July 29, 1921] 



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has available a sum amounting to about $360, 

 ■which will be expended after October for the 

 encouragement of research. Investigators de- 

 siring financial aid in their work should com- 

 municate before September 1 with Professor 

 H. V. Arny, chairman A. Ph. A. Research 

 Committee, 115 West 68th St., ISTew York, 

 giving their past record and outlining the 

 particular line of work for which the grant is 

 desired. 



We learn from the Bulletin of the Bureau 

 of Fisheries that the first meeting of the In- 

 ternational Committee on Marine Fishing In- 

 vestigation was held at Montreal, on June 23, 

 at the call of the Canadian representatives. 

 The members present were: Representing 

 Canada — W. A. Found and A. G. Huntsman; 

 representing N'ewf oundland — James Davies ; 

 representing the United States — H. F. Moore, 

 R. E. Coker and H. B. Bigelow. The com- 

 mittee adopted resolutions recommending the 

 coordination of the statistical data collected 

 by the several countries represented in respect 

 to the offshore fisheries, particularly those for 

 cod and haddock; that studies of the cod, in- 

 cluding tagging experiments, be undertaken; 

 and that the methods of marine research of 

 the several countries be standardized. Tenta- 

 tive steps were taken toward giving effect to 

 these recommendations. The next meeting of 

 the committee will be held in Boston, on No- 

 vember 4. 



A CONSERVATION conference, called by the 

 Secretary of Commerce, met at the United 

 States fisheries biological station, Fairport, 

 Iowa, from June 8 to 10, 112 delegates having 

 registered. The states represented were Illi- 

 nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Loui- 

 siana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis- 

 sissippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Penn- 

 sylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the 

 District of Columbia. The attendance con- 

 sisted of fishermen, fish dealers, button manu- 

 facturers, engineers, sanitarians, conservation- 

 ists, state and national fishery officials, and 

 biologists interested in the study and conser- 

 vation of the life of fresh waters. A number 

 of resolutions were adopted advocating various 



measures for the conservation of interior 

 waters for economic, sesthetic, and recreational 

 purposes. 



A CORRESPONDENT writes: "The Bureau of 

 Economic Geology and Technology of the 

 University of Texas faces the probability of 

 a total suspension of its activities for the 

 nest two years, on account of the elimination 

 of its appropriation by the university authori- 

 ties, as a result of the reduced appropriation 

 allotted to the university by the Finance Com- 

 mittee of the State Legislature, which is now 

 in session. There is still a possibility that 

 some money may be assigned to the bureau 

 from the contingent fund of the university, 

 and this may prevent its entire suspension. 

 This bureau has produced in the last few 

 years a considerable amount of stratigraphic 

 and paleontological work, and is at present the 

 most important agency in advancing the 

 knowledge of the geology of Texas. During 

 1919-1921 it produced 14 bulletins, aggre- 

 gating 1,979 pages. The publication of sev- 

 eral important works will be indefinitely post- 

 poned in case of elimination of the appropria- 

 tions. In addition to its purely scientific 

 activities, the bureau maintains a department 

 for the examination of well samples, a testing 

 laboratory for structural and road materials, 

 and a chemical laboratory which is carrying 

 out an extensive research program on lignite, 

 oils and clays." 



The American Journal of Insanity, John8 

 Hopkins Press, Baltimore, will hereafter be 

 the official organ of the American Psychiatric 

 Association (till now the American Medico- 

 Psychological Association) and will be pub- 

 lished as the American Journal of Psychiatry. 



There has been organized at the University 

 of Minnesota and the affiliated Mayo Founda- 

 tion a branch of the Society for Experimental 

 Biology and Medicine which will be known as 

 the Minnesota Branch of the society. At the 

 present time there are 23 members of this 

 society in the University of Minnesota. It is 

 planned to arrange regular meetings through- 

 out the academic year for the presentation and 

 discussion of original papers falling within 



