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metastability of matter and one on scientific 

 work and education in Holland. 



The Thomas Hawksley lecture of the In- 

 stitution of Mechanical Engineers for the 

 present year was delivered on November 4, 

 by Dr. H. S. Hele-Shaw, who took as his 

 subject " Power Transmission by Oil." 



Dr. Julius Hahn, the distinguished meteor- 

 ologist, long professor at the University of 

 Vienna, died on October 13, at the age of 

 eighty-two years. 



The death is announced of Sir William Ed- 

 ward Garforth, known for his pioneer work in 

 connection with safety in coal mines. 



A COURSE of lectures and discussions 

 on problems of public health in relation 

 to industjrial hygiene will be delivered in the 

 lecture theater of the Eoyal Institute of 

 Public Health, London, on Wednesdays from 

 October 19 to December 7, 1921. 



The Imperial College of Science and Tech- 

 nology, South Kensington, London, with which 

 the Ko.yal School of Mines is incorporated, 

 is offering two research fellowships of £300 

 a year each, tenable for one year, and possibly 

 renewable for a second year, to aid in carrying 

 out an investigation connected with mining, 

 mining geology, metallurgy, or the technol- 

 ogy of oil, which in the opinion of the com- 

 mittee is of sufficient use or promise. 



The Board of Eegents of the University 

 of Michigan has established two fellowships 

 for graduate students in the Museum of Zo- 

 ology. Thesfe will be known as the Edward 

 C- Hinsdale fellowships, and will be sup- 

 ported by a fund bequeatihed to the university 

 by the late Genevieve S. Hinsdale, of Detroit. 



Under the directorship of Professor Frank 

 Schlesinger, the Tale University Observatory 

 has been opened to the public on two nights 

 of each week, and one of the domes and tele- 

 scopes has been fitted up for this purpose. To 

 make use of these facilities, one must write 

 to the director some weeks in advance, en- 

 closing a self-addressed envelope, indicating 

 the preferred date and stating how many there 

 will be in the party. Tickets will then be 

 forwarded, which are valid for that night. 



Steps toward the expansion of research 

 work at the Pennsylvania State CoUege were 

 taken at the recent conferences held at the 

 college on the occasion of the inauguration of 

 President John M. Thomas. Eesolutions 

 calling for the appointment of a general com- 

 mittee to investigate agricultural research at 

 the college and to recommend future work and 

 its support, were adopted at the agricultural 

 conference. Action taken at the conference 

 for state leaders in the mining, metallurgical 

 and ceramic industries approved the fostering 

 of research work in those lines at the college 

 school of mines. It was the recommendation 

 of each conference that sufficient research 

 funds should be provided by the state legis- 

 lature in the interest of the people of the 

 state. 



Medical treatment by specialists for per- 

 sons of moderate means is now given at fees 

 which cover merely the cost of service, with 

 the opening on November 1 of a model " pay 

 clinic " at Cornell University Medical Col- 

 lege. The clinic, the first of its kind to offer 

 general medical service in New York City, is 

 designed to meet the needs of persons unable 

 to pay high specialists' fees, but who, because 

 they are not paupers, are unable to enjoy the 

 advantages of the charity clinics. The pay 

 clinic will occupy three floors in the wing of 

 the college building formerly occupied by the 

 dispensary. It will be open every afternoon 

 from 1.30 until 4 o'clock, except Sundays and 

 holidays. To serve those who can not af- 

 ford absence from work in the afternoons, 

 evening clinics will also be open on Tuesdays 

 and Fridays until seven o'clock. The clinics 

 will be under the direction of the Cornell 

 medical faculty. Physicians in the pay clinic 

 will be salaried and every effort will be made 

 to preserve the atmosphere of dignity, privacy 

 and consideration for patients, and the same 

 feeling of personal relationship between phys- 

 ician and patient that characterize private 

 practise. The scientific equipment of the col- 

 lege, its laboratories and x-ray facilities will 

 all be used. The rates for treatment will be 

 as follows: Each visit for examination and 



