The new organization will hold annual meet- 

 ings hereafter for the purpose of bringing 

 together the engineers from all parts of the 

 state interested in the solution of such prob- 

 lems as arise in connection with municipal 

 plants, large construction work, bridge, forest 

 and water-power questions, and light and 

 power production. A wide range of subjects 



