January 26, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



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ineome could therefore be properly applied to a 

 graduate fellowship or scholarship, the purchase of 

 apparatus, of books and periodicals or for any- 

 other purpose which at the time and occasion give 

 promise of advancing knowledge.i 



The first installment of income becomes 

 ayailable at the beginning of the second half 

 century of the university (1918-19). 



On Wednesday evening, Janiiary 10, 1917, 

 the members of the physics seminary and a 

 few friends dined together at the University 

 Club in Ithaca, on which occasion the estab- 

 lishment of the new research fund was cele- 

 brated. In expressing to the doiiors the appre- 

 ciation of the department of physics Professor 

 Nichols said: 



The value of a gift like this, the income of 

 which from year to year is placed freely at the 

 disposal of those who are responsible for the pro- 

 motion within the university of one of the funda- 

 mental sciences, to be expended in whatever man- 

 ner from time to time may be most advantageous 

 to the furtherance of research, is inestimable. It 

 comes, moreover, at a time peculiarly opportune; 

 when public opinion is aroused to some realization 

 of the importance of research to human welfare. 

 The history of science and industry teaches clearly 

 that applied science upon which the material wel- 

 fare of the race so greatly depends, advances only 

 with the growth of pure science and that the uni- 

 versity affords the most favorable, indeed, al- 

 most the exclusive, atmosphere in which research 

 flourishes. Hence the demand, now beginning to 

 be heard, not so much from within academic cir- 

 cles as from outside, that the universities of this 

 country make the advancement of learning their 

 prime function. Every such gift as this furthers 

 that great end. 



Modest though it be, in comparison with what 

 men of great wealth may do for science without 

 the least personal denial, this fund is especially 

 welcome in that it comes from men of science and 

 is given in a spirit of devotion to science and of 

 real self sacrifice. 



It is a notable and gratifying evidence of the 

 unity of the scientific spirit that this fund for the 

 promotion of physios is established in memory of 

 one whose life was given to biology and who at- 

 tained eminence by her contributions to that sister 

 science; and that one of the donors who is with us 

 to-night, and whom we delight to honor, is himself 

 a biologist of renown. 



1 Quotation from the deed of gift. 



On behalf of my present colleagues of the de- 

 partment of physics I accept this gift. We shall 

 endeavor to expend the income from it in the 

 spirit in which it is given and in loving recognition 

 of the generosity and devotion of the donors. In 

 generations to come, we may rest assured, the noble 

 intent of the donors Vfill ever influence those in- 

 trusted with its administration and that thus it 

 win ever be used for the true advancement of 

 science. 



THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING 

 ENGINEERS 



The program of the one hundred and four- 

 teenth meeting of the American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers, which convenes in New 

 York City on February 19, has been issued. 

 Sessions will include the annual business 

 meeting and presentation of papers on sub- 

 jects of scientific interest in the mining field. 

 In addition, a number of special social fea- 

 tures are being planned, including an all-day 

 excursion by special train to West Point, 

 where the engineers will view a number of 

 exhibitions and inspect the grounds of the 

 Military Academy. According to registrations 

 received, this year's prosperity of the mining 

 camps in the middle and far west will be re- 

 flected in the attendance at the February 

 meeting. Individuals connected with prac- 

 tically all of these will take some part in the 

 technical sessions. 



The meeting will extend over four days, and 

 will open on February 19, with sessions on 

 geology, metallography, petroleum and gas, 

 and milling and smelting. On the following 

 day, sessions will be held on iron blast furnace 

 practise on flotation. The principal sessions 

 of the third day will be held on the manu- 

 facture of iron and steel. 



Among the papers which will be presented 

 are: 



"Eecent Geologic Developments on the Mesabi 

 Iron Range, Minn.," by J. F. Wolff. 



' ' Grain Growth Phenomena in Metals, ' ' by 

 Henry M. Howe and Kay Jeffries. 



"Evidence of the Oklahoma Oil Fields on the 

 Anticlinal Theory," by Dorsey Hager. 



' ' Magnetic Concentration of Low-Grade Mag- 

 netic Iron Ore," by S. Norton. 



"The Conservation of Phosphate Eock in the 

 United States, " by W. C. Phalen. 



