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The late Mr. W. H. Hudleston, tie eminent 

 geologist, has left his unrivaled collection of 

 types of Oolitic Gasteropoda to the Sedgwick 

 Museum, Cambridge, and £1,000 to the Geo- 

 logical Society. 



The University of Colorado has received an 

 interesting collection of fishes from the river 

 Nile, presented by the Egyptian government 

 through Dr. Boulenger, of the British Mu- 

 seum. 



We learn from Nature that at a special 

 general meeting of the Zoological Society on 

 April 29, it was decided to dispose of the site 

 of the society's freehold premises in Hanover 

 Square, and to expend the proceeds upon the 

 erection of new offices, library and meeting- 

 room at the Zoological Gardens in Regent's 

 Park, and on the general improvement of the 

 gardens. 



It is expected that the Marine Laboratory 

 of the Johns Hopkins University wiU be re- 

 opened in Jamaica in 1910, so that graduate 

 students and instructors will have the oppor- 

 tunity to study marine and mountain flora and 

 fauna in the tropics and to obtain material 

 for research problems. 



On May 8 the Theta Chapter of Alpha Chi 

 Sigma, the national chemical fraternity, was 

 instaHed at the University of Nebraska by 

 Dr. J. H. Mathews, of the University of Wis- 

 consin, and Mr. L. S. Palmer, of the Univer- 

 sity of Missouri. The following men consti- 

 tute the new chapter : Professor Benton Dales 

 (director). Professor Ge«rge Borrowman, Jr., 

 P. B. Barker, O. L. Barneby, H. J. Broderson, 

 M. E. Daughters, C. J. Frankforter, R. L. 

 George, L. P. Gieseker, W. L. Hadlock, P. C. 

 Hawks, W. D. Jensen, S. A. Mahood, G. R. 

 McDole, W. H. Warren, A. L. Weaver and 

 E. P. Wilson. Alpha Chi Sigma is a pro- 

 fessional chemical fraternity, organized in 

 1902, with the purpose of promoting a fra- 

 ternal spirit among chemists, of providing a 

 reward for faithful undergraduate work and 

 of providing a closer relationship between 

 alumni and students. It now has chapters 

 at the University of Wisconsin, University of 

 Minnesota, Case School of Applied Science, 

 University of Missouri, University of Indiana, 



University of Illinois, University of Colorado 

 and University of Nebraska. A chapter will 

 shortly be installed at the Rose Polyteclmic 

 Institute. 



The annual dinner of the Syracuse Chapter 

 of Sigma Xi was held at the St. Cloud Hotel 

 on May 13. Research reports were called for 

 as follows: department of astronomy. Pro- 

 fessor H. A. Peck ; chemistry. Professor E. N. 

 Potter, zoology. Professor C. H. Richardsen; 

 mathematics, Professor W. H. Metzler; bot- 

 any. Professor W. L. Bray. Professor E. N. 

 Pattee was elected president; Dr. H. D. 

 Senior, vice-president; Professor C. H. Rich- 

 ardson, secretary, and Professor P. P. Decker, 

 treasurer. Mr. E. C. Keenan and Mr. N. E. 

 Loomis were elected to membership as grad- 

 uate students. 



The fourth meeting of the Research Work- 

 ers in Experimental Biology of Washington 

 was held at the Medical School of George 

 Washington University on May 1. Dr. Os- 

 wald Schreiner, of the Bureau of Soils, spoke 

 on "Some Factors of Soil Fertility." The 

 lecturer laid special emphasis upon the influ- 

 ence of organic matter of the soil with refer- 

 ence to the biochemical relationships which 

 exist between soil and crop and the microor- 

 ganisms within the soil. The influence of 

 organic compounds isolated from the soil on 

 plant growth was illustrated by lantern slides 

 and photo-micrographs of the crystalline ma- 

 terials were also shown. The lecture was fol- 

 lowed by discussion. 



Mr. Henry P. Phipps was formally pre- 

 sented on May 12 with the gold medal awarded 

 him by the International Anti-Tuberculosis 

 Association for his aid in waging war against 

 consumption. The presentation was made by 

 Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, at a dinner tendered 

 at the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia. 

 Mayor Reyburn presided and the speakers were 

 introduced by former Ambassador Tower. 

 Mr. R. W. DeForest, president of the New 

 York Charity Organization Society, responded 

 to the toast " Henry Phipps, Citizen of New 

 York," Hon. H. D. Harlan, chief judge of the 

 supreme bench, spoke on " Henry Phipps, 

 benefactor, of Baltimore." Dr. William J. 



