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SCIENCE 



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State Geologists' Association left the Ameri- 

 can Institute and continued the excursion 

 outlined by the Oklahoma Geological Survey. 

 The association was fortunate in having with 

 it Mr. A. A. SnietkofF and Ivan C. Goubkin, 

 members of the Russian Corn-mission, and A. 

 Stepanoff, their secretary and interpreter, and 

 also Mr. David White, chief geologist of the 

 U. S. Geological Survey. 



The party arrived in Oklahoma City, where 

 they were dinner guests of the Oklahoma Geo- 

 logical Survey. At this dinner President and 

 Mrs. Brooks of the university honored the 

 association with their presence. The next 

 morning the party went to Lawton, where the 

 Businessmen's League conducted them on an 

 automobile trip through the Ft. Sill Military 

 Eeservation, Medicine Park and through the 

 Wichita Mountains to the United States For- 

 est and Game Preserve. The hospitality ex- 

 hibited on this occasion will long be remem- 

 bered by every one of the party. On the fol- 

 lowing morning automobiles were again used 

 for a trip through the Lawton oil and gas field, 

 where some new gas wells with enormous ca- 

 pacity have recently been brought in. By 

 courtesy of the owners, the Keys well No. 2 

 was opened in order that the visitors might 

 have the opportunity of seeing one of the 

 largest gassers ever drilled in the state. The 

 capacity of this well is estimated at 60,000,000 

 cubic feet per day and the rock pressure is in 

 excess of 1,000 pounds, so large, indeed, that 

 great difficulty is experienced in controlling 

 the well. From this field the trip was con- 

 tinued by automobile through Waurika and 

 Eingling to the Healdton oil field and the Fox 

 gas district. After visiting the many interest- 

 ing sights of this field the party was taken to 

 Ardmore for the night, and in the evening 

 were the guests of the Ardmore Chamber of 

 Commerce at a concert. 



The following morning the Chamber of 

 Commerce provided machines to take the 

 party north of the city into the Arbuckle 

 Mountains. About two miles above Turner 

 Falls the machines left the party and the trip 

 was made on foot down to Turner Falls and 

 across the mountains to Price's Falls, where 



they were again joined by the machines. The 

 wonderful beauty of the Travertine Falls m 

 this district was enjoyed by all members of 

 the party, and it was particularly enjoyable 

 because of the fact that a new bulletin by the 

 Oklahoma Geological Survey on these phe- 

 nomena had just been received that morning 

 from the printer. The automobiles then took 

 the party to Davis, where the Santa Fe train 

 was taken for home. The party finally dis- 

 banded after dinner at the Harvey House, at 

 Pureell. 



A few members of the association stopped 

 over at Norman and visited the State Univer- 

 sity before continuing to their homes. 



W. O. HoTCHKISSj 



Secretary 

 SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE LATE DR. RICHARD WEIL 



The following minute has been adopted by 

 the board of trustees of the New York Me- 

 morial Hospital : 



Dr. Eichard Weil, Major in the Medical Reserve 

 Corps, U. S. A., died while on active duty at Camp 

 Wheeler, Macon, 6a., November 19, 1917. By his 

 death the Memorial Hospital loses one of the most 

 highly trained and successful workers of its med- 

 ical staff, and American cancer research one of 

 its recognized leaders. Since 1906 Dr. Weil has 

 been an active member of the staff of the Hunt- 

 ington Fund, and throughout this period of eleven 

 years he was constantly engaged in the problems 

 of cancer research. His contributions in the field 

 of the serology of cancer and in the general prob- 

 lems of immunity gained for him an international 

 reputation. He was one of the founders of the 

 American Association for Cancer Research, and 

 largely through his efforts was founded the Jour- 

 nal of Cancer Eesearch, of which he was editor-in- 

 chief. At the reorganization of the Memorial 

 Hospital in 1913, Dr. Weil assumed the position of 

 assistant director of cancer research and attending 

 physician to the hospital, and in this capacity he 

 labored energetically to establish an efiicient or- 

 ganization of the routine and research work of the 

 hospital. In 1915 he resigned the position of as- 

 sistant director upon his appointment as professor 

 of experimental medicine in Cornell University, 

 but he continued without interruption his experi- 

 mental work in cancer. Upon the declaration of 

 war he was among the first to offer his services to 



