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of institutions to be visited by him has been 

 doubled in order that more universities could 

 hear his lectures on the development of scien- 

 tific education in this country. 



OFFICERS OF ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC 

 SOCIETIES 



Elections to office in English societies de- 

 voted to physical sciences are reported in 

 Nature as follows: 



The annual general meeting of the Physical 

 Society of London was held on February 10, and 

 the following officers and members of council 

 were elected : President : Dr. A. Eussell. Vice- 

 presidents: Lord Eayleigh, Professor T. Mather, 

 Mr. T. Smith, and Professor G. W. O. Howe. 

 Secretaries: Mr. P. E. Smith, "Bedcot, " St. 

 James's Avenue, Hampton Hill, and Dr. D. Owen, 

 62 Wellington Eoad, Enfield. Foreign Secretary: 

 Sir Arthur Schuster. Treasurer: Mr. W. E. 

 Cooper. Librarian: Dr. A. O. Eankine. Other 

 Members of Council: Mr. C. E. Darling, Pro- 

 fessor C. L. Fortescue, Dr. E. Griffiths, Dr. E. H. 

 Eayner, Mr. J. H. Brinkworth, Mr. J. Guild, Dr. 

 F. L. Hopwood, Dr. E. A. Owen, Dr. J. H. Vin- 

 cent, and Dr. G. B. Bryan. 



The following officers and members of council 

 of the Eoyal Astronomical Society were elected 

 at the anniversary meeting on February 10 : 

 President: Professor A. S. Eddington. Vice- 

 presidents: Dr. J. L. E. Dreyer, Sir F. W. Dyson, 

 Professor A. Fowler and Professor H. F. Newall. 

 Treasurer: Col. E. H. Grove-Hills. Secretaries: 

 Dr. A. C. D. Crommelin and the Eev. T. E. E. 

 Phillips. Foreign Secretary: Professor H. H. 

 Turner. Council: Professor A. E. Conrady, Dr. 

 J. "W. L. Glaisher, Mr. P. H. Hepburn, Mr. J. 

 Jackson, Dr. H. Jeffreys, Professor F. A. Linde- 

 mann. Dr. "W. H. Maw, Professor T. E. Merton, 

 Professor J. W. Nicholson. 



At the annual general meeting of the Eoyal 

 Meteorological Society on January 18 the follow 

 ing officers were elected : President : Dr. C. 

 Chree. Vice-presidents: Mr. C. L. Brook, Mr 

 "W. W. Bryant, Mr. E. H. Hooker and Dr. E. M 

 Wedderburn. Treasurer: Mr. W. Vaux Graham 

 Secretaries: Mr. J. S. Dines, Mr. L. F. Eichard 

 son and Mr. Gilbert Thomson. Foreign Secre- 

 tary: Mr. E. G. K. Lempfert. Council: Dr. J. 

 Brownlee, Mr. D. Brunt, Mr. C. J. P. Cave, Mr 

 J. E. Clark, Mr. E. Corless, Mr. Francis Druce, 

 Mr. J. Fairgrieve, Col. H. G. Lyons, Mr. Henry 

 Mellish, Sir Napier Shaw, Dr. G. 0. Simpson and 



Mr. F. J. W. Whipple. Communications should 

 be addressed to the secretaries at 49 Cromwell 

 Eoad, South Kensington, S.W.7. 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CHINA 



On January 27, 1922, there was organized 

 in the Geological Survey quarters in Peking, 

 the Geological Society of China with 22 charter 

 members (fellows). The aim of the society 

 is to unite all working geologists iu China into 

 a scientific body for the advancement of the 

 science of geology and its kindred subjects in 

 general, and the geology of China in particular. 

 The society will hold an annual meeting for 

 the presentation and discussion of papers, for 

 election of officers and transaction of business. 

 Other meetings will be held dui'ing the year 

 when deemed desirable. The membership con- 

 sists of fellows and associates, the former com- 

 prising active workers in geology and kindred 

 sciences, including jjaleontology, mineralogy, 

 petrology, mining geology, etc., the latter 

 including advanced students in these sciences. 

 The society will issue a publication under the 

 name "Bulletin of the Geological Society of 

 China." The following officers have been 

 elected : 



President: Dr. H. T. Chang. Vice-presidents: 

 Dr. W. H. Wong and Professor J. S. Lee. Secre- 

 tary: Mr. C. Y. Hsieh. Treasurer: Mr. H. T. Li. 

 Councilors: Dr. V. K. Ting, Dr. J. G. Andersson, 

 Dr. A. W. Grabau, Professor Leigh Wang, Dr. 

 C. Y. Wang (Hupeh), Mr. C. Tuan. 



THE SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC 



HEALTH OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS 



UNIVERSITY 



As was noted in last week's Science the 

 Rockefeller Foundation has made a gift of 

 $6,000,000 to the Johns Hopkins University 

 for endowment and buildings for the school of 

 hygiene and public health. 



Since this school was opened in 1918 the 

 Foundation had furnished the funds required 

 for its maintenance from year to year. With 

 the acceptance of the present gift the trustees 

 of the university assume full responsibility for 

 the future needs of the school as they develop. 



This new type of institution places emphasis 

 upon the development of preventive medicine 

 and upon the training of health officers. Under 



