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investigators will consist of Professors David 
H. Tennent, Gilman A. Drew, Robert Tracy 
Jackson, H. L. Clark, H. E. Jordan, R. L. 
Cary and E. E. Reinke. Mr. George Gray, of 
Woods Hole, will accompany the expedition 
as collector. 
Proressor M. M. Mercatr, head of the de- 
partment of zoology of Oberlin College, has 
been granted leave of absence for the second 
semester to carry on research work in the Ma- 
rine Laboratory of the University of Cali- 
fornia. 
Frepprick STarR, associate professor of 
anthropology at the University of Chicago, re- 
turned on January 1 from a four months’ 
journey through Korea. Professor Starr has 
been made a Commander of the Order of 
Leopold II., by King Albert, of Belgium. 
Mr. Witrrep H. Oscoop, of the Field Mu- 
seum of Natural History, accompanied by Mr. 
Maleolm P. Anderson, sailed on January 27 
¥rom New Orleans to Colon, en route to the 
west coast of South America and the Peru- 
~yian Andes. ‘They will spend six to nine 
months collecting mammals and birds and 
‘studying the general faunal conditions in 
that region. 
Proressor C. V. Pirer, of the United 
States Department of Agriculture, has re- 
turned to Washington after a year’s absence 
in the orient. Six months of this time were 
spent in the Philippine Islands investigating 
the possibilities of producing hay in the 
Philippines for the use of army horses. The 
remaining time was devoted mainly to a study 
of the agricultural conditions in India. Pro- 
fessor Piper brought back with him a large 
lot of seeds, principally grasses and legumes, 
which promise to be of value in the southern 
states and West Indies. 
Tur eighth lecture of the Harvey Society 
series will be delivered by Professor T. W. 
Richards, of Harvard University, on Satur- 
day, February 8, 1912, at 8.30 p.m., at the 
New York Academy of Medicine, 17 West 
‘43d Street. The subject is: “The Relations 
-of Modern Chemistry to Medicine.” 
Proressor W. L. Tower, of the University 
-of Chicago, delivered a lecture on December 
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Kansas State Agricultural College at Man- 
hattan on “The Modification of the Germ 
Plasm and Inheritance.” 
Proressor D. H. Tennent, of Bryn Mawr 
College, gave an afternoon and an evening lec- 
ture at Oberlin, on January 17, upon “ Varia- 
tion and Heredity in Echinoderms,” basing 
his discussion on his hybridization experi- 
ments and the cytological analysis of their 
results. 
Dr. Barton WARREN EVERMANN, chief of the 
Alaska Fisheries Service, U. S. Bureau of 
Fisheries, lectured before the Buffalo Society 
of Natural Sciences on Friday evening, Jan- 
uary 19, on “The Alaska Fur-seal and the 
Fur-seal Question.” He strongly approved 
the government policy of killing the surplus 
38-year-old males, after making ample reserva- 
tions for breeding purposes. 
Proressor LarayerTte B. Menpet, of ' Yale 
University, gave an illustrated lecture before 
the Columbia University Chapter of the Sigma 
Xi Society on January 18, on “ Nutrition 
and Growth.” 
Proressor J. McKeen Cartrent, of Co- 
lumbia University, gave the foundation ad- 
dress at Indiana University on the morning of 
January 19. In the afternoon he spoke be- 
fore the faculties on “Grades and Credits,” 
and in the evening addressed the Society of 
Sigma Xi. On January 22, he gave an ad- 
dress before the faculties of the University of 
Illinois on “The Administration of a Uni- 
versity,” and in the evening discussed the 
question with the committee charged with 
framing a constitution for the university. 
On January 5, Professor Cattell gave an ad- 
dress at Lehigh University and in the even- 
ing addressed the faculties of Lehigh Univer- 
sity and Lafayette College. 
Tue department of Natural History of the 
College of the City of New York announces 
the following public lectures, which will be 
given on Thursday afternoons at 4 o’clock: 
February 8—Professor N. L. Britton, director 
of the New York Botanical Gardens: ‘‘Scenic and 
Floral Features of Cuba.’’ 
February 29—Dr. C. H. Townsend, director of 
