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were killed, Mr. Raven shipped to the Institution 

 much interesting zoological material, which was 

 greatly needed for purposes of comparison in 

 working up the famous Roosevelt and Rainey col- 

 lections already in the National Museum. Many 

 interesting photographs of the animals, the natives, 

 and the country itself are shown in this account 

 and in that of Dr. Shantz, who accompanied the 

 expedition as a 'botanical collector. In Australia, 

 a Smithsonian naturalist collected, through the 

 generosity of Dr. W. L. Abbott, specimens of the 

 fast disappearing remarkable fauna of the con- 

 tinent, while Dr. Abbott himself secured a great 

 number of plants, birds, and other natural history 

 material for the National Museum, in various 

 regions of Haiti. A number of other zoological 

 and botanical expeditions are briefly described and 

 illustrated. 



THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY 

 OF VIRGINIA 



At a session held in Cabell Hall on June 3, 

 the General Alumni Association of the uni- 

 versity unanimously adopted resolutions op- 

 posing the removal of the medical school to 

 Richmond. An address was made by Dr. Al- 

 derman appealing for the preservation of the 

 integrity of the university. 



The resolutions as adopted are as follows: 



Whereas, the commission on medical education 

 in Virginia has, by a vote of 5 to 4, recommended 

 the consolidation of the Medical College of Vir- 

 ginia with the medical department of the Univer- 

 sity of Virginia, and that the consolidated institu- 

 tion be operated as the medical department of 

 the University of Virginia, and located in Rich- 

 mond; and, 



"Wheeeas, the overwhelming weight of the testi- 

 mony of disinterested experts of national reputa- 

 tion opposes, as utterly contrary to the best sci- 

 entific thought of the day, the separation of the 

 medical department of the University of Virginia 

 from the other departments of the university and 

 favors, with singular unanimity, its retention at 

 Charlottesville; ... 



Resolved, That the General Alumni Association 

 of the University of Virginia hereby expresses its 

 unqualified opposition to the proposed removal 

 to Richmond of the medical department of the uni- 

 versity as a step opposed to the interests of the 

 state of Virginia, as injurious to 'the cause of 

 medical education, as destructive of the integrity 

 of the University of Virginia, and as violative of 



those principles of higher education which, estab- 

 lished by Thomas Jefferson, have received the 

 sanction of time and of experience. 



Eesolved, further. The president of this asso- 

 ciation be and he is hereby instructed and em- 

 powered to appoint such committee, make such 

 expenditures and do such other acts and things as 

 in his judgment will best effectuate the purpose 

 of these resolutions and preserve and protect the 

 educational fabric of the state of Virginia. 



THE SCIENCE CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 

 TEXAS 



During the academic year 1920-21, the 

 Science Club of the University of Texas, com- 

 posed of members of the university science 

 faculties, held eight meetings. The following 

 papers were presented : 



Oct. 11, 1920. "Some modern conceptions of the 

 atom," by W. T. Mather, Professor of Physics. 



Nov. 1, 1920. ' ' Habits and instincts of spiders, ' ' 

 by T. S. Painter, Adjunct Professor of Zoology. 



Dec. 6, 1920. "Relative birth-rates of white and 

 colored races," by J. E. Pearce, Associate Pro- 

 fessor of Anthropology. 



Jan. 3, 1921. "The occurrence of latex (milk) 

 in plants," by F. McAllister, Associate Profes- 

 sor of Botany. 



Feb. 7, 1921. ' ' Luminescence, " by H. B. Weiser, 

 of Rice Institute, Exchange Lecturer from the 

 Houston Philosophical Society. 



March 7, 1921. ' ' Species of the genus Scfiwaserina 

 and their stratigraphic significance," by J. W. 

 Beede, Geologist in the Economic Geology Di- 

 vision of the Bureau of Economic Geology and 

 Technology. 



April 4, 1921. "Past, present, and future of 

 plant pathology," by J. J. Taubenhaus, Chief 

 of Division of Plant Pathology, Texas Experi- 

 ment Station, Exchange Lecturer from the Sci- 

 ence Seminar of the A. and M. College of 

 Texas. 



May 2, 1921. "Possible improvements in petro- 

 leum refining," by E. P. Schock, Professor of 

 Chemistry. 



The exchange lectureships with Rice Insti- 

 tute and Texas A. and M. college have been 

 made annual events. 



The officers for the year 1920-21 were 

 Dr. H. P. Bigbee — president. 

 Dr. H. J. Ettlinger — secretary-treasurer. 



