May 7, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



677 



Although the primary ideals followed in 

 the rebuilding of the Gray Herbarium have 

 been those of safety, permanence and con- 

 venience of arrangement, the resulting struc- 

 ture though architecturally plain is by no 

 means homely. Indeed, its good proportions, 

 dignified simplicity and obvious solidity give 

 it a pleasing effect. It is a building to vehich 

 the architect, Mr. W. L. Mowell, of Boston, 

 has given a good balance, but it has purposely 

 been kept from absolute sjTnmetry from a 

 feeling that such initial symmetry, if at- 

 tempted, would render it much more difficult 

 to make future additions, as these prove need- 

 ful with the growth of the collections. 



It is a notable fact that during the complete 

 rebuilding of the establishment, the Gray Her- 

 barium and its library have been open as usual 

 for consultation. Though several reshelvings 

 and transfers of materials from one section to 

 another have of course been needful and de- 

 manded the care and attention of the staff 

 from time to time, nevertheless the scientific 

 work of the staff, students and visiting spe- 

 cialists has proceeded with surprisingly little 

 interruption. The building has been continu- 

 ously occupied and when it is borne in mind 

 that much of the new structure has been built 

 upon the old foundations, it will be seen by the 

 many botanists for whom the earlier building 

 had many pleasant sentiments and associa- 

 tions, that it is perpetuated rather than re- 

 placed by the new one. 



ELISHA WILSON MOBSE 

 Elisha Wilson Morse, formerly instructor 

 in natural history at the Bussey Institution of 

 Harvard University and well known for his 

 contributions to the history of domesticated 

 animals, died in Washington, D. 0., on April 

 18, from pneumonia. 



During the past few years Mr. Morse served 

 as a specialist in animal husbandry in the 

 TJ. S. Department of Agriculture. Aside from 

 his official duties as an associate editor of the 

 Experiment Station Record and later as a 

 scientist in the U. S. Dairy Division, he was 

 especially active in putting the foundations 

 of animal breeding and feeding on firmer 



bases. He was one of the few who had a keen 

 appreciation of the value of applying sound 

 biological and statistical principles to the 

 interpretation of feeding trials. 



Mr. Morse was a graduate of the class of 

 1897 of Harvard University, an active mem- 

 ber of the Biological Society of Washington, 

 the American Society of Animal Nutrition, 

 and the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 and a regular contributor to several standard 

 year books and encyclopedias. 



Lewis William Fetzer 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



The presidency of the German Association 

 of Scientific Men and Physicians, vacant by 

 the death of Professor Eberhard Fraas, has 

 been filled by the vice-president, Dr. F. von 

 Miiller, professor of internal medicine at 

 Munich. 



The annual address before Sigma Xi and 

 Phi Beta Kappa of the University of Illinois, 

 which in previous years has been given during 

 commencement week, will be given this year 

 on May 4, by Dr. George Otis Smith, director 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey. The subject 

 is "Practical Ideals." 



Dr. Julius Hirschwald, professor of geol- 

 ogy and mineralogy in the Technical School at 

 Berlin, has been given the doctorate of engi- 

 neering by the Technical School of Dantzig, 

 on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. 



At the meeting of the Entomological Soci- 

 ety of France, on January 27, the committee 

 appointed to nominate an honorary member in 

 place of the late M. J. Perez reported that, 

 while custom decreed the election of a French- 

 man to fill this vacancy, it appeared to the 

 committee as very proper, under existing con- 

 ditions, to break away for once from the tra- 

 ditions and custom of the society and to give 

 this honor to M. A. Lameere, professor in the 

 University of Brussels, as an especial testi- 

 mony of the sympathy and esteem of the soci- 

 ety for one of the most eminent representa- 

 tives of Belgian entomology. 



Dean Edward Oeton, Jr., of the College of 

 Engineering of the Ohio State University, has 



