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(Wesleyan University), and W. A. Tarr 

 (University of Missouri). 



Feideral food administrators from thirty- 

 eight states and from the District of Colum- 

 bia and Hawaii and representatives from all 

 the other states met in Washington on Jan- 

 uary 9 for a two-days' conference. Seventy-six 

 delegates were at the meeting. They were ad- 

 dressed at the opening by Herbert Hoover, 

 United States Food Administrator; by the 

 Hon. David F. Houston, Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, and by several of Mr. Hoover's assistants. 

 The administrators come to "Washington every 

 few months for conferences with members of 

 the Food Administration, in order that a closer 

 touch between the states may be established 

 and to give each of them a clear understand- 

 ing of the problems and conditions that must 

 be met. The administrators were entertained 

 at luncheon in the Food Administration Build- 

 ing and attended an informal dinner at the 

 New Willard Hotel. Both the limcheon and 

 dinner were in strict accordance with food- 

 conservation rules. The following adminis- 

 trators were in attendance: Professor Alfred 

 Atkinson, Montana; Edwin G. Baetjer, Mary- 

 land ; Dr. Harry E. Barnard, Indiana ; Brax- 

 ton Beacham, Florida ; Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, 

 Oklahoma; J. F. Child, Hawaii; Alfred M. 

 Coats, Rhode Island; Fred C. Croxton, Ohio; 

 J. F. Deems, Iowa; Theodore C. Diers, "Wy- 

 oming; "William EUiott, South Carolina; 

 Ealph C. Ely, New Mexico; P. M. Harding, 

 Mississippi; James Hartness, Vermont; 

 Charles Hebbard, "Washington; Howard Heinz, 

 Pennsylvania; Charles N. Herreid, South 

 Dakota ; Richard M. Hobbie, Alabama ; "Walter 

 P. Innis, Kansas; Dr. Leon S. Merrill, Maine; 

 Ealph P. Merritt, California; Charles E. 

 Treman, New York state; Edmund Mitchell, 

 Delaware; H. A. Morgan, Tennessee; Fred- 

 erick B. Mumford, Missouri ; Earl W. Oblebay, 

 West Virginia; Heury A. Page, North Caro- 

 lina; John M. Parker, Louisiana; E. A. Peden, 

 Te.xas; George A. Prescott, Michigan; Fred 

 M. Sackett, Kentucky; Robert Scoville, Con- 

 necticut ; Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia ; 

 Huntley N. Spaulding, New Hampshire; 



Gurden W. Wattles, Nebraska; Harry A. 

 Wheeler, Illinois; Col. E. B. White, Virginia; 

 Arthur Williams, New York City, and Clar- 

 ence R. Wilson, District of Columbia. 



The American Medical Journal reports 

 that the large collection of birds and mammals 

 obtained as a result of the American Mu- 

 suem's Asiatic Zoological Expedition to China, 

 conducted by Mr. Roy C. Andrews, has been 

 placed on display just as it was received in- 

 stead of first putting it through the processes 

 of preparation. This collection comprises 

 hundreds of skins of beautiful tropical birds, 

 including newly discovered pheasants and pea- 

 cocks. Small bright-hued jungle fowls are in- 

 teresting as the ancestors of the present barn- 

 yard fowl which is playing such an important 

 part in the food problem at the present time. 

 For thousands of years this original type has 

 existed in the heart of China. Unusual rodent 

 forms are represented in the black flying squir- 

 rels, four feet long, together with huge rats, 

 including the rare bamboo rat, scores of mice 

 of strange appearance and odd variations of 

 the mole. The chipmunks include several va- 

 rieties hitherto undescribed by zoologists. 

 Skins of serows and gorals, strange animals 

 intermediate between the goat and the sheep, 

 are also included in the exhibit. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



At New York University Hazen G. Tyler 

 has been appointed professor of mechanical 

 engineering; Dr. Edward K. Dunham, emeri- 

 tus professor of pathology, has been appointed 

 Herter lecturer, and Dr. John Charles McCoy 

 has been appointed clinical professor of sur- 

 gery. Dean Samuel A. Brown has been pro- 

 moted from assistant professor of medicine to 

 professor of therapeutics ; Dr. Willis C. Noble, 

 from lecturer on bacteriology to assistant pro- 

 fessor of hygiene, and Dr. James F. Nagle, 

 from instructor in medicine to clinical pro- 

 fessor of medicine. 



Dr. L. C. Glenn, who was on leave of ab- 

 sence from Vanderbilt University last year in 



