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■Wisconsin in 1875 and there continued untU his 

 death, forty-three years later, as student, teacher, 

 investigator and president. 



As student he won the highest honors of the uni- 

 versity, and as teacher he made his department a 

 power both in general education and in the pro- 

 duction of professional geologists. Trained as a 

 geologist in our university and in the study of 

 problems offered by our state, his ability and in- 

 sight earned for him the recognition of the scien- 

 tific world of all nations for Ms masterly solution 

 of the most difficult and fundamental problems of 

 geology. 



The characteristics which made him a great 

 teacher, a great scholar and a great investigator, 

 he continued to display to the full as president of 

 the university. He had a singularly clear, noble 

 and growing understanding of the duty of a state 

 university to its commonwealth and he led the uni- 

 versity far in the performance of that duty. He 

 multiplied and strengthened the vital connections 

 between university and state; not only developing 

 and enriching its scholarship, but also carrying 

 knowledge and light to all parts of the state and 

 to aU phases of its life. Thus the University of 

 Wisconsin, under his guidance, became an example 

 and a leader among the civic institutions of learn- 

 ing in the nation. 



Dr. Van Hise contributed much to aid state and 

 nation in questions of public policy arising from 

 conservation, the control of industry and the newer 

 development of international relations. To them 

 he brought the same power to analyze problems 

 and to present their solution which marked his 

 work a science. Now, therefore, be it 



EesoJved by the senate, the assembly concurring, 

 That the legislature of the state of Wisconsin ex- 

 presses its grief in the death of President Charles 

 Richard Van Hise and records its gratitude for his 

 distinguished service rendered to the state through 

 many years. With grief for the untimely death, 

 with profound regret for the irreparable loss, the 

 legislature expresses Wisconsin's just pride in her 

 son and records the inspiring story of his public 

 services and the noble devotion of his life. 



AN INTER-ALLIED FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE 



We learn from the British Medical Journal 

 tliat Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane presided over a 

 meeting at the house of the Royal Society of 

 Medicine on December 4 to consider further 

 the desirability of forming an association for 

 cooperation in medicine among the English- 



speaking countries, but not limited to them. 

 Among those present were Major J. H. Means 

 (U. S. A.), Lieutenant-Colonel Castellani 

 (Italy), and Professor Weinberg (Paris). The 

 acting honorary secretaries appointed at a 

 previous meeting were Sir St. Clair Thomson 

 and Mr. J. Y. W. MacAlister. The latter sub- 

 mitted a report in which he said: 



The present movement was originated at a 

 largely attended meeting held by invitation at Lord 

 Eustace Percy's house, at which he urged that the 

 opportunity presented by the coming together of 

 medical men from America and all parts of the 

 British Dominions should be utilized to organize 

 some form of permanent organization which would 

 result in a closer union between the English-speak- 

 ing peoples through the medium of the medical 

 profession. The proposal was warmly endorsed by 

 those present, and Sir St. Clair Thomson and my- 

 self were asked to act as honorary secretaries and 

 to endeavor to formulate a definite scheme and take 

 the necessary steps for carrying it into effect. 



I am afraid we have been able to do very little 

 beyond sowing seed. A circular setting out our 

 aims was prepared by Sir St. Clair Thomson, and 

 circulated, in the first place, to the chiefs of the 

 medical forces of this country, of the Dominions 

 and of America, and from these very cordial expres- 

 sions of approval and promises of support were ob- 

 tained. The circular, backed by the opinions of 

 those to whom we had first appealed, was then 

 issued to a wider public, and many very gratifying 

 and encouraging letters have been received. But 

 practical progress depended as usual on the all- 

 important question of finance, and in that direction 

 we have no success to report. We had asked for 

 and been promised an interview with the Prime 

 Minister and Mr. Bonar Law in the hope of per- 

 suading the government to make a grant, but (one 

 dare not say "unfortunately") the armistice inter- 

 vened, and since then it would have been futile, if 

 not impertinent, to trouble the Prime Minister with 

 our affairs, and so, as far as finance is concerned, 

 we have no progress to report. We have received 

 letters which encourage us to believe that Lf a defi- 

 nite and approved scheme is prepared we may be 

 able to get financial help from private persons. 



After some discussion, in which the chair- 

 man, Sir Walter Fletcher, Sir St. Clair Thom- 

 son, Colonel Stock, Colonel Heald, Major 

 Means, Colonel Castellani, Colonel Weinberg. 

 Dr. Sorapure, Mr. MacAlister and others took 



