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fessor of mathematics at Briinn, at the age of 

 fifty-one years. 



The seventh International Congress of Ap- 

 plied Chemistry opened in London on May 27, 

 ■with some three thousand members in at- 

 tendance. At the opening exercises Dr. 

 Harvey W. "Wiley, of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, replied for the United States. 



The ninety-second annual meeting of the 

 Societe helvetique des sciences naturelles will 

 be held at Lausanne on September 5-8, under 

 the presidency of M. Henri Blanc. 



The annual congress of the Southeastern 

 Union of Scientific Societies will be held at 

 "Winchester on June 9-12, under the presi- 

 dency of Dr. Dukinfield H. Scott, F.R.S. 



At the National Conference on Criminal 

 Law and Criminology held in celebration of 

 the fiftieth anniversary of the Northwestern 

 University School of Law at Chicago from 

 June 7-9, the Honorable Charles S. Deneen, 

 governor of Illinois, has consented to act as 

 temporary chairman. In order to facilitate or- 

 ganization, the committee of organization will 

 nominate (with his consent) for permanent 

 chairman, James Hagerman, Esq., of St. 

 Louis, sometime president of the American 

 Bar Association. The committee will also 

 nominate for temporary chairman of the Sec- 

 tion on Treatment (Penal and Remedial) of 

 Offenders, Dr. E. T. Devine, professor of so- 

 cial economy in Columbia University, New 

 York; for temporary chairman of the Section 

 on Organization, Appointment and Training 

 of Officials, Dr. Edward A. Boss, professor of 

 sociology in the University of "Wisconsin, 

 Madison, "Wisconsin; for temporary chairman 

 of the Section on Criminal Law and Proce- 

 dure, "William E. Mikell, Esq., professor of law 

 in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadel- 

 phia. 



The Chicago Chapter of the Sigma Xi So- 

 ciety held its biennial election of officers on 

 May 25, 1909, which resulted as follows: 

 President, E. H. Moore; Vice-president, E. E. 

 Bensley; Secretary and Treasurer, Oscar 

 Eiddle; Corresponding Secretary and Coun- 

 cilor, Julius Stieglitz. The paper of the even- 

 ing was presented by Mr. Bailey Willis, U. S. 



Geological Survey, upon " China, the Land 

 and the People." 



The Iota Chapter of the Alpha Chi Sigma 

 Chemical Fraternity was installed at Eose 

 Polytechnic Institute on May 22 by Mr. L. S. 

 Palmer, of the University of Missouri; Dr. 

 J. H. Mathews, of the University of "Wiscon- 

 sin, and Mr. O. C. Stanger, of the University 

 of Illinois. The following men constitute the 

 active members of the new chapter: H. J. 

 Bangert, H. Isenberg, E. S. "Wilson, J. V. 

 Davidson, E. L. Flood, F. "W. Kroemer, Jr., 

 F. Cohen, J. A. Hepp and D. M. Hubbard. 

 Dr. Carl Leo Mees, president of the institute, 

 and Dr. John White, professor of chemistry, 

 were made honorary members. A banquet 

 followed the installation. 



The launching of the Magnetic Survey 

 yacht Carnegie will take place on June 12, 

 1909, 2 :30 p.m., at the Tebo Yacht Basin Com- 

 pany, foot of 23d Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Miss Dorothea Louise Bauer, daughter of Dr. 

 L. A. Bauer, director of the Department of 

 Terrestrial Magnetism, has been chosen by 

 the executive committee of the Carnegie Insti- 

 tution of Washing-ton to perform the christen- 

 ing ceremony. 



In order to put a stop to the serious damage 

 done by persons uprooting ferns and wild 

 plants growing in hedgerows and on commons, 

 etc., in the county of Surrey, England, the 

 Surrey County Council has made the following 

 by-law : " No person shall uproot or destroy 

 any ferns or other wild plants growing in any 

 road, lane, roadside waste, wayside bank, or 

 hedge, common, or other public place, in such 

 a manner or in such quantities as to damage 

 or disfigure such road, lane, or other place. 

 Provided that this by-law shall not apply to 

 persons collecting specimens in small quanti- 

 ties for private or scientific use. A person 

 offending against this by-law shall be liable to 

 a penalty not exceeding £5." 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Mr. W. C. Proctor, of Cincinnati, of the 

 class of '83, has offered to give Princeton Uni- 

 versity $500,000 for its graduate school on con- 

 dition that an equal sum be subscribed within 

 a year. 



