June 8, 1917] 



SCIENCE 



587 



Dr. Allan J. McLaughlin, of Boston, has 

 been appointed to succeed Dr. Richard P. 

 Strong, of Boston, as chairman to the sub- 

 committee on hygiene, medicine and sanita- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Committee for Pub- 

 lic Safety. 



Dr. Marcus B. Heyman, formerly assistant 

 superintendent of the State Plospital for In- 

 sane at Central Islip, L. I., and more recently 

 medical inspector for the State Hospital Com- 

 mission, has been appointed superintendent of 

 the Manhattan State Hospital at Ward's Is- 

 land, succeeding the late Dr. William Mabon. 



Dr. George Dock, professor of medicine in 

 the medical school of Washington University 

 (St. Louis), has received the French war cross 

 and has been mentioned for his service in mov- 

 ing wounded soldiers under heavy bombard- 

 ment while engaged in the American Field 

 Ambulance Service. 



We learn from The Electrical World that 

 L. D. Gibbs, chairman, and Frank A. Birch, 

 compose a committee of the JSTational Electric 

 Light Association to secure subscriptions to a 

 fund of $5,000, in recognition of the work of 

 Professor Elihu Thomson. A medal is to be 

 awarded " in any year to any citizen of the 

 United States or Canada who at the time of 

 the award shall not be over thirty-five years of 

 age, and who, in the judgment of the trustees 

 of the medal, shall have made a notable con- 

 tribution to electrical science or its industrial 

 applications through original investigation, re- 

 search or discovery, or through whose direct 

 efforts a substantial contribution to the ad- 

 vancement of the industry shall have been ac- 

 complished." 



Frederick Bedell, professor of applied elec- 

 tricity, of Cornell University, has been elected 

 one of the vice-presidents of the American In- 

 stitute of Electrical Engineers. 



A. W. L. Bray, assistant professor of biology 

 at the State University of Montana, has been 

 granted leave of absence for one year, to take 

 effect nest semester. Professor Bray will en- 

 gage in biological research work at Harvard 

 University. 



Professor A. B. Eecknagel, of the depart- 

 ment of forestry of Cornell University, has re- 

 ceived a leave of absence from his university 

 duties in order to become forester of the Em- 

 pire State Forest Products Association. He 

 will take up his new work on July 1 and will 

 establish headquarters for the association at 

 Albany. 



Professor L. B. Gillet, of the department 

 of English literature at Wesleyan University, 

 has resigned his position to enter military serv- 

 ice. 



Professor Victor Gregoire (Louvain), and 

 Professor Hans Schinz (Ziirich), have been 

 elected foreign members of the Linnean So- 

 ciety. 



We learn from Nature that the government 

 Central Control Board of Great Britain has 

 appointed an advisory committee, consisting of 

 Lord D'Abernon (chairman). Sir G. Newman, 

 Dr. A. R. Cushny, Dr. H. H. Dale, Dr. M. 

 Greenwood, Jr., Dr. W. McDougall, Dr. F. W. 

 Mott, Dr. 0. S. Sherrington and Dr. W. C. 

 Sullivan, to consider the conditions affecting 

 the physiological action of alcohol, particu- 

 larly the effects on health and industrial effi- 

 ciency produced by the consumption of bever- 

 ages of various alcoholic strengths, with spe- 

 cial reference to the recent orders of the Cen- 

 tral Control Board, and further to plan out 

 and direct such investigations as may appear 

 desirable with the view of obtaining more exact 

 data on this and cognate questions. 



The National Geographic Society has set 

 aside $12,000 to finance another expedition to 

 Alaska in order to obtain full information in 

 regard to the eriiption of Mt. Katmai. The ex- 

 pedition will be in charge of Professor Robert 

 F. Griggs, of the department of botany, The 

 Ohio State University. 



Mr. James F. Couch was elected president 

 of the recently organized Des Moines Chem- 

 ical Society at the regular meeting on April 9. 



Dean W. J. Teeters, of the University of 

 Iowa, has offered the facilities of the college 

 of pharmacy there for manufacture of drugs 

 and chemicals to be used in the war. He be- 

 lieves that students and faculty can perform 



