January 8, 1915] 



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The Geographic Society of Chicago holds a 

 meeting on January 8, at which an illustrated 

 lecture by Miss Dora Keen, of Philadelphia, 

 will be given, entitled "Across Paraguay." 



The Washington Academy of Sciences held 

 a joint meeting with the Botanical Society of 

 Washington on January 5, to hear an illus- 

 trated lecture by Professor J. 0. Bose on 

 " The Eesponse of Plants." 



Professor C. S. Sherrington, FuUerian 

 professor of physiology at the Royal Institu- 

 tion, will deliver a course of six lectures at 

 the institution on muscle in the service of 

 nerve, during January and February. 



The Hunterian oration of the Royal Col- 

 lege of Surgeons of England will be delivered 

 by the president, Sir Watson Cheyne, on Feb- 

 ruary 15. 



Mrs. Wallace, widow of Dr. A. R. Wallace, 

 died at Broadstone, Dorset, on December 10, 

 after a long illness. 



Professor James Harvey Pettit, professor 

 of soil fertility in the college of agriculture 

 and chief of soil fertility in the experiment 

 station of the University of Illinois, died on 

 December 30 at Pasadena, California, where 

 he was spending a leave of absence in the 

 hope of benefiting his health. Dr. Pettit re- 

 ceived his bachelor's degree at Cornell in 1900 

 and his doctor's degree at Gottingen in 1909. 

 Since 1901 he had been connected with the 

 University of Illinois. He was a member of 

 the American Chemical Association and Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence. 



Mr. W. W. Rockhill, known for his explora- 

 tions in China and Tibet under the auspices 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and the author 

 of several works on this and other Oriental 

 subjects, has died at the age of sixty years. 



Dr. C. R. Crymble, of University College, 

 London, a fellow of the Chemical Society, has 

 been killed in the war. 



Dr. a. Van Geuohten, professor of anatomy 

 and neuro-pathology at Louvain University, 

 has died at Cambridge. 



M. Leon Vaillant, doctor of medicine and 

 of sciences, formerly professor at the Faeulte 

 des sciences de Montpellier and honorary pro- 

 fessor of the Museum of Natural History at 

 Paris, has died aged eighty years. 



Among examinations announced by the New 

 York State Civil Service Commission, appli- 

 cations for which must be received by January 

 15, are the following: Physiological chemist, 

 State Department of Health. Salary $1,800 

 to $2,500. Applicants should have a thorough 

 knowledge of the principles of organic and 

 physiological chemistry. They must have had 

 at least three years' practical experience in 

 physiological or biological chemistry. Open to 

 men and women, non-resident and non-citizens 

 subject to the usual rule giving preference in 

 certification to citizens and residents of New 

 York state. — Bacteriologist and assistant bac- 

 teriologist. State Department of Health. Two 

 lists will be established as a result of this ex- 

 amination: one eligible to appointment as 

 either bacteriologist or assistant bacteriologist 

 at a salary of $2,000, open only to men who 

 have the degree of doctor of medicine; the 

 other eligible to appointment as assistant bac- 

 teriologist only at salaries ranging from $1,200 

 to $1,500, open to both men and women. Ap- 

 plicants should have a thorough knowledge of 

 the principles of bacteriology and must have 

 had considerable practical experience in the 

 bacterial diagnosis of infectious diseases, and 

 a general knowledge of clinical microscopy and 

 of gross and histological pathology is desira- 

 ble. — Assistant chemist, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Geneva. Salary $1,200. There 

 are two vacancies: For the first, candidates 

 must be college or university graduates with 

 special training in chemistry, including ad- 

 vanced analytical chemistry, analysis of agri- 

 cultural materials such as fertilizers, feeds, 

 crops, etc., together with some training in the 

 microscopic identification of vegetable tissues 

 with special reference to the constituents of 

 feeds. For the second vacancy, the require- 

 ments are similar to those for the first except 

 that training in microscopical identification 

 is not required. Open to non-residents, sub- 

 ject to usual rule. — Chief surveyor, Conserva- 



