October 14, 1921] 



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dresses will generally be accompanied by illus- 

 trations and in many cases by motion pic- 

 tures. Other topics will be announced later. 



An exhibit of scientific apparatus will be 

 a prominent feature of the forthcoming To- 

 ronto meeting of the American Association. 

 Preparations for the exhibit are in charge of 

 a special committee, resident in Toronto, con- 

 sisting of Professor E. F. Burton, chairman, 

 Mr. L. E. Westman, secretary. Professor F. 

 B. Kenrick and Professor R. B. Thomson. 

 The University of Toronto will provide space 

 for the exhibits, and exhibits of non-com- 

 mercial institutions and private individuals 

 will be exempt from a small charge made to 

 commercial organizations to cover expenses. 

 Those who contemplate taking part in this 

 feature of the Toronto meeting should com- 

 municate with the secretary of the special 

 committee. 



Eeduced railroad fares for those attend- 

 ing the annual meeting of the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science at 

 Toronto have been granted by four of the 

 large passenger associations, which offer a 

 rate of a fare and one-half, on the certificate 

 plan, for the round trip. The railroad as- 

 sociations that have granted the reduced rates 

 are: The Canadian Passenger Association, 

 which includes practically all of the Canadian 

 railroads; The New England Passenger As- 

 sociation, which includes the states of Maine, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 

 Rhode Island and Connecticut; The Trunk 

 Line Association, which includes the states 

 of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New 

 Jersey, Delaware, Virginia (in part), West 

 Virginia (in part) and the District of Colum- 

 bia; and The Central Passenger Association, 

 which includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, 

 Michigan and Illinois. Effort is now being 

 made to secure reduced rates from the other 

 passenger associations. A complete list of 

 railroads offering reduced rates will be given, 

 together with instructions regarding the pur- 

 chase of tickets on the certificate plan, in the 

 preliminary announcement of the Toornto 

 meeting. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Dr. E. D. Ball has resigned as assistant sec- 

 retary of agriculture. He will remain at the 

 department as director of scientific work. 



Professor Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, dean 

 of the college of engineering and architecture 

 of the University of Michigan, has been elected 

 president of the American Engineering Coun- 

 cil of the Federated American Engineering So- 

 cieties. 



Sir William Pope has been elected an honor- 

 ary fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chem- 

 istry. 



Dr. Dwight C. Bardwell has left Berkeley, 

 Cal., where he received his Ph.D. at the Uni- 

 versity of California, to accept a position as 

 assistant physical chemist at the Rare and 

 Precious Metals Station of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Mines at Reno, Nevada. Dr. Bardwell will 

 work under Dr. S. C. Lind on research prob- 

 lems presented by the radium at this station. 



James E. Ives has resigned his position as 

 research associate and lecturer in physics at 

 Clark University to become a physicist in the 

 office of industrial hygiene and sanitation of 

 the United States Public Health Service. His 

 headquarters will be in Washington, D. C. 



Glenn E. Matthews has accepted a position 

 as research chemist in the photographic depart- 

 ment of the Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, 

 N. T. 



Director H. Foster Bain of the Bureau of 

 Mines has appointed a board of engineers, con- 

 sisting of Mr. M. H. Roberts, Dr. R. C. Tol- 

 man and Professor W. L. DeBaufre, to study 

 the production of helium in Texas. 



Dr. Louis A. Bauer, director of the depart- 

 ment of terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington, sailed from New 

 York on October 5 to join the magnetic survey 

 vessel, the Carnegie, at Balboa, Canal Zone. 

 He will remain with her until the completion 

 of the present cruise at Washington about the 

 middle of November. Some special investiga- 

 tions are to be undertaken in the Caribbean 

 Sea and Atlantic Ocean during the homeward 

 trip. 



