December 22, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



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Mr. Adolfo Stahl, a public-spirited citizen. 

 The course will include five additional lec- 

 tures, all free to the public, as follows : 



December 8, 1916, "Comets," W. "W. Campbell. 



January 12, 1917, "A Total Eclipse of the 

 Sun," E. G-. Aitken. 



February 9, 1917, "Double Stars and Star 

 Clusters," R. G. Aitken. 



March 9, 1917, ' ' The Nebula;, " H. D. Curtis. 



April 6, 1917, "How Astronomical Discoveries 

 are Made," H. D. Curtis. 



Professor Henry Melvill Gwatkin, Dixie 

 professor of ecclesiastical history in the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge, England, died in No- 

 vember. He was known as a specialist in 

 Mollusca, and his collection of Molluscan 

 radulse was doubtless the largest in existence. 

 It is understood that this collection now goes 

 to the British Museum. 



Professor J. H. Merivale, formerly of Arm- 

 strong College, Newcastle, since engaged in 

 mining engineering, died on November 18 at 

 the age of sixty-five years. 



Lieutenant Corin H. B. Cooper, B.E., for 

 a time demonstrator in geology at McGill Uni- 

 versity, and later engaged on government sur- 

 vey work in the oilfields of the Bocky Moun- 

 tains, has been killed in the war. 



The directors of the Fenger Memorial Bund 

 announce that the sum of $500 has been set 

 aside for investigation in medicine or surgery 

 in 1917. The money will be used to pay all or 

 part of the salary of a worker, the work to be 

 done under direction in an established insti- 

 tution, which will furnish the necessary facili- 

 ties and supplies free of cost. It is desirable 

 that the work undertaken should have a direct 

 clinical bearing. Applications giving full par- 

 ticulars should be sent to Dr. L. Hektoen, 629 

 S. Wood St., Chicago, before January 15, 

 1917. 



The Naples Table Association for Promo- 

 ting Laboratory Besearch by "Women an- 

 nounces the offer of the Ellen Bichards Be- 

 search Prize of $1,000 for the best thesis writ- 

 ten by a woman embodying new observations 

 and new conclusions based on independent lab- 

 oratory research in biology (including psychol- 

 ogy), chemistry or physics. Theses offered in 



competition must be in the hands of the chair- 

 man of the committee on the prize before Feb- 

 ruary 25, 1917. Application blanks may be ob- 

 tained from the secretary, Mrs. Ada Wing 

 Mead, 283 Wayland Avenue, Providence, B. I. 



The Sarah Berliner Besearch Fellowship for 

 Women of the value of $1,000 is offered an- 

 nually, available for study and research in 

 physics, chemistry or biology. Applicants 

 must already hold the degree of doctor of phi- 

 losophy or be similarly equipped for the work 

 of further research. Applications must be re- 

 ceived by the first of February of each year. 

 Further information may be obtained from 

 the chairman of the committee, Mrs. Christine 

 Ladd-Franklin, 527 Cathedral Farkway, New 

 York. 



Forty-seven students who recently passed 

 final examinations of the Faculty of Medicine, 

 University of Toronto, have enlisted for serv- 

 ice in the medical corps, and will leave in the 

 i mm ediate future for overseas service. A spe- 

 cial convocation was held on the evening of 

 November 28 in Grant Hall, Queen's Univer- 

 sity, Kingston, Ont., at which sixty-three med- 

 ical graduates were granted their degrees. All 

 these graduates will go overseas shortly to 

 serve at the front. 



Legislation has recently been enacted which 

 will provide for approximately 300 additional 

 medical officers in the Medical Corps of the 

 United States Navy. The pay ranges from 

 $2,000 per year, with quarters or an allowance 

 therefore, for assistant surgeons with the rank 

 of lieutenant, junior grade, to $8,000 with al- 

 lowances upon attaining the grade of medical 

 director with the rank of read admiral of the 

 upper half. Applicants must be between the 

 ages of 21 and 32 years, citizens of the United 

 States, and must submit satisfactory evidence 

 of preliminary and medical education. The 

 examination for appointment in the medical 

 corps consists of two stages, the first stage 

 securing appointment in the Medical Beserve 

 Corps, and the second stage securing an ap- 

 pointment as a commissioned officer in the 

 regular medical corps. After the candidate 

 passes the preliminary examination he attends 



