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in Oilman Hall, as a permanent menuHrial of 



the occasion. 



2. An anniversary volume, made np of 

 congratulatory letters to Professor Jennings, 

 together with photographs of the writers, to 

 the end that he personally may have a per- 

 manent reminder of the affection and esteem 

 in which he is held by his old students and 

 colleagues. This volume in quarto format is 

 bound in full crushed levant morocco, and 

 contains a large number of letters from all 

 parts of the world. 



3. A large silver platter presented to Mrs. 

 Jennings, as a token of the part she has 

 played in her husband's scientific career, and 

 in the lives of his students during their uni- 

 versity days. 



4. Photographic copies of the portrait, one 

 of which is to be sent to each contributor to 

 the celebration. 



On May 28 a subscription dinner was given 

 in Professor Jennings's honor at the Chateau 

 in Baltimore. Some 44 jwrsons were in at- 

 tendance. Dr. C. B. Davenport presented a 

 remarkably impressive review of Jennings's 

 scientific career and contributions to biology. 

 The anniversary volume was presented. In 

 replying Professor Jennings gave an analysis, 

 at once j>en.etratiiig and humorous, of the 

 manifold advantages of maturity over youth. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Dk. Alexis Carrel, member of the Eocke- 

 feller Institute for Medical Eesearch, has been 

 elected a national associate of the Paris Acad- 

 emy of Medicine. Under the rules of the 

 academy there may be only twenty national 

 associates, all of whom have heretofore been 

 residents of France. 



Dr. HroEYO Noouohi, of the Rockefeller In- 

 stitute for Medical Eesearch, has received the 

 honorary degree of doctor of science from 

 Brown University, as well as from Yale Uni- 

 versity. Dr. Oswald T. Avery, of the institute, 

 received the honorary degree of doctor of sci- 

 ence from Colgate University. 



The University of Pennsylvania has con- 

 ferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on Dr. 



Hobart Amory Hare, professor of materia 

 medica in Jefferson Medical College. 



BowDOiN College has conferred the degree 

 of Doctor of Science on Dr. Preston Kyes, 

 professor of preventive medicine in the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. 



The degree of Doctor of Science has been 

 conferred by Tufts College on Frank William 

 Durkee, professor of chemistry at the college, 

 and on William Henry Nichols, chairman of 

 the Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation. 



Honorary degrees of Doctor of Science 

 were conferred on June 15 by Colorado Col- 

 lege on Professor S. L. Goodale, professor of 

 metallurgy at the University of Pittsburgh, 

 and on Dr. C. A. Hedblom, of the Mayo Foun- 

 dation. Both are alumni of the Colorado 

 College. 



Dr. John A. Kolmer, professor of path- 

 ology and bacteriology in the graduate school 

 of medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 and director of the pathologic laboratories of 

 the Dermatological Research Institute, re- 

 ceived the honorary degree of Doctor of Sci- 

 ence at Villanova College. 



The University of Manchester has con- 

 ferred the degree of D.Sc. on Dr. C. S. Sher- 

 rington, professor of physiology, Oxford, and 

 president of the Eoyal Society ; on Dr. Horace 

 Lamb, formerly Beyer professor of mathe- 

 matics in the university; and on Sir Ernest 

 Eutherford, formerly professor of physics. 

 The degree of Litt.D. has been conferred on 

 Dr. G. Elliot Smith, formerly professor of 

 anatomy. 



According to Nature the list of honors con- 

 ferred on the occasion of the King's birthday 

 includes the following names of men known 

 to the world of science: Knights: Professor 

 Arthur Keith, Hunterian professor and con- 

 servator of the Eoyal College of Surgeons ; Dr. 

 T. Lewis, hon. consulting physician since 

 April, 1918, to the Ministry of Pensions; Dr. 

 S. Eussell- Wells, vice-chancellor of the Uni- 

 versity of London; Dr. F. Conway Dwyer, ex- 

 president of the College of Surgeons, Ire- 

 land; Mr. J. B. Harrison, director and govern- 



