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associate professor of botany at the University 

 of Kentucky. 



Under a grant from the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, Dr. C. 

 H. Kauffman spent the month of August, 

 1917, in the state of Colorado studying the 

 genus Cortinarius for his proposed monograph. 

 In September, Dr. Kauffman began his work 

 as a pathological inspector with the Federal 

 Horticultural Board with headquarters at 

 Washington, D. C. 



The Herbert Spencer Lecture for 1917 was 

 delivered by Professor Emile Boutroux, mem- 

 ber of the "Institut" and the French Acad- 

 amy, and Doctor of Letters of the University 

 of Oxford, on October 20, in the Oxford Uni- 

 versity Museum. The subject of the lecture 

 was " The relation between thought and ac- 

 tion from, the German and from the classical 

 point of view." The lecture was delivered in 

 English. 



The Bradshaw Lecture on " The causes of 

 disease" was given before the Royal College 

 of Physicians on November 8 by Professor 

 Ernest S. Reynolds, physician to the Man- 

 chester Royal Infirmary. The PitzPatrick 

 lectures were delivered on November 13, 14 

 and 15, by Dr. Arnold Chaplin, known for his 

 studies of the Napoleonic period, on " Medi- 

 cine in England during the reign of George 



ni." 



Dr. J. S. Elett gives this year the course 

 of twelve Swiney lectures on geology at the 

 Royal Society of Arts on Tuesdays, Thurs- 

 days and Fridays, beginning on Tuesday, No- 

 vember 13. The subject is " The Mineral Re- 

 sources of the British Empire." 



Memorial services were held at Cornell 

 University Medical College for the late Dr. 

 Lewis A. Stimson, professor of surgery at the 

 college from the time of its foundation in 

 1898 to his death on September 17, this year. 

 Among the speakers were Mr. Elihu Root, 

 President Jacob Gould Schurman, of Cornell; 

 Dr. Oilman Thompson, professor of medicine, 

 emeritus; Howard Townsend, president of the 

 board of governors of New York Hospital, 

 and Dr. Edward L. Keys. 



Professor Edward Hull, LL.D., F.R.S., 

 late director of the Geological Survey of Ire- 

 land, died on October 18, in his eighty-ninth 

 year. 



A BRONZE tablet commemorating Dr. Simon, 

 Baruch's connection with the campaign for 

 public baths in New York City was unveiled 

 at the Simon Baruch Public Baths, formerly 

 the Rivington Street baths on October 29. 

 The tablet was donated by Mrs. Belle Baruch 

 through the Association for the Promotion of 

 Hygiene and Public Baths. Borough Presi- 

 dent Marcus M. Marks made the address of 

 acceptance in behalf of the city. 



Nature states that the late Mr. Cawthron 

 left £250,000 to the city of Nelson, New Zea- 

 land, for scientific research. The trustees are 

 the bishop of the diocese, the member for the 

 district, the mayor of Nelson, two chairmen 

 of local bodies and a personal friend of the 

 deceased. The site of the proposed institute 

 has been purchased, and the appointment of 

 a director and staff is under consideration. 

 The object of the institute is, primarily, scien- 

 tific research work for the benefit of the prov- 

 ince of Nelson and the Dominion of New 

 Zealand. The province of Nelson is mostly 

 concerned with fruit, agriculture and miner- 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



By recent decision of the court Wilberforce 

 University has come into possession of $30,000 

 of the Charles Avery estate in Pittsburgh. 

 The fund is to be used for endowment pur- 

 poses. 



Committees representing Leander Clark 

 College, of Toledo, and Coe College, of Cedar 

 Rapids, recently voted to merge these two in- 

 stitutions. Coe College will absorb Leander 

 Clark with its endowment of about $250,000. 



Sir William Tatem has given £25,000 for a 

 laboratory at the University College of South 

 Wales, Cardiff. 



As has been already announced Dr. Ralph 

 H. McKee has been appointed to take charge 

 of the graduate work in industrial organic 

 chemistry (department of chemical engineer- 



