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as highly successful in his exploration of the 
Rio Magdalena and the Rio Atrato, in which 
he is making large collections of fishes for the 
museum, 
Mrs. T. D. A. Cockrrent has just returned 
from Guatemala, where she collected both in 
the mountains and in the tropical lowlands, 
and obtained a large collection of bees and 
other insects, as well as some reptiles, fishes, 
plants, ete. 
Dr. Louisr B. WaLuace, associate professor 
of zoology at Mt. Holyoke College, has been 
granted two years leave of absence to take 
charge of the biological department in the 
American College for Girls in Constantinople. 
Dr. Max Born, of the University of Got- 
tingen, is to lecture on relativity during the 
summer quarter at the University of Chicago. 
The course is to continue throughout the en- 
tire quarter. 
Preswent F. P. Venasin, of the University 
‘of North Carolina, lectured before the Chem- 
ical Society of Washington and Lee Univer- 
‘sity on March 1, on “ The Value of Chemical 
Research.” 
Dr. M. P. Ravenen, of the department of 
bacteriology of the University of Wisconsin, 
is delivering a series of six lectures before the 
Milwaukee Medical Society on “Studies in 
Immunity, Vaccine and Serum Therapy.” 
Proressor Larayette B. Menpet, of the 
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, 
lectured before the students of Mt. Holyoke 
College on March 2, on “ Changing Views on 
Nutrition.” 
At a meeting of the Geographical Society of 
Chicago on March 8, a lecture was given by 
Mr. Alfred H. Brooks of the U. 8. Geological 
Survey, the title of the lecture being “ Geog- 
raphy of Alaska.” 
Proressor J. G. D. Mack, the exchange 
lecturer from the University of Wisconsin, 
gave two lectures before the students and 
faculty of the College of Engineering of the 
University of Dlinois on February 29. One 
lecture was on the engineering features of 
the Wisconsin Tax and Public Utilities Com- 
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missions. Professor Mack is a member of the 
engineering staff of these commissions. The 
second lecture was on some features of ancient 
engineering work and their relations to pres- 
ent-day practise, and was, in part, an appeal to 
engineering students to study the history of 
engineering as well as current practise. 
Dr. Lynps JONES, associate professor of 
animal ecology in Oberlin College, lectured 
recently before the undergraduates in Spear 
Laboratory upon “ The Winter Birds of Ohio.” 
From now on to the end of the college year 
Dr. Jones is offering a seminar in practical 
field work in ornithology which has been 
elected by about ten advanced students. 
Dr. JoHN BERNHARDT SMITH, state entomol- 
ogist of New Jersey and professor of entomol- 
ogy at Rutgers College, eminent for his contri- 
butions to entomology, died on March 12, aged 
fifty-four years. 
Proressor Mason BLaNcHARD THomas, B.S. 
Cornell 790, Ph.D. ’07, professor of botany at 
Wabash college since 1891, and dean of the 
faculty since 1907, died at Crawfordsville, 
Ind., on March 6, aged forty-six years. 
Dr. Samuet AuGHEY died in Spokane, Wash- 
ington, on February 3, 1912, at the age of 
eighty-one. He was a graduate of Pennsyl- 
vania College, Gettysburg, and of the Theo- 
logical Seminary of the same place. After 
some years in the ministry, during which time 
he moved with his family to Nebraska and soon 
became noted as an enthusiastic naturalist, 
he was elected to the chair of natural science 
in the newly established State University of 
Nebraska, where he remained for thirteen 
years. On severing his connection with the 
university, he devoted himself more especially 
to geology and the practical work of the mining 
expert. Among his publications are “ A Cata- 
logue of the Flora of Nebraska” (1875) ; 
“Physical Geography and Geology of Ne- 
braska” (1880); “ Geological Report on the 
Wyoming Oil Basins” (1881), ete. 
Proressor OsporNE Reynoups, the distin- 
guished engineer and physicist. for many 
years professor at the Owens College, died on 
February 21, aged seventy years. 
