Juuy 12, 1918] 
Masors Witu1am J. Mayo and Charles H. 
Mayo, of the Medical Reserve Corps, have 
been appointed colonels. 
Proressor Orin H. Lanpretu, head of the 
general engineering department of Union Col- 
lege until a year ago, when he received a 
year’s leave of absence, has had his leave ex- 
tended for another twelve months to enable 
him to accept civilian service with the Ord- 
nance Department. 
Dr. Water T. Tacoart, professor of or- 
ganic chemistry in the University of Penn- 
sylvania, has been appointed consulting chem- 
ist at large for the Ordnance Department of 
the United States government with instruc- 
tions to report for immediate service. Dr. 
Thomas P. McCutcheon, Jr., assistant pro- 
fessor of chemistry, has likewise been ap- 
pointed to civilian service with the War Trade 
Board. 
Ar the commencement of Little Rock Col- 
lege the honorary degree of doctor of laws was 
conferred on Professor Horace Russell Allen, 
formerly professor of orthopedic surgery, In- 
diana University, now a major in the Medical 
Reserve Corps. 
Dr. WittiamM Coon, of Haverhill, has been 
appointed director of health and sanitation for 
the United States Shipping Board. He will 
have his headquarters at Philadelphia, and 
will have charge of health and sanitation in 
all the shipbuilding yards in the country. 
Mr. E. H. Pacenwart, hydrographic and 
geodetic engineer of the U. S. Coast and Geo- 
detic Survey, has been transferred by ex- 
ecutive order to the Corps of Engineers (Re- 
serve) of the U. S. Army, with the rank of 
captain. 
Dr. Cart J. ENcEuper has left the Univer- 
sity of Illinois to accept a commission as sec- 
ond lieutenant in the nitrate department of 
the Ordnance Department at Sheffield, Ala. 
Dr. Leo M. Crarts, Harvard Medical ’90, 
Boston City Hospital ’91, has been called by 
the Surgeon-General to undertake special 
work in neuro-psychiatry for the War De- 
partment. 
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Ir is announced that the Founder’s medal 
of the Royal Geographical Society has been 
awarded for the present year to Miss Gertrude 
Bell, for her important explorations and trav- 
els in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia, and on the 
Euphrates, and the Patron’s medal to Com- 
mandant Tilho, French and Colonial Infantry, 
for his long-continued surveys and explora- 
tions in northern Africa. The medals are to 
be struck in bronze instead of gold, owing to 
the shortage of gold, the balance of the value 
being given in war bonds. The Murchison 
grant goes to Mr. OC. A. Reid for his maps of 
the Belgian Congo; the Cuthbert Peek grant 
to Mr. G. F. Archer for his surveys in East 
Africa; the Back grant to Captain Bartlett 
for his distinguished leadership after the loss 
of the Karluk; and the Gill memorial to Cap- 
tain Cuthbert Christy, R.A.M.C., for his sur- 
veys and explorations in Central Africa. 
E. R. Mitter, who received his Ph.D. in 
chemistry at the University of Minnesota in 
June, has been appointed research chemist of 
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, 
Ala. 
At Syracuse University Dr. E. D. Roe, Jr., 
John Raymond French professor of mathe- 
matics, has applied for and obtained leave of 
absence for the coming academic year in order 
to devote his entire time to research. At the 
same university Mrs. E. D. Roe, Jr., has been 
awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy. 
Her doctor’s thesis is entitled “ Interfunctional 
expressibility problems of symmetric fune- 
tions.” She is the first woman to take the doc- 
-torate in mathematics at Syracuse. 
Tue Harvard corporation has announced ap- 
pointments to the Cancer Commission of Har- 
vard University and Collis P. Huntington Me- 
morial Hospital. Dr. Robert B. Greenough 
will act as director of the commission, and as 
surgeon in charge of the hospital staff. Dr. 
Channing C. Simmons will continue as his 
secretary, and with Dr. Edward H. Risley, 
will serve as surgeon at the hospital. Other 
members of the commission are: Dr. James H. 
Wright, pathologist, in charge of diagnosis 
service; William Duane, research fellow in 
physies; William T. Boyle, research fellow in 
