June 29, 1917] 



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expedition of 1916. The archeological collec- 

 tions include more than a thousand specimens 

 of prehistoric pottery, textiles, weapons and 

 implements from the ClifE and Pueblo ruins of 

 fiorthem Arizona, by the University of Ari- 

 zona. 



The university senate of Western Eeserve 

 University has voted to establish a committee 

 on research to be affiliated with the National 

 Research Council. The committee is com- 

 posed of Dr. George N. Stewart, chairman, 

 School of Medicine; Dr. Torald Sollmann, 

 vice-chairman, School of Medicine; Professor 

 H. P. Gushing, secretary, Adelbert Gollege; 

 Professor H. W. Springsteen, Adelbert Gollege; 

 Professor P. H. Herri ck, Adelbert Gollege; 

 Professor O. F. Tower, Adelbert College; Pro- 

 fessor H. A. Aikins, College for Women; Pro- 

 fessor Edward Spease, School of Pharmacy. 



The Duke of Bedford, who presided at the 

 annual meeting of the Zoological Society of 

 London, on April 30, explained the steps taken 

 by the council to save food. He said that the 

 total number of animals had been very greatly 

 reduced; first, because they had not replaced 

 any of the large animals which had died dur- 

 ing the war; and, secondly, because they had 

 destroyed a number of those which could be 

 replaced in normal times. With the reduction 

 of the number of animals came a correspond- 

 ing reduction in the amount of food con- 

 sumed. The principle adopted had been, 

 wherever possible, to cease using food which 

 was also human food. The following details 

 were given: 



Meat is limited to horseflesh purchased from the 

 army. Never was the supply more abundant or 

 the quality better, on account of the enormous 

 number of horses in government service. 



Potatoes. — We used to use over 15,000 pounds a 

 year — we use none now. 



Bread formerly used for the apes and monkeys 

 and some small mammals has been replaced by 

 flour not up to the Board of Trade standard for 

 human consumption, and by ship 's biscuits which 

 have made one or two voyages unused and are then 

 rejected as no longer fit for issue. The sale of 

 bags of stale bread to the public for feeding the 

 animals has been stopped. 



Wheat is no longer used for any of the mammals 



or water-fowl. As substitutes we use dari, paddy 

 rice and locust beans. 



Oats. — The quantity used has already been very 

 greatly reduced and the remainder is being suc- 

 cessfully replaced by a mixture of split horse 

 beans and maize. 



Hay. — The hay used in the gardens consists of 

 those trusses which the "army buyer, who buys first, 

 has not selected. Arrangements have been made to 

 use the cut grass from the London parks and 

 squares, and to use larger quantities of foliage. 



Fish. — The fish used is unsuitable for human 

 food, except some small quantities required by 

 birds to which salted or stale fish is fatal. 



Egffs. — The eggs used for small soft-billed birds 

 are Chinese pickled eggs or undersized imported 

 eggs. 



Fruit. — Bananas, formerly used for a very large 

 number of the small mammals and birds, have 

 been, to a great extent, replaced by boiled man- 

 gold wurzels and beetroots. Some few small and 

 delicate mammals and birds refuse to take beetroot, 

 but these exceptions are insignificant. The ba- 

 nanas which are stUl used, as far as possible, are 

 over-ripe ones, unfit for table purposes, but quite 

 nutritious for animals. The dates used are of a 

 quality not up to the Board of Trade standard for 

 human food. 



Sugar. — The sugar used for the animals consists 

 of what is known to the trade as "foot" sugar, 

 which is not suitable for himian food, and the 

 total quantity amounts to about 5 pounds a week. 



Greens. — About 11 bushels are used a week, but 

 these consist of those not sold for human consump- 

 tion. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



The American Association of University 

 Professors will hold its next annual meeting 

 at Chicago, probably on December 27 and 28. 



As has been noted in Science, Governor 

 Ferguson has vetoed the legislative appropria- 

 tion for the University of Texas, amounting to 

 one million six hundred thousand dollars for 

 the next two years. It is said that this was 

 done because the board of regents was imwill- 

 ing to dismiss the president and members of 

 the faculty. There have been various lawsuits, 

 and the attorney general has now given an 

 opinion that the veto is ineffective. 



