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versities. Those unable to do this should at 
least study the principles of pedagogy, which 
are available in numerous books. Although 
pedagogical literature deals chiefly with ele- 
mentary, rather than advanced or professional 
education, it is nevertheless of great service, 
for the same fundamental principles extend 
throughout, from the kindergarten to the uni- 
versity. Among those books which may be 
recommended as helpful are the following: 
Spencer, “Essays on Education” (a recent 
edition, with introduction by ex-President 
Eliot, in the “ Everyman’s Library” series) ; 
James, “Talks to Teachers on Psychology,” 
ete. (Holt); Charters, “ Methods of Teaching 
Developed from a Functional Standpoint” 
(Row, Peterson & Co.); Bagley, “The Edu- 
cative Process” (Macmillan); Thorndike, 
“The Principles of Teaching Based on Psy- 
chology” (Seiler). And in conclusion, per- 
mit me to suggest that a more thorough dis- 
cussion of educational methods and prin- 
ciples in our association meetings, and also 
in the faculty meetings of our various med- 
ical schools, would result in greater efficiency 
in our teaching. 
C. M. Jackson 
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
Proressor Apport LAWRENCE Rotcu, founder 
and director of the Blue Hill Meteorological 
Observatory and professor of meteorology at 
Harvard University, died on April 7, aged 
fifty-one years. 
Dr. Joun H. Musssr, professor of clinical 
medicine in the University of Pennsylvania 
and one of the most eminent physicians of 
Philadelphia, died on April 3, in his fifty- 
seventh year. 
Tue second annual award of the Willard- 
Gibbs Medal, founded by Mr. William A. 
Converse, will be made by the Chicago Sec- 
tion of the American Chemical Society on 
May 17, to Professor Theodore W. Richards, 
of Harvard University. It may be remem- 
bered that the initial award of this medal was 
made last May to Professor Svante Ar- 
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rhenius. Professor Richards has chosen for 
the subject of his address “ Atomic Weights.” 
An invitation is extended to all members of 
the American Chemical Society, who desire 
to be present on the occasion of this award. 
Sm J. J. THomson has been elected a for- 
eign member of the Naples Academy of Sci- 
ences. 
THE clay model for a bust of Commander 
R. E. Peary has been executed by Mr. William 
Couper and is now on its way to Florence to 
be cut in Carrara marble. The bust is a gift 
to the American Museum of Natural History 
from Mrs. Morris K. Jesup and will take its 
place among the other marble busts in the 
niches in memorial hall. 
THE Paris Geographical Society will pre- 
sent Dr. Charcot with its gold medal for the 
work achieved in South Polar exploration by 
the Pourquoi Pas expedition. 
Tue council of the New Zealand Institute, 
at its annual meeting held in Christchurch 
at the end of January, decided to award the 
Sir James Hector memorial medal and prize 
to Dr. L. Cockayne as the investigator, work- 
ing in New Zealand, who has done most to 
advance botanical science. 
Tue Academy of Science, the medical fac- 
ulty of the University of Havana and several 
other scientific societies and institutions have 
passed a joint resolution in which the names 
of Dr. Carlos J. Finlay and Dr. Aristides 
Agramonte are presented to the Nobel Prize 
Commission as candidates for the prize to be 
awarded in 1912. The resolution points out 
that Dr. Finlay was the first to claim that yel- 
low fever is transmitted by the mosquito, 
while Dr. Agramonte is the sole survivor of 
the United States Army Board composed of 
Drs. Reed, Carroll, Lazear and himself, which 
demonstrated the correctness of this theory. 
THE magazine Good Housekeeping an- 
nounces that Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, formerly 
chief chemist of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, became contributing 
editor of that magazine on April 1. The mag- 
azine has established at Washington a “ Bu- 
