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conquer a tyranny still more remorseless. Our fu- 
ture brightens, and shall endow Gaul and Briton 
with a common birthright to remain a splendid 
heritage for all time. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
Tue hundredth annual meeting of the Swiss 
Association for the Natural Sciences will be 
held at Lugano from September 7 to 11. The 
committee on organization states that the con- 
tinuation of the meetings is of value equally 
to science and to the country. Public lectures 
will be given as follows: Parthenogenesis and 
apogamy, by Professor Ernst, of Zurich; The 
Swiss national parks, by Professor Schroeter, 
of Zurich; Man from the point of view of 
medicine and natural science, by Professor 
Nigeli, of Zurich; On the constitution of the 
chemical elements, by Professor Berthoud, of 
Neuchatel. The association meets in twelve 
sections: (1) Mathematics; (2) Physics; (3) 
Geophysics, Meteorology and Astronomy; (4) 
Chemistry; (5) Geology; (6) Botany; (7) 
Zoology; (8) Entomology; (9) Medicine; 
(10) Pharmacy; (11) Engineering; (12) 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. 
Dr. Samuet Avery, formerly director of the 
chemical laboratories in the University of Ne- 
braska, and for several years chancellor of 
that institution, has been commissioned 
major in the Chemical Warfare Service, N. A., 
and placed in charge of the University Rela- 
tions Section. Dr. Avery has been granted a 
leave of absence by the regents of the univer- 
sity for the period of the war. 
CotoneL Joun M. T. Fiyney, chief surgical 
consultant of the American Expeditionary 
Forces, has returned home on a mission con- 
nected with his work overseas. 
Proressor FE. C. Franky, of Stanford Uni- 
versity, Professor W. J. A. Bliss, of Johns 
Hopkins University, and Professor C. M. Car- 
son, of the Michigan School of Mines, are en- 
gaged for the summer on military work in the 
Chemistry Division of the Bureau of Stand- 
ards. 
Dr. W. R. Dopson, dean of the college of 
agriculture of the University of Louisiana, and 
E. 8. Brigham, commissioner of dairying of 
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Vermont, have become members of the Food 
Administration staff in Washington. Dr. 
Dodson has charge of problems of interest to 
both the Food Administration and the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. Mr. Brigham will head 
the butter and cheese section. Dean H. L. 
Russell, of the College of Agriculture of the 
University of Wisconsin, who has rendered 
service to the Food Administration in the 
capacities which Dr. Dodson and Mr. Brigham 
now assume, has been recalled to Wisconsin 
by pressing duties at the university. 
Dr. WitiraAm C. Fow er has assumed office 
as health officer of the District of Columbia, 
succeeding Dr. William OC. Woodward, who 
resigned to accept the position of commissioner 
of health of Boston. 
Dr. J. N. Laneiey, professor of physiology 
in the University of Cambridge, Sir F. W. 
Dyson, astronomer royal, Dr. Horace Lamb, 
professor of mathematics in the University of 
Manchester, and Sir E. Rutherford, Lang- 
worthy professor and director of physical lab- 
oratories in the University of Manchester, 
have been elected foreign members of the 
Royal Academy “ dei Lincei,” Rome. 
Dr. Barton Warren EverMAny, director of 
the museum, Dr. John Van Denburgh, curator 
of the department of herpetology, and Mr. 
Joseph R. Slevin, assistant curator, department 
of herpetology of the California Academy of 
Sciences, have returned from a collecting trip 
through northern California and southern Ore- 
gon. The principal object of the trip was to 
make collections of reptiles, amphibians, and 
birds’ nests and eggs for the academy museum. 
The trip was made by machine and the party 
camped out most of the time. Very large 
collections were obtained. 
Mr. E. P. Van Duzer, curator department 
of entomology of the California Academy of 
Sciences, is spending the summer in northern 
“California making collections for that depart- 
ment. Dr. Roy E. Dickerson, curator, depart- 
ment of invertebrate paleontology, has been 
given leave for the remainder of the present 
calendar year in order that he may take up 
