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liberty to choose the institutions or universities 

 in which they will work. The fellowships in 

 medicine are similar to the fellowships in 

 physics and chemistry established under the 

 same auspices. 



The triennial competition for the prize 

 known as the George Montefiore Foundation, 

 which was won last year by Dr. J. B. White- 

 head of the Johns Hopkins University, is again 

 announced by the Association des Ingenieurs 

 Eleetriciens sortis de I'Institut Electroteeh- 

 nique Montefiore, of which L. Calmeau, rue 

 Saint-Gilles, 51, Liege, Belgium, is general sec- 

 retary. This prize, amounting to 21,000 francs, 

 is awarded for the best original work in French 

 or English, upon the scientific advance of elec- 

 tricity and its technical applications. Though 

 known as the competition of 1920, the next 

 award will be made in 1923, and works may be 

 submitted up to April 30 of next year. 



The annual conversazione of the British 

 Institution of Electrical Engineers will be held 

 at the Natural History Museum, London, on 

 June 29'. 



The British Iron and Steel Institute will 

 hold its annual meeting on May 4 and 5 at the 

 house of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 

 Great George Street, S. W. 1, London. 



The twentieth International Congi-ess of 

 Americanists is to meet definitely at Rio de 

 Janeiro on August 20-30, 1922, imder the 

 Presidency of Dr. Lauro Muller. 



The second meeting of the informal gi'oup 

 known as the "Boston Psychologists" was held 

 at Wellesley College on Saturday, March 18. 

 At the afternoon session questions of labora- 

 tory policy and the place of mental tests in 

 systematic psychology were discussed. The 

 dinner was followed by a toast to Professor 

 Sanford, of Clark University, in recognition 

 of his retiu'n to an active part in psychology. 

 The subject for special discussion at the even- 

 ing session was the status of the practicing and 

 consulting psychologist. Twenty-five psycholo- 

 gists from many of the New England colleges 

 and universities attended the meetings. The 

 first gathering of the group took place at Har- 

 vard University last November. The invitation 



to hold the next meeting at Clark University 

 next fall was accepted. 



The Council of the Optical Society of 

 America has decided to hold an optical instru- 

 ment exhibit dui'ing the annual meeting of the 

 society at the Bureau of Standards, "Washing- 

 ton, D. C, the latter part of October next. The 

 director of the bureau has offered the necessary 

 space for this exhibit. To enable the exhibit 

 committee to plan the space adequately and 

 assign it equitably, it requests those interested 

 to submit the following information: (1) 

 What instruments are offered for exhibition? 



(2) How much floor space would be necessary? 



(3) What additional facilities other than space 

 will be needed? When this information is at 

 hand the exhibit committee will notify the 

 prospective exhibitors of the amount of space 

 allotted to them. It will also see that the gen- 

 eral laboratory facilities necessary are pro- 

 vided. The exhibitors will install their own 

 exhibits and meet the expenses incident thereto. 



A SMALL party of scientific men from the 

 University of Iowa will visit islands in the 

 Polynesian group next summer in order to ob- 

 tain material for the university's laboratories 

 and museums of natural history. Included in 

 the group will be Professor C. C. Nutting, head 

 of the department of zoology; Professor E. B. 

 Wylie, head of the department of botany; 

 Professor A. 0. Thomas, geologist; Professor 

 Dayton Stoner, entomologist and ornithologist, 

 and Waldo S. Glock, meteorologist and photog- 

 rapher. In the interest of economy as well as 

 for the sake of securing better specimens for 

 student use, the University of Iowa for many 

 years has maintained the policy of granting 

 leave of absence to its men in search of such 

 material instead of buying from dealers. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NOTES 



A CONTRACT has been let for a new medical 

 building at the University of Alabama, Tus- 

 caloosa, at a cost of $82,000. Construction 

 work will be started immediately. 



The University of Strasbourg has recently 

 made a report in which it is stated that in the 



