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meeting of the Pacific Division of the associa- 

 tion. Arrangements for the meeting are in 

 charge of Mr. W. W. Sargeant, secretary of 

 the Paeiiic Division. All members of the asso- 

 ciation and of the associated societies are in- 

 vited to be present, and all associated societies 

 are invited to hold sessions. Sections of the 

 association are also invited to hold sessions, 

 but no attempt will be made to have all sec- 

 tions represented on the program of the meet- 

 ing. Information regarding this summer meet- 

 ing will be published in Science from time 

 to time as the preparations mature. 



The Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics 

 of the California Institute of Technology was 

 dedicated on January 28. In the afternoon, 

 Dr. Robert A. Millikan, director of the labora- 

 tory, was introduced by Dr. A. A. Noyes, and 

 gave an address on "Recent research work on 

 the extension of the ultra violet spectrum and 

 the insight it affords into the nature of mat- 

 ter." In the evening, the laboratory was 

 presented by the donor and accepted by Dr. 

 Millikan on behalf of the institute. There were 

 brief addresses by Mr. Henry M. Robinson, 

 vice-president of the board of dii'ectors ; George 

 E. Hale, director of the Mount Wilson Obser- 

 vatory, and Dr. H. A. Lorentz, professor of 

 mathematical physics at the University of 

 Leiden. Then followed a reception in honor 

 of Dr. and Mrs. Millikan and Dr. and Mrs. 

 Bridge. 



Sir David Prain is about to retire, under 

 the age rule, from the directorship of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, which he has held since 

 1905. He will be succeeded by Dr. A. W. HiU, 

 who has been assistant dii-ector since 1907. Dr. 

 Hill, before his appointment to Kew, was 

 lecturer in botany in the University of Cam- 

 bridge, of which he is a graduate. 



The gold medal of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society has been awarded to Dr. J. H. Jeans 

 for his contributions to theories of cosmogony. 



At a recent meeting of the Paris Academy 

 of Medicine the election of new of&cers for 

 1922 resulted as follows: Professor Behal, the 

 vice-president for 1921, succeeded, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of the constitution, 



to the presidency. Dr. Chauffard, professor 

 of clinical medicine in the University of Paris, 

 was elected vice-president (president for 1923). 

 Dr. Souques was reelected annual secretary. 



Dr. Henet Chandler Cov?les, professor 

 of plant ecology at the University of Chicago, 

 has been elected president of the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences. 



The American Phytopathological Society, 

 meeting at Toronto December 27 to 31, elected 

 as president Dr. E. C. Stakman, of the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota; as vice-president. Dr. 

 N. J. Giddings, of the University of West Vir- 

 ginia; and as secretary-treasurer, Dr. G. R. 

 Lyman, of the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. Dr. H. B. Hum- 

 phrey, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 was elected councillor for one year, and Dr. 

 I. E. Melhus, of the Iowa Agricultural Col- 

 lege, for two years. 



Charles W. Price, who has retired as editor 

 of the Electrical Beview after nearly forty 

 years of service, was the guest of honor at a 

 luncheon given by a number of his friends in 

 the electrical industry on January 18, at the 

 Lotos Club in New York. 



Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman, of the Pruden- 

 tial Insurance Company, has been elected a 

 member of the Royal Institute of Public 

 Health. 



Professor Pilibert Roth, head of the De- 

 partment of Forestry of the University of 

 Michigan, was appointed chairman of the Per- 

 manent Timber Supply Committee at the Na- 

 tional Agricultural Conference held in Wash- 

 ington, D. C, from January 24 to 27. 



According to the Journal of the American 

 Medical Association, it is reported that Dr. 

 Hubert Work, president of the American Medi- 

 cal Association and now first assistant post- 

 master general, may be named postmaster 

 general to succeed Will H. Hays, who is to 

 resign to become the head of the motion pic- 

 ture industry of the country. 



Dr. E. W. Dean, long connected with the 

 Bureau of Mines as petroleum technologist, 

 has resigned to accept the position of assistant 



