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were to be found; and the inquiry had im- 
pressed them so forcibly with the almost un- 
limited possibilities of the university in the 
future, that they could not easily conceive a 
more splendid opportunity than its endow- 
ment and the provision of a noble and suit- 
able building for its home afforded for the 
liberality of the citizen. 
ATTENTION is called in the London Times to 
the fact that every year the London Zoolog- 
ical Gardens are visited by large numbers of 
school children, accompanied by their teach- 
ers. The price of admission for these is one 
penny, and the time spent on the visit is 
counted as school attendance. The council of 
the society desired to make these visits more 
useful, and last year arranged with the edu- 
cation committee of the London County 
Council for a series of demonstration lectures 
to school teachers. The Zoological Society ar- 
ranged the courses, provided the lecture-room 
and lantern and allowed the teachers free ad- 
mission to the gardens, while the education 
authority made a grant towards the expenses. 
The course, which was repeated three times last 
session to three separate sets of 150 school 
teachers, consisted of three lectures illustrated 
by lantern slides and a demonstration in the 
gardens, for the latter the teachers being di- 
vided into parties of 25. This session it was 
considered advisable to increase the number 
of demonstrations in the gardens, and the edu- 
eation committee has increased their grant to 
make this possible. The syllabus has been made 
very simple and is devised to cover only such 
subjects as may be made interesting to school 
children. In the case of mammals the main 
types, such as carnivores and herbivores, are 
considered in relation to their food and modes 
of obtaining it, their weapons of offence and 
defence and their chief adaptations to their 
environment. Birds are similarly treated, but 
the nesting habits and the care of the young 
are discussed more fully. The coloration of 
animals in relation to deserts, snow and so 
forth are dealt with, and salient examples of 
mimicry and warning patterns and colors are 
pointed out. In the demonstration tours in 
the gardens examples of the questions dis- 
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cussed in the lectures are pointed out. The 
first lecture for the season was attended by 
nearly 150 teachers, while four parties of 25 
teachers were taken for a demonstration tour 
in the gardens by the lecturer, Mr. J. L. Bon- 
hote, and his assistant, Mr. J. T. Cunning- 
ham. To suit the convenience of teachers, all 
the lectures and demonstrations are given 
on Saturday mornings, and the three courses 
now arranged for will last well on into the 
early summer of next year. 
Tue first All-Slav Congress and Exposition 
of Social Medicine and Hygiene will be held 
in St. Petersburg during the week commenc- 
ing May 28, 1912. There will be five sections, 
the first of which (president, V. O. Gubert), 
will deal with medicine and hygiene of the 
masses; the second (president, J. F. Zemackij), 
with gymnastics and exercises tending 
towards the better development of the body; 
the third (president, M. M. Kovalevskij), with 
social ethics; the fourth (president, A. V. 
Vasiljev), with the development and health 
of the child, and the fifth (president, D. O. 
Ott), with the woman. More in detail, Sec- 
tion 1 will deal with regulation of the med- 
ical aid; hygiene of houses and cities; housing 
problems; nourishment, with price of food; 
social and hygienic protection of workingmen; 
combat of prevalent diseases; protection of 
the mental health of the population; medical 
education and activities, and cure establish- 
ments, springs, etc., with balneotherapy. Sec- 
tion 2 embraces physical exercises; the Sokols 
(the great Slav gymnastic organization) ; 
athletic contests and sports; touristic, and 
bathing, with swimming. Section 3 deals with 
abuse of alcoholic beverages; dissipation and 
specific diseases; suicide, and criminality. 
Section 4 extends to development of the child; 
health in infancy; infant mortality; training 
-of the child before school age; school hygiene, 
and mental development of the child. Sec- 
tion 5, finally, embraces everything relating to 
the functions and health of the woman. 
Tur American Museum Journal states that 
in revising the installation of the New Guinea 
material in the South Sea hall, Dr. Lowie is 
making extensive use of the sketches secured 
