April 27, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



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at the Ohio State University on " Sources of 

 Human Nature." 



Herbert William Conn, professor of biology 

 in Wesleyan University and Connecticut State 

 bacteriologist, has died at the age of fifty- 

 eight years. 



The death is announced of Emil von Behr- 

 ing, professor in the University of Marburg, 

 discoverer of diphtheria antitoxin. He was 

 born in West Prussia in 1854. In 1901 he re- 

 ceived the Nobed prize in medicine, and was 

 made a member of the hereditary nobility. 



The death is announced of Dr. Narcisse E. 

 Dionne, librarian of the Legislatiire of Quebec, 

 and formerly professor of archeology of Laval 

 University. Dr. Dionne was the author of a 

 number of important biographical and histor- 

 ical works, and in 190T served as general sec- 

 retary of the fifteenth International Congress 

 of Americanists, which was held at Quebec. 



The Southern Society for Philosophy and 

 Psychology held its twelfth annual meeting on 

 April 12 and 13, 1917, at Eandolph-Macon 

 Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va. It was 

 voted to extend the scope of the society so as 

 to include " experimental education," and to 

 hold the nest meeting at Peabody College for 

 Teachers, ISTashville, Tenn. The following 

 officers were elected : President, Professor E. K. 

 Strong, Jr., Peabody College, ISTashville; Yice- 

 president. Dr. T. V. Moore, Catholic Univer- 

 sity of America, Washington, D. C, and Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer, Professor W. H. Chase, Uni- 

 versity of ISTorth Carolina. The newly elected 

 members of the council are: Dr. Tom A. Wil- 

 liams, Washington, D. C, Professor E. B. 

 Crooks, Eandolph-Macon, Lynchburg, Va., and 

 Professor Knight Dunlap, of Johns Hopkins 

 University. 



At the annual meeting of the American As- 

 sociation of Immunologists, held in ISTew York, 

 April 6 and 7, Dr. John A Kolmer, Philadel- 

 phia, was elected president; Dr. Martin J. Syn- 

 nott, Montclair, N. J., secretary, and Dr. Wil- 

 lard J. Stone, Toledo, Ohio, treasurer. The 

 new council is composed of the officers and 

 Drs. Eichard Weil, Arthur F. Coca and Wil- 

 liam H. Park, New York, and Dr. A. Parker 



Hitchens, Glen Olden, Pa. The next meeting 

 will be held in Minneapolis in April, 1918. 



A Science Faculty Club has been organized 

 at the University of Southern California, Los 

 Angeles, Calif. The purpose of the club is to 

 promote research and cooperation between the 

 departments of science in the university. A 

 meeting is, held each month. The officers are 

 Professor Albert B. Ulrey, president; Pro- 

 fessor Arthur W. Nye, vice-president, and Miss 

 Catherine V. Beers, secretary. 



The Oklahoma State Bureau of Standards, 

 which was organized by act of the legislature 

 of 1915 secured an appropriation of $8,500 with 

 which to purchase equipment. It is the pur- 

 pose of the bureau to secure primary and sec- 

 ondary standards of weights and measures and 

 for testing gas, water and electric meters. 

 The bureau is also planning the equipment of 

 a laboratory for the measuring and testing of 

 the best values of fuels as coal and petroleum 

 products. The bureau is situated at the State 

 University and with the equipment planned 

 will be able to provide the people of the state 

 a place where they may have their weights and 

 meters, etc., calibrated. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



The president of the Republic of Panama 

 has signed a decree establishing a Pan-Amer- 

 ican University in accordance with a law 

 passed by the legislature on January 27. The 

 trustees are to consist of the secretary of pub- 

 lic instruction of Panama and the diplomatic 

 representatives of the American republics or 

 their representatives. Diplomatic representa- 

 tives of other countries maintaining chairs in 

 the university are also to have representatives 

 on the board. It is believed that the univer- 

 sity may be of international value to the Amer- 

 ican republics, especially in subjects such as 

 medicine, law and agriculture. 



The legislature of the state of Oklahoma at 

 its recent session made provision for the fol- 

 lowing buildings for the State University at 

 Norman: Auditorium, $150,000; wing to li- 

 brary, $75,000; geology building, $100,000; 

 hospital at Oklahoma City in connection with 



