May 24, 1912] 
ing; experience in making and passing upon 
drainage surveys and plans, with special refer- 
ence to the requirements of the drainage of 
large tracts of agricultural lands; familiarity 
with drainage laws and administrative organ- 
ization, cost of construction of drainage sys- 
tems, ete. They should also be qualified to 
plan and conduct research along drainage 
lines, and to make reports and prepare publica- 
tions on drainage subjects. Five years’ ex- 
perience as a drainage or hydraulic engineer, 
exclusive of any similar experience obtained 
in connection with university studies, is a 
prerequisite for consideration for this position. 
Tue U. S. Civil Service Commission also 
announces an examination to fill a vacancy in 
the position of assistant pharmacologist in the 
Bureau of Chemistry, at $1,800 to $2,000 per 
annum. This position affords opportunity for 
study and research in pharmacology and 
physiology in the broadest sense, the labora- 
tory equipment being of the best. The person 
appointed to this position, if he proves capable 
of conducting the work, may expect reasonable 
promotion. 
AN invested fortune yielding $100,000 an- 
nually, a palatial mansion on the Boulevard 
Haussmann, and one of the finest private art 
collections in Europe haye been bequeathed 
to the Institute of France by Mme. Edouard 
André. 
Tue Austrian government has purchased for 
about $600,000 the only two radium mines at 
Joachimsthal which were owned by private 
individuals. It is estimated that the two 
mines will yield annually about 3 grams of 
radium. Plans are under way for the devel- 
opment of Joachimsthal as a resort for the 
treatment of disease by radium. 
A party will leave Cornell University on 
May 25 for the purpose of investigating the 
biology of the Okefenokee Swamp in south- 
eastern Georgia. The fauna and flora of this 
extensive and in many respects unique swamp 
have heretofore almost entirely escaped the at- 
tention of naturalists. The eastern part of 
the swamp consists of vast inundated 
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“prairies,” while on the western side there 
are extensive heavily wooded islands. Much 
of the swamp is a sphagnum bog, whence the 
Indian name, originally spelled “ Ouaqua- 
phenogaw,” meaning “trembling-earth.”” The 
personnel of the party will consist of Pro- 
fessors C. R. Crosby and J. Chester Bradley, 
Dr. A. H. Wright, Messrs. M. D. Funkhouser, 
M. D. Leonard, A. R. Cahn and S. CO. Bishop, 
of Cornell University, and F. Lee Worsham, 
state entomologist of Georgia. Dr. Wright 
and Mr. Cahn will give their attention to the 
vertebrates, and Mr. Cahn also to collecting 
fleas and Mallophaga. An extensive series of 
blood smears will be made, for the detection 
of blood-parasites. The other members of the 
party will devote their attention to insects, 
especial attention being given to aquatic 
forms. The party expect to remain in the 
swamp from eight to ten weeks. 
Two more American professors will start 
in a short time on a trip around the world 
under the Kahn Foundation for the Foreign 
Travel of American Teachers. They are Wil- 
liam Erskine Kellicott, Ph.D., professor of 
biology in Goucher College, Baltimore, Md., 
and Ivan Mortimer Linforth, A.B., A.M., 
professor of Greek in the University of Cali- 
fornia, their appointment having been made 
this week. The fellowships to which they 
have been appointed carry with them a stipend 
of $3,000 each, and an additional $300 for 
the purchase of souvenirs, books, ete. The 
fellowships are unique in that the incumbents 
are required only to make the trip around the 
world. The choice of routes, countries visited 
and length of stay in any one place are left 
to the discretion of the fellows, their only 
duty being to see as many peoples and coun- 
tries as possible. The object of the founder 
was to give teachers an opportunity to carry 
on their work from a broader and more inter- 
national point .of view. The first appoint- 
ments on this foundation were made last year. 
Francis Daniels, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., pro- 
fessor of Romance languages at Wabash Col- 
lege, Crawfordsville, Ind., and John Hanson 
Thomas McPherson, A.B., Ph.D., professor of 
history and political science at the Univer- 
