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SCIENCE 



[Vol. LV, No. 1435 



tative Analysis" (with L. J. Curtman), 1910; 

 "Municipal Chemistry" (with other experts), 

 1911; and "Anesthesia" (with J. T. Grwath- 

 mey), 1914. 



Charles Baskerville became a member of the 

 American Chemical Society in 1894 and later, 

 as councilor and chairman of important com- 

 mittees, rendered much valuable service. His 

 activities on the society's committee on occu- 

 pational diseases in the chemical industries 

 were especially prominent. He was one of the 

 most constant attendants upon the annual 

 meetings, effectively laboring for the best inter- 

 ests of the society. He was also a fellow of 

 the London Chemical Society, a member of the 

 'Society of Chemical Industry, of the American 

 Institute of Chemical Engineers, of the Amer- 

 ican Electrochemical Society, of the Washing- 

 ton and New York Academies of Science, of 

 the Franklin Institute, and of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Charles Baskerville's great forte was in 

 making practical suggestions for the better 

 conduct of affairs. At North Carolina and 

 later at the College of the City of New York, 

 he was respected as an able teacher who kept 

 in close and sympathetic touch with his stu- 

 dents; but he did not confine himself to the 

 teaching side of education. Upon the comple- 

 tion of the chemical laboratory of the College 

 of the City of New York, which he designed, 

 he took rank among the foremost laboratory 

 directors of the United States. He was indeed 

 an organizer and administrator of the highest 

 order. Indomitably energetic in his executive 

 duties, and aided by an active staff of carefully 

 selected chemical specialists, he succeeded in 

 establishing and operating a strong department, 

 ■and in consequence his influence extended 

 throughout the institution. Constantly alert to 

 ielp and keenly interested in bettering condi- 

 tions, his accomplishments for his associates 

 were numerous. His most attractive personal 

 •characteristics led to friendships of weight, 

 which, in turn, benefited his colleagues and 

 students. 



An intellect more powerful from its happy 

 union of scientific ability with broad culture 

 ias probably not been seen in the American 

 ■chemical profession. He was inferior to none 

 in extent of literary acquirement, in penetra- 



ting and fertile executive ingenuity, and in 

 general equipoise of mind. And withal he 

 tried to be his "own man," generous, kindly 

 and sympathetic. The spirit of goodness is 

 ever the same; but the modes of its manifesta- 

 tion are numberless, and every sterling man is 

 original. The vigor and sincerity of this 

 sterling man made his friendship a treasure. 

 W. A. Hamor 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE PENSION AND INSURANCE PLAN OF 

 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 



A PENSION and insurance plan for the Prince- 

 ton University teaching staff was adopted on 

 June 19 by the board of trustees at their an- 

 nual meeting, held in connection with the uni- 

 versity's one hundred and seventy-fifth com- 

 mencement exercises. It provides for the 

 raising of a special fund of $1,000,000 not later 

 than 1925, to provide the money that wiU be 

 required under the trustees' action. 



The plan, which was placed before the trus- 

 tees by a special pension committee of which 

 John 0. H. Pittney is chairman, supplements 

 the provisions of the Carnegie Foundation, of 

 which about 90 per cent, of the faculty are at 

 present beneficiaries. 



Any member of the university teaching staff 

 may, under the plan approved, retire at 

 the age of 65, and every member must retire at 

 68, provided, however, that in special cases by 

 a vote of the board of trustees an individual 

 may be continued in active service beyond the 

 retiring age period not exceeding three years. 



The general provisions of the plan are as 

 follows : 



Every member so retiring shall be entitled to 

 receive during the remainder of his life an annual 

 retiring allowance equal to one half of hia annual 

 salary as teacher at retirement: 



Provided that the obligation of the university 

 shall be reduced by the amount of any Carnegie 

 or similar allowance to which any such member 

 may be entitled. Any member so retiring, not 

 immediately entitled to a Carnegie allowance, 

 shall receive from the university his half salary 

 as before defined (with such additions thereto as 

 may be necessary to qualify him for the maximum 

 Carnegie allowance) until he is entitled to maxi- 

 mum allowance under the Carnegie rules. Any 



