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election as president of the American Medical 

 Association. A silver loving cup was pre- 

 sented to Dr. Mayo. 



Dr. Albert Shiels, director of the bureau 

 of reference and research of the New York 

 City Board of Education, has been elected city 

 superintendent of schools of Los Angeles at a 

 salary of $8,000 a year. The salary formerly 

 paid the city superintendents there was $6,000 

 a year. 



Dr. A. A. Eisenberg, formerly pathological 

 anatomist in the U. S. Army Medical Museum 

 and School, Washington, D. C, has been ap- 

 pointed pathologist at Charity Hospital, Cleve- 

 land. 



Professor B. E. Livingston and Dr. H. E. 

 Pulling, of the laboratory of plant physiology 

 of the Johns Hopkins University, will spend 

 the months of August and September in the 

 region of Fort Churchill and Port Nelson, 

 Hudson Bay. They will carry out field stud- 

 ies of vegetation as related to soil and climate. 



Miss Alice Eastwood, curator of the botan- 

 ical department of the California Academy of 

 Sciences, spent five days, from June 15 to 20, 

 collecting at the Grand Canyon of the Colo- 

 rado. The Hermit Trail was traveled to the 

 bottom of the canyon, and the Grand View or 

 Berry Trail for about two miles down. The 

 Bright Angel Trail had been explored pre- 

 viously by Miss Eastwood. About 270 species 

 were collected. 



Professor George Neill Stewart, director 

 of the Cushing Laboratory of Experimental 

 Medicine, Western Reserve University, will 

 sail for England on July 22. 



Miss Ethel Gertrude Everest, of Chippens 

 Bank, Hever, Kent, daughter of the late 

 Colonel Sir George Everest, surveyor-general 

 of India, has left the house on her estate to the 

 National Trust to be used as a home of rest 

 for tired brain-workers, particularly writers 

 and artists. The land round the house has 

 also been bequeathed to the National Trust to 

 be used as a public park for the use of the na- 

 tion, and as a "bird sanctuary," where bird- 

 life shall be encouraged, together with £8,000 

 for the maintenance of the estate. 



During the week of September 25 the 

 Second National Exposition of Chemical In- 

 dustries will be held in New York. The Amer- 

 ican Electrochemical Society will be one of 

 the national societies which will meet in New 

 York during the same week. Its meetings will 

 be held on September 28, 29 and 30, and the 

 outline of the program has just been an- 

 nounced. It is as follows : 



Wednesday, September 27, evening: General re- 

 ception, with registration at the Chemical Exposi- 

 tion, Grand Central Palace. 



Thursday, September 28, forenoon: Beading and 

 discussion of papers, general subject: "Made in 

 America. ' ' 



Afternoon: Visiting the exposition. 



Evening: Complimentary smoker. An invitation 

 will be extended to the members of the American 

 Chemical Society and other visiting chemists and 

 engineers. 



Friday, September 29, forenoon: Reading and 

 discussion of papers. 



Afternoon: Visiting the exposition. 



Evening: Subscription dinner-dance. 



Saturday, September 30, forenoon: Reading and 

 discussion of papers. 



Afternoon: Visiting the exposition. 



The graduates of the course in public hy- 

 giene of the University of Pennsylvania have 

 recently organized as an Alumni Association. 

 The university was a pioneer in the field in 

 this country and has been offering instruction 

 for public health positions since 1906. In 1910 

 they graduated their first doctor of public 

 hygiene, Dr.P.H., and at present the gradu- 

 ates of this course number twenty-six physi- 

 cians, with the degree Dr.P.H. and two engi- 

 neers with certificates as certified sanitarians. 

 Of the physicians three are women. These 

 graduates are widely scattered, in India, Siam, 

 China, Philippine Islands, Hungary and Eng- 

 land, in the United States from California to 

 New Jersey and in the U. S. Army and Navy 

 medical services. Their occupations range 

 from medical missionaries through scientific 

 research, epidemiology, sanitary engineering, 

 municipal health officers, labor departments, 

 housing commission and tuberculosis preven- 

 tion work to special hospital work and teaching 

 in public health and allied lines. 



