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composed of members of the science faculties, 

 held seven meetings. The following papers 

 were presented: 



Oct. 1920. Tabulated results of questionnaire 

 circulated among students the previous year to 

 ascertain student attitude toward marriage, by 

 H. K. Hunt, PI1.D. 



Nov. 1920. Some phases of American archaeology 

 (lantern demonstration), by Calvin S. Brown, 

 Sc.D. 



Dec. 1920. Intestinal intoxieation as a bacteri- 

 ological problem, by Paul R. Cannon, Ph.D. 



Jan. 1921. Tabulated results of physical exami- 

 nation of students, with discussion, by Byron 

 L. Robinson, M.D. 



Feb. 1921. Petroleum, with particular reference 

 to its presence in Mississippi (specimens demon- 

 strated), by J. N. Swan, Ph.D. 



Mar. 1921. Influenza, case citations and brief 

 review of literature, by Whitman Rowland, M.D. 



April 1921. Malaria, its incidence and control, 

 by W. S. Leathers, M.D. 



Throughout the past year the club has ex- 

 tended the privilege of its meetings to ad- 

 vanced students, and with very gratifying 

 results. 



0. F. De Garis, 



Secretary 



THE WORK OF THE ROCKEFELLER FOUN- 

 DATION 



A REVIEW of the work of the Rockefeller 

 Foundation, issued by the president, Dr. 

 George E. Vincent, summarizes as follows the 

 activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, the 

 International Health Board, the China Med- 

 ical Board and the Division of Medical Edu- 

 cation : 



Aided six medical schools in Canada. 



Gave a large sum to a medical training center 

 in London. 



Appropriated 1,000,000 francs for the Queen 

 Elisabeth Foundation for Medical Research in 

 Belgium. 



Agreed to contribute toward the complete re- 

 building of the medical school of the University 

 of Brussels. 



Provided American medical journals and labora- 

 tory supplies for ten medical schools and medical 

 libraries in five European countries. 



Continued to construct and maintain in Peking, 



China, a modern medical school with a pre-medieal 

 department. 



Aided thirty-one hospitals in China to increase 

 their efficiency in the care of patients and in the 

 further training of doctors and nurses. 



Supported the School of Hygiene and Public 

 Health of the Johns Hopkins University. 



Contributed to the teaching of hygiene in the 

 medical school at Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Provided fellowships in public health and medi- 

 cal education for ninety-three individuals who rep- 

 resented thirteen different countries. 



Brought to the United States commissions of 

 medical teachers and hygienists from England, 

 Belgium and Czechoslovakia. 



Continued to support a campaign against yellow 

 fever in South and Central America and in West 

 Africa. 



Aided Government agencies in the control of 

 malaria in ten states of the South. 



Prosecuted hookworm work in ten southern 

 states and in eighteen foreign countries. 



Helped to expand anti-hookworm campaigns 

 into more general health organizations in coun- 

 tries, states and nations. 



Brought a wartime anti-tuberculosis work in 

 France to the point where it could soon be left 

 entirely in French hands. 



Assisted the Government of Czechoslovakia to 

 reorganize its public health laboratory system. 



Rendered various services in organizing com- 

 mittees to study the training of nurses and of hos- 

 pital superintendents, lent experts for conference 

 and counsel, sent officers abroad to study condi- 

 tions, etc. 



Brought to a close its participation in wartime 

 emergency relief by giving $1,000,000 to the fund 

 for European children. 



THE EXPOSITION OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 



As has already been noted in Science, the 

 Seventh National Exposition of Chemical In- 

 dustries will be held at the Eighth Coast Ar- 

 tillery Armory, New York City, during the 

 week of September 12. According to an an- 

 nouncement issued by the directors, the growth 

 of the Chemical Exposition during the last 

 seven years has been a barometer of the trend 

 of public thought and interest in America's 

 scientific achievements. Manufacturers, en- 

 gineers, scientific men and students are drawn 

 toward these remarkable displays from all 

 corners of the country. It has therefore be- 



