January 13, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



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ing the activities of the Imperial War Relief 

 Fund, Universities' Committee. This commit- 

 tee, which was created at an inter-university 

 conference which met at University College, 

 London, on July 7, 1920, at the invitation of 

 Lord Robert Cecil, and under the auspices of 

 the Imperial War Relief Fund, has set before 

 it the aim of presenting to the British universi- 

 ties the appeal of the universities in the war- 

 stricken areas of Europe. Mr. de Bunsen 

 writes : 



During the first year of the existence of the 

 Universities' Committee 32,OO0L was raised in 

 cooperation with every universitj' in Great Britain 

 and Ireland. The committee at the opening of 

 this university year carefully considered the prob- 

 lem of the Central European universities at the 

 present time, and decided that it would be abso- 

 lutely necessary for us to maintain the relief 

 work promoted by the committee in cooperation 

 with universities all over the world throughout 

 the coming year. 



I may say briefly that the financial panic 

 which has swept through Austria in particular 

 during, the last month has threatened the very 

 existence of mam^ distinguished men in universi- 

 ties of that country. 



The Universities' Committee has also taken on 

 the further responsibility of endeavoring to raise 

 funds for the relief of men of learning and 

 students in Russia. In careful consultation with 

 Dr. Nansen, the committee is establishing those 

 links in Eussia which shall ensure a wise distribu- 

 tion of the funds subscribed. Dr. Nansen has 

 issued a personal appeal to the universities of 

 the world to help to save from extinction the 

 rapidly diminishing numbers of men in Eussia 

 who have been able to go through the ordeal of 

 suffering to which many of them have been sub- 

 jected during the past few years. 



In a letter to graduate members of the Brit- 

 ish universities on behalf of the men of learn- 

 ing of Austria an urgent appeal has been made 

 over the following signatures of distinguished 

 representatives of learning: William Bragg, 

 Bryce, A. S. Eddington, Richard Gregory, 

 Haldane of Cloan, Frederic G. Kenyon, Walter 

 Lock, Donald Macalister, Charles J. Martin, 

 Henry A. Miers, Gilbert Murray, E. Ruther- 

 ford, M. E. Sadler, Arthur Schuster, Napier 

 Shaw, A. E. Shipley, George Adam Smith, 

 Ei-nest H. Starling, J. J. Thomson. 



THE SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION OF THE 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



The second annual meeting will be held in 

 Tucson, Arizona, from January 26 to 28. The 

 University of Arizona has kindly offered the 

 use of its buildings during this period. There 

 will be four sections with chairmen as fol- 

 lows : Biological, Dr. Charles T. Vorhies, pro- 

 fessor of biology of the University of Arizona; 

 Physical science, Dr. V. M. Slipher, director 

 of the Lowell Observatory of Flagstaff, Ari- 

 zona; Social science, Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, 

 director of the Archselogical museums at Sante 

 Fe, N. M. ; and the section on Education and 

 Psychology, chairman to be selected. 



The presidential address of Dr. A. E. Dou- 

 glass will be delivered on the evening of the 

 26th., to be followed by a reception. On the 

 evening of the 27th. the program will be under 

 the auspices of the Arizona Archselogical So- 

 ciety. There will be illustrated lectures on the 

 recent arehselogical researches made in the 

 Southwest. On the evening of the 28th. there 

 will be a characteristic dance by the Yaqui 

 Indians from Sonora. 



There will be exhibits of southwestern ani- 

 mals, insects, plants and minerals. The new 

 Stewart Observatory will be demonstrated 

 under the direction of Dr. Douglass. The ob- 

 servatory is complete except for the 36-inch 

 reflecting lens, the first casting of which failed 

 owing to an electrical storm. 



Elliott C. Prentiss, 

 Chairman of the Executive Committee. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 At the meetings held at Amherst, Dr. W. D. 

 Mathews, of the American Museum of Natu- 

 ral History, was elected president of the Ameri- 

 can Paleontological Society, Dr. Waldemar 

 Lindgi-en of the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology president of the Society of Eco- 

 nomic Geologists and Professor T. L. Walker 

 of the University of Toronto president of the 

 Mineralogieal Society. 



At the recent meeting of the American 

 Psychological Association at Princeton, Pro- 

 fessor Knight Dunlap, of the Johns Hopkins 



