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Other Big Game in Africa," by Carl E. Akeley ; 

 "Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera," by 

 Roy C. Andrews ; " Down the Eiver of Doubt 

 with Colonel Eoosevelt," by George K. 

 Cherrie, and " Bird Life on an Antarctic Is- 

 land," by Robert Cushman Murphy. The 

 manuscript of each lecture will be accom- 

 panied by about one hundred slides. The lec- 

 ture, prepared in the first person, may be read 

 before the soldiers with the same effect as if 

 given at first hand. Another plan of the 

 American Museum for providing relaxation 

 and recreation for the soldiers, is the loan of 

 some of the best of its motion picture films, 

 such as the Crocker Land material and the 

 travel films of Japan and China taken by Roy 

 0. Andrews. These will be so fully titled and 

 captioned that they will be self-explanatory. 



Beginning with the present month the Geo- 

 graphic Society of Chicago will issue its 

 monthly announcements in serial form. 

 While the publication may not strictly be 

 called a bulletin, it will, nevertheless, allow a 

 little more freedom in communicating to the 

 members of the society notices or items of gen- 

 eral geographic and personal interest which 

 might otherwise escape attention or record. 



Lj answer to a question put by Sir Philip 

 Magnus, it was recently stated by Mr. Hem- 

 ins in the British House of Commons that 

 " the Committee of the Privy Council for 

 Spientific and Industrial Research are in the 

 course of their administration collecting in- 

 formation as to research being conducted in 

 various places and different types of institu- 

 tion which can not but facilitate the coordina- 

 tion of research work which the honorable 

 member desires. Moreover, as he will have 

 gathered from the annual reports of that de- 

 partment, similar organizations have come or 

 are coniing into existence in other parts of the 

 empire which are in close relation with the 

 research department in this country. As an 

 example of what is being done in the oversea 

 dominions, I would refer to the report of the 

 Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science 

 and Industry and the recently published 

 South African Journal of Industries, which 

 may be seen in the Colonial Office library. 



This imperial machinery will enable those who 

 are engaged in our colonial trade and in our 

 productive industries to become acquainted 

 with the problems arising in different parts 

 of the empire, and with the results of any re- 

 searches now in progress either here or in the 

 dominions. The establishment of research as- 

 sociations, which is one of the main objects of 

 the Research Department, is intended to place 

 at the service of our manufacturers scientific 

 experts who may advise them or conduct in 

 their factories special investigations." 



The fourteenth annual conference of the 

 Council on Medical Education was held at 

 the Congress Hotel, Chicago, Monday, Febru- 

 ary 4, 1918. The morning program was de- 

 voted to medical education, and was as 

 follows : 



Opening of the conference, Dr. Horace D. Ar- 

 nold, chairman. Council on Medical Education, 

 Boston. 



"Eecent progress in medical education," Dr. 

 Nathan P. Colwell, secretary. Council on Medical 

 Education, Chicago. 



"Problems of administering entrance require- 

 ments," Professor George GaUey Chambers, di- 

 rector of admissions, University of Pennsylvania, 

 Philadelphia. 



' ' The student 's clinical course in. medicine, ' ' Dr. 

 George Dock, professor of medicine, Washington 

 University Medical School, St. Louis. 



"Some problems in medical education resulting 

 from the war," Major Horace D. Arnold, M.R.C., 

 U. S. Army, Boston. 



In the afternoon the session was held jointly 

 with the Federation of State Medical Boards 

 of the United States, and dealt with the gen- 

 eral topic of medical licensure, as follows : 



"A central cooperative bureau of information," 

 Dr. David A. Strickler, president, Federation of 

 State Medical Boards of the United States, Denver. 



"The civil administrative code of Illinois, and 

 medical licensure," Francis W. Shepardson, di- 

 rector, Illinois Department of Eegistration and 

 Education, Springfield. 



"The general problem of the minor forms of 

 healing," Hon. Howell Wright, state senator of 

 Ohio, Cleveland. 



"Sectarianism in the science of healing as 

 treated in legislative acts and judicial decisions," 

 Harry Eugene Kelly, formerly attorney for the 



