January 19, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



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SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Professor Eeid Hunt, of the Harvard Med- 

 ical School, has been elected president of the 

 American Society of Pharmacology and Ex- 

 perimental Therapeutics. 



At the fifteenth annual meeting of the 

 American Anthropological Association held in 

 New York, from December 26 to 29, officers for 

 the ensuing year were elected as follows : 

 President, Alfred L. Kroeber, Affiliated Col- 

 leges, San Francisco; Secretary, Alfred M. 

 Tozzer, Harvard University; Treasurer, Neil 

 M. Judd, F. S. ISTational Museimi; Editor, 

 Pliny E. Goddard, American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. 



At the recent thirtieth anniversary celebra- 

 tion of the Michigan College of Mines, Dr. 

 M. E. Wadsworth, the first president of the 

 college, now emeritus dean and professor of 

 mining geology in the school of mines of the 

 University of Pittsburgh, gave the address, 

 his subject being " The Michigan College of 

 Mines in the Nineteenth Century." 



At the meeting of the Philosophical Soci- 

 ety of Washington on January 20, the retiring 

 president. Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, will give the 

 address on " The Living Plant as a Physical 

 System." 



The Society of Chemical Industry has 

 awarded the Perkins medal to Dr. Ernst 

 Twitchell. The presentation will be made by 

 Dr. Charles F. Chandler on the evening of 

 January 19. It will be followed by addresses 

 by Dr. A. C. Langmuir on " The Twitchell 

 Process in the Glycerin Trade," and by Martin 

 H. Ittner on " The Twitchell Process in the 

 Soap and Candle Industry." 



According to the Journal of the American 

 Medical Association, the Alvarenga prize, 

 awarded annually by the Swedish Medical 

 Association, has for 1916 been given to Dr. E. 

 Nilsson for his comprehensive study of the 

 physical development and fitness for military 

 service of the young men of Sweden between 

 1861 and 1913. The association distributed 

 eleven other prizes. The jubilee prize was 

 given to H. B. Lundborg for his medical- 

 biologic study of generations of certain 



families in Sweden totaling 2,232 members. 

 He traced the working of the Mendelian laws 

 of heredity through nearly 200 years. 



Professor S. A. Forbes, of the department 

 of entomology of the University of Illinois, 

 has been called to Washington, D. C, to con- 

 sult with the members of the United States 

 Bureau of Entomology, in regard to formu- 

 lating plans for a campaign against the Hes- 

 sian fly, of which Professor Forbes has made 

 a study. 



Dr. F. E. Watson, of the department of 

 physics of the University of Illinois, who has 

 made several years' research on the subject of 

 acoustics, is being consulted by the United 

 States navy officials concerning the acoustical 

 conditions necessary for sound-proof radio 

 rooms on battleships. It has become highly 

 important that the wireless operator on a 

 battleship be able to receive messages without 

 interruption by outside noises, and the Navy 

 Department is searching for a sound-proof 

 room where the operator can work without in- 

 terference. 



Northwestern University has appointed a 

 local committee to cooperate with the National 

 Eesearch Council in its service for the United 

 States government. The committee is com- 

 posed of the following persons: For the hoard 

 of trustees, Messrs. James A. Patten, Irwin C. 

 Eew, William S. Mason, Theodore W. Eobin- 

 son. For the alumni. Dr. Chas. H. Mayo, 

 Eochester, Minn., Dr. W. E. Danforth, Evans- 

 ton, HI. For the faculty. Professors Henry 

 Crew, D. E. Curtiss, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip 

 Fox and William A. Locy, of the College of 

 Liberal Arts; Professors A. B. Kanavel, A. I. 

 Kendall, J. H. Long and S. W. Eanson, of the 

 Medical School; Professor John H. Wigmore, 

 of the Law School; Professor 0. H. Basquin, 

 of the College of Engineering; and Professors 

 Arthur D. Black and Thomas L. Gilmer, of the 

 Dental School. 



The Aurora, under the command of Captain 

 Davis, sailed from Port Chalmers, New Zeal- 

 and, for the Antarctic on December, with Sir 

 Ernest Shackleton on board. Sir Ernest will 

 command the land operations for relief of the 



