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the introduction of the present laboratory meth- 

 ods of teaching biology, and 



Wheeeas, He was widely known and highly re- 

 spected by his fellow botanists, and beloved by 

 his numerous students in whose welfare and suc- 

 cess he took the keenest personal interest, and 



Whereas, The death of such a man comes as a 

 personal loss to all American botanists; therefore 

 be it 



Eesolved, That the Botanical Society of Wash- 

 ington express its deep sense of regret and extend 

 to his family its deepest sympathy in their great 

 bereavement; be it further 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be 

 spread upon the minutes of this society and sent 

 to the immediate relatives of the deceased and to 

 Science. Perley Spaulding, 



Corresponding Secretary 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 The annual general meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Philosopliical Society will be held in the 

 hall of the society at Philadelphia on April 22, 

 23 and 24, beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 

 April 22. 



Sir J. J. Thomson has been elected presi- 

 dent of the Physical Society, London. Prince 

 B. Galitzin has been made an honorary fellow 

 of the society. 



The gold medal of the British Institution 

 of Mining and Metallurgy has been awarded 

 to Dr. Willet G. Miller, geologist of Ontario. 



At the meeting of the Royal Geographical 

 Society on February 22, Mr. Page, the Amer- 

 ican amhassador, presented to Dr. Scott Keltie, 

 secretary of the Eoyal Geographical Society, 

 the CuUum gold medal, awarded to him by the 

 American Geographical Society. 



Mr. John S. Longwell, G.E. (Cornell, '10), 

 of the Eeclamation Service, has been awarded 

 the prize given annually by the American Soci- 

 ety of Civil Engineers for the best paper by 

 a junior member of the society. 



The Samuel D. Gross prize of the Philadel- 

 phia Academy of Medicine for the year 1915 

 has been awarded to Dr. John Lawrence Yates, 

 Milwaukee, for his essay entitled " Surgery in 

 the Treatment of Hodgkin's Disease." The 

 amount of this prize is $1,500. 



Mr. W. H. Hoyt, C.E. '90, College of Engi- 

 neering, University of Minnesota, assistant 

 chief engineer of the D. M. N. Eailroad, has 

 been elected president of the Minnesota State 

 Surveyors and Engineers Society. 



The Atlanta ISTeurological Society was or- 

 ganized February 11, with the following 

 officers: president. Dr. E. Bates Block; vice- 

 president. Dr. Hansell Crenshaw; secretary. 

 Dr. Lewis M. Gaines. The society will hold 

 its meetings on the second Thursday of each 

 month. 



The Journal of the American Medical As- 

 sociation states that Dr. William J. Mayo, of 

 Rochester, Minn., was the guest of honor at 

 the Detroit Academy of Medicine on February 

 23. On February 22, Dr. Mayo was the prin- 

 cipal speaker at foundation-day exercises of 

 the department of medicine and surgery at 

 the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and 

 on February 24 the Kalamazoo Academy of 

 Medicine gave a luncheon in honor of Dr. 

 Mayo, after which he gave an address on 

 " Some General Considerations which influ- 

 ence the Advisability of Surgical Treatment." 

 Dr. Charles H. Mayo was the guest of honor 

 at the twentieth annual banquet of the Kansas 

 City Academy of Medicine, February 27. Dr. 

 Jefferson D. Griffith presided and Dr. Mayo 

 delivered an address on " Why Gastro- 

 Enterostomy Fails to Cure." 



The Harvard University unit for service at 

 the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris 

 left on March 17, to serve until June 30. 

 Members of the unit are: H. Gushing, '95, 

 M.D., A.M., Moseley professor of surgery, as 

 head surgeon; R. B. Greenough, '92, assistant 

 professor of surgery, surgeon and executive 

 officer; E. P. Strong, professor of tropical 

 medicine, bacteriologist; R. B. Osgood, M.D., 

 '99, instructor in orthopedics, orthopedic sur- 

 geon; B. Vincent, '98, assistant in surgery, 

 assistant surgeon; W. M. Boothby, '02, lecturer 

 in anesthesia, anesthetist; F. A. Coller, '12, 

 M.D.; E. C. Cutler, '13, M.D.; P. D. Wilson, 

 and M. N. Peterson, '14, M.D., resident sur- 

 geons; L. G. Barton, Jr., '12, M.D., surgical 

 assistant; O. F. Rogers, Jr., '12, M.D., medical 



