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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLIX. No. 1253 



At a meeting of tlie fellows of the Eoyal 

 Society of Medicine, held on JSTovember 13, 

 the diploma of honorary fellowship of the so- 

 ciety was presented to Sir Alfred Keogh, 

 G.C.B., late director-general of the British 

 Army Medical Services. 



Lieutenant Colonel Eichard H. Harte, 

 head of Base Hospital Unit ISTo. 10, one of the 

 first American Hospital units to arrive in 

 France, is in the Pennsylvania Hospital re- 

 covering from a serious operation. 



Mr. Charles D. Test, formerly chemist for 

 the Western Potash Works of Antioch, 

 ISTebraska, has accepted a position on the staff 

 of the United States Tariff Commission. 



Due to the retirement of Mr. Wallace G. 

 Levison, Edgar T. Wherry, of the Bureau of 

 Chemistry at Washington, has been appointed 

 editor-in-chief of The American Mineralogist, 

 with the following associate editors : George 

 P. Kuhz, president, New York Mineralogical 

 Club; Herbert P. Whitlock, American Mu- 

 seum of ISTatural History; Alexander H. Phil- 

 lips, Princeton University; Waldemar T. 

 Schaller, U. S. Geological Survey; Edward 

 H. Kraus, University of Michigan; Austin 

 E. Rogers, Leland Stanford Junior Univer- 

 sity; Thomas L. Walker, University of To- 

 ronto, Canada; and Samuel G. Gordon, Acad- 

 emy of Natiiral Sciences, Philadelphia. 



At a joint meeting of the Eranklin Institute 

 and the Philadelphia Section of the American 

 Chemical Society on December 5, Provost 

 Smith delivered a lecture on " Chemistry in 

 Old Philadelphia." In this lecture the work 

 of twelve pioneers in chemistry was con- 

 sidered. 



Professor Maurice A. Bigelow, director of 

 the school of practical arts of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, recently delivered an address at the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden on " Childrens' gar- 

 dens in the coming reconstruction period." 



The second lecture of the series of the Har- 

 vey Society will be by Colonel Eugene E. 

 Whitemore on " Infectious diseases in the 

 army." The leoture will be given at the New 



York Academy of Medicine on Saturday even- 

 ing, January 11, at 8 -.SO. 



The Lady Priestley Memorial Lecture of 

 the National Health Society at the Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology, South 

 Kensington, was given by Professor Bone, 

 F.R.S., who took as his subject " Coal and 

 health." 



It ds the desire of the American Committee 

 of the Ramsay Memorial Fund to make the 

 fund an expression of the esteem for Sir Wil- 

 liam Ramsay in this country. Many have ex- 

 pressed a wish to contribute, but have held- 

 back on account of their inability to send in a 

 sum commensurate with their esteem. This 

 has been due to the numerous calls made upon 

 all for the past two years. Small sums, from 

 one to five dollars, wiU be welcomed by the 

 committee, which is anxious to make the ex- 

 pression of appreciation as widespread as pos- 

 sible. Contributions may be sent to Professor 

 Charles Baskerville, chairman. College of the 

 City of New York, or Mr. W. J. Matheson, 

 treasurer, 21 Burling Slip, New York City. 



According to a news despatch from France, 

 the names of Lafayette and Wilbur Wright 

 were joined, on December 22, by former 

 Premier Painleve, who siwke at the ceremonies 

 incident to the laying of the foundation stone 

 of the Wilbur Wright monument at Lemans, 

 France. This was because Lafayette was a 

 deputy of the Department of Sarthe, of which 

 Lemans is the chief town, from 1812 to 1822, 

 and three eminent French aviators, Fonck, 

 Hurteau and Nungesser, were natives of this 

 department. After sketching the lives of the 

 Wright brothers, M. Painleve said : " Let us 

 honor Wilbur Wright's memory, first, as a 

 good worker for human progress; second, be- 

 cause he brought to France the aid of his 

 genius. Let his memory be joined with those 

 of his young fellow citizens, who spontaneously 

 brought their heroism to our aviation service." 



Charles E. Phelps, engineer of the Mary- 

 land State Board of Health, formerly chief 

 engineer of the Maryland Public Service Com- 

 mision, died of pneumonia on December 22, 

 aged forty-seven years. 



