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of Géttingen the prize of the Otto Vahlbruch 
foundation, of the value of $3,000. 
Dr. Prrro ALBERTONI, professor of physiol- 
ogy in the University of Bologna, has been 
elected a member of the Italian senate. 
Dr. A. HrouioKa, of the U. S. National Mu- 
seum, has been named a corresponding mem- 
ber of the Société d’Anthropologie de Brux- 
elles, Belgium. 
Prorressor Furpincrer, the director of the 
anatomical institute at Heidelberg, retires at 
the close of the summer semester and is suc- 
ceeded by Professor Braus. 
AN expedition for the study of malaria 
from the department of tropical medicine and 
hygiene of Tulane University, under the di- 
rection of Dr. Charles Cassedy Bass, sailed 
from New Orleans on April 20 for Central 
America. 
Dr. Marcus Bengamin has just been in- 
formed that his valuable collection of the por- 
traits and autograph letters of the presidents 
of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science received the award “ diploma 
@honore” from the exposition that was held 
in Turin, Italy, last summer. 
Dr. Amos W. Peters, of the Carnegie Food 
Laboratory in Boston, has been appointed 
biochemist in the research department of the 
Training School for Keeble Minded Children, 
at Vineland, N. J. So far as is known this is 
the first appointment of the kind ever made. 
Five years ago, the Vineland Training School 
opened a department of research for the 
scientific study of mental defectiveness of 
which Dr. Henry H. Goddard was made di- 
rector. Studies in growth, heredity, classifi- 
cation of defectives, the measurement of in- 
telligence have been carried on and now the 
work is being extended in other lines. Dr. 
Peters has worked in zoology and biochem- 
istry at the University of Illinois and later at 
the Harvard Medical School with Dr. Otto 
Folin. He will carry on studies in meta- 
bolism and brain chemistry. He will begin 
the new work about July 1. 
Amone@ recent lectures of scientific interest 
at the University of Illinois are the follow- 
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ing: three lectures on “Heredity,” by Pro- 
fessor W. E, Castle, of Harvard University; 
“The Paleozoic History of Illinois,” by Dr. 
T. E. Savage, of the Geological Department 
of the university; “Foreign Students and 
Student Life at the University of Berlin,” by 
Dr. Wilhelm Paszowski, of the University of 
Berlin; “Morals and Moral Ideals of the 
Japanese,” by Professor Inaze Nitobe; “ Some 
Methods that have been tried in University 
Business Organization,” by Dr. H. C. 
Bumpus, business manager of the University 
of Wisconsin; “European Bridges,” by Pro- 
fessor F. O. Dufour, of the department of 
civil engineering. 
A JOINT meeting of the Columbus Section 
of the American Chemical Society with the 
Ohio State University Sigma Xi Society was 
held on April 17, when the address of the 
evening was delivered by Professor R. A. 
Millikan, of the University of Chicago, on 
“ New Proof of the Kinetic Theory of Matter 
and of the Atomic Theory of Electricity.” 
Berore the Society of Sigma Xi of Colum- 
bia University, Professor Henry KE. Crampton 
gave on May 2 an illustrated lecture on “A 
Zoologist’s Trip to South America.” 
Associate Prorressor JAMES R. WirHrow, 
of the Ohio State University chemical de- 
partment, recently delivered a lecture before 
the Kenyon College Chapter of the Phi Beta 
Kappa, on the “Destructive Distillation of 
Heartwood.” 
On returning to Europe in September 
Captain Raold Amundsen will make his first 
address before the Norwegian Royal Geo- 
graphical Society in Christiania. A few days 
later he will lecture before the Royal Geo- 
graphical Society in Berlin, then in other 
cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 
On November 18 he will address the Royal 
Geographical Society, London. 
Dr. Howarp T. Barnes, MacDonald pro- 
fessor of physics in McGill University, will 
lecture before the Royal Institution of Great 
Britain on May 31, on Icebergs and their Lo- 
cation in Navigation. 
