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tlie output of the country's minerals which will 

 prove of value in winning the war. The 

 American Institute of Mining Engineers now 

 numbers more than 6,000 members in every 

 part of the country and in many parts of the 

 world and representatives will be present of all 

 the principal American mining centers. The 

 program calls for several days' sessions in and 

 around St. Louis and an inspection tour to the 

 rich mineral Joplin-Miami district and the oil 

 jBelds of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The engineers will 

 be guests of the St. Louis section of the in- 

 stitute, the chairmen of committees including 

 H. A. Buehler, state geologist of Missouri ; F. 

 W. De Wolf, Illinois, past president of the As- 

 sociation of State Geologists ; James E. Casel- 

 ton, St. Louis; A. H. Wlieeler, St. Louis; E. 

 E. Goltra, St. Louis. Philip IST. Moore, of St. 

 Louis, is president of the American Institute 

 of Mining Engineers. 



The Societe de Chimie Industrielle has been 

 founded in Paris to promote the science of 

 chemistry as applied to industry. We learn- 

 from a statement in Nature that local provin- 

 cial branches will be formed which, while 

 being self-governing, will keep in touch with 

 the parent society. The society will institute 

 research work with the view of assisting manu- 

 facturers and agriculturists. An institute and 

 library are in contemplation which will con- 

 tain a complete collection of French and for- 

 eign periodicals devoted to industrial chemis- 

 try, and the society hopes to arrange for meet- 

 ings, exhibitions, etc., to stimulate activity. A 

 review — the first number of which is expected 

 to be published shortly — will keep manufac- 

 turers posted in the latest developments at 

 home and abroad, describe inventions and 

 processes, and, generally, fill a want that has 

 been long felt in France. The first council of 

 the society contains many names prominent in 

 the scientific and industrial world. 



Thk War Council of the American Ked 

 Cross has established a Bureau of Sanitary 

 Service under the direction of Dr. W. H. 

 Frost. An appropriation of $800,000 has been 

 made for the use of the bureau. This step has 

 been taken in order to meet the new condi- 

 tions which will arise as a consequence of 



bringing together so many men as will be mo- 

 bilized throughout the country. The Bureau 

 of Sanitary Service will supervise and aid in 

 such operations as will tend to make health 

 conditions about the camps as nearly ideal as 

 possible. Increased forces will be provided for 

 milk inspection, war will be made on malaria- 

 carrying mosquitoes, and a radius of from 

 fifteen to sixty square miles outside of the 

 camps will be ]X)liced for the protection of the 

 health of the men. Sanitary units will be 

 furnished to the areas upon the request of the 

 civil authorities. 



The council of the British Medical Associa- 

 tion has reported that the only possible method 

 of placing the health administration of the 

 country on a sound basis was by the creation 

 of a Ministry of Health. Their recommenda- 

 tions are as follows : 



That a ministry of health should be created to 

 take over from existing government departments 

 such duties as are concerned with the health of the 

 community, and to deal with those duties only; 

 that the administrative functions of the ministry 

 should be carried out by a board presided over by 

 a minister of Cabinet rank; that the country be 

 divided into suitable administrative areas under 

 local administrative health centers consisting of 

 representatives (a) of the rating authorities; (6) 

 of the education authorities; (c) of the persons 

 contributing to a scheme of health insurance (in- 

 cluding employers of labor) ; (d) the medical pro- 

 fession; (e) public hospitals; (/) dentists; (g) 

 pharmacists, and (h) nurses; that the principal 

 medical officers of each center should be two, of 

 equal status, one representing the clinical side 

 (chief clinical ofElcer) and the other the preventive 

 side of medicine (medical officer of health) ; that 

 for each area, hospitals, clinics, or treatment cen- 

 ters should be recognized or established at which 

 persons entitled to treatment under the public 

 scheme should be able to obtain institutional, con- 

 sultative or specialist services on the recommenda- 

 tion of their medical attendant. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



For the Oklahoma College and Station a 

 science building to cost $100,000 was author- 

 ized by the last legislature. 



By the will of the late Sir Charles Holcroft 

 a bequest of £5,000 is made to the University 



