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of the Canadian universities liave prepared papers 

 and some of them dealing with new geological fields 

 will be of special interest. Dr. Eliot Blackwelder, 

 at present at Harvard University, will deliver his 

 address as retiring vice-president of this section on 

 ' ' The trend of earth history. " It is intended that 

 the geological and engineering sections will com- 

 bine for a banquet. 



The second meeting of geneticists inter- 

 ested in agriculture will be held at Toronto, 

 on Tuesday, Dec. 2Y. 



The progi-am will take up "The genetics 

 curriculum in the college of agriculture." 

 Discussion of various phases of the subject 

 will be opened as follows: (1) The element- 

 ary course in genetics. Prof. C. B. Hutchinson, 

 Cornell University. (2) Advanced courses in 

 genetics. Prof. J. A. Detlefsen, University 

 of Illinois. (3) Laboratory courses in genet- 

 ics. Prof. A. C. Fraser, Cornell University. 

 (4) Genetics preparation for research in other 

 fields. Dr. E. D. Ball, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Invitation to attend and to 

 participate in the discussions is extended to 

 all who may be interested, whether or not 

 they are connected with agricultural institu- 

 tions, since the topic really comprehends the 

 general subject of genetics teaching. It is 

 hoi)ed to have a good attendance of those con- 

 cerned with the teaching of applied courses 

 in plant and animal breeding. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Henry Turner Eddi^ professor emeritus of 

 mathematics and mechanics in the Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota and dean emeritus of the 

 graduate school, died on December 18 at the 

 age of seventy-seven years. 



Dr. Ernest Fox ISTichols, who recently re- 

 signed the presidency of the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology, is to return to Cleve- 

 land to resume the directorship of pure sci- 

 ence in the ISTela Research Laboratory, main- 

 tained by the National Lamp Works of the 

 General Electric Company. 



Stevens Institute of Technology held a 

 fiftieth anniversary banquet at the Hotel 

 Astor, New York City, on December 15. A 

 silver loving cup was presented to Professor 



Charles Kroeh, secretary of the faculty, who 

 has been professor of modern languages at 

 Stevens ever since it was founded. The 

 speakers were Dr. Alexander Humphreys, 

 president. Dr. John H. Finley and Mr. Job 

 E. Hedges. 



The Howard N. Potts gold medal and di- 

 ploma of the Franklin Institute have been 

 conferred upon Alfred Q. Tate for inventions 

 which have created the new art of electrolytic 

 waterproofing of textile fabrics. 



Philip L. Gile, formerly connected with 

 the American Agricultural Chemical Com- 

 pany and for eleven years previously chem- 

 ist of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, has been placed in charge of 

 the division of soil chemical investigations 

 of the Bureau of Soils, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Ralph Stone, member of the staff of the 

 United States Geological Survey, has left the 

 federal service to become assistant state ge- 

 ologist of Pennsylvania. 



Mr. James E. Ives has resigned as research 

 associate and lecturer in physics at Clark 

 University to become physicist in the office 

 of industrial hygiene and sanitation of the 

 Public Health Service in Washington. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot of the Astrophysical Ob- 

 servatory is at present in Antofagasta, Chile, 

 at the solar radiation station on Mt. Monte- 

 zuma. He expects to return in January. 



C. H. Birdseye, chief geographer for the 

 U. S. Geological Survey, left Washington on 

 November 30, to inspect the map-making ac- 

 tivities of the Survey in the West and in 

 Hawaii. 



J. W. Gilmore, professor of agronomy. Col- 

 lege of Agriculture of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, has returned from the University of 

 Chile, Santiago, Chile. Professor Gilmore 

 has been exchange professor with this univer- 

 sity for the past six months. While in Chile 

 he was in consultation with the Chilean 

 authorities with a view toward improving the 

 agriculture of the western coast of Soutli 

 America. 



