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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXXIX. No. 1011 



Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, announces 

 essays in competition for the prize will be re- 

 ceived until January 1, 1915. The essays, 

 ■which must be written by a single author in 

 the English language, should be sent to the 

 " Trustees of the Samuel D. Gross Prize of 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, care 

 of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia." 



The board of governors of the General Me- 

 morial Hospital, New York City, have voted 

 to enter into an affiliation with Cornell Uni- 

 versity Medical College for the conduct of the 

 General Memorial Hospital as an institution 

 for the study and treatment of cancer and al- 

 lied diseases. This affiliation is rendered pos- 

 sible by the gift of a large sum from Dr. 

 James Douglas, which, in addition to the pres- 

 ent endowment of the institution will render 

 the hospital largely independent of an income 

 from other sources. The grounds for an affili- 

 ation are to be found in the facts: (1) That 

 this institution was originally created for the 

 purpose of cancer treatment and research, but 

 the original funds were insufficient to enable 

 it to enter this field exclusively. (2) The 

 board of governors feel with Dr. Douglas that 

 the study of cancer and the development of 

 the new means of its treatment can be success- 

 fully carried out only through the combina- 

 tion of the efforts of laboratory workers spe- 

 cially trained in this field and clinical sur- 

 geons. The laboratory staff maintained by the 

 college and the Huntington Fund is avail- 

 able for this work and the medical board of 

 the hospital will be composed of such men, to- 

 gether with the surgeons, as are specially in- 

 terested in cancer treatment and research. 

 All forms of tumors and malignant diseases 

 as well as cancer are to be included in the 

 scope of the work. The institution duplicates 

 on a large scale other hospitals which have 

 been created in this country and abroad for 

 similar purposes, the best known examples of 

 which are Middlesex Hospital in London and 

 the Samaritan Hospital of the University of 

 Heidelberg. 



As a result of recent experiments conducted 

 by a member of the advisory committee on 

 the Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory of 



the Smithsonian Institution, a new form of 

 flying-boat hull has been evolved, which ap- 

 pears to have decided advantages over the 

 types now in use. These experiments were 

 made by Naval Constructor H. C. Richard- 

 son, U. S. N., chairman of the subcommittee 

 on hydromechanics in relation to aeronautics 

 of the Langley Laboratory, at the model basin 

 of the Washington Navy Yard. Several 

 model hulls were used, some of which repre- 

 sented the different types of naval hulls now 

 in use, one a model of the Curtiss pontoon, 

 and others obtained through changes and im- 

 provements in standard forms. They were one 

 ninth full size, except the Curtiss model 

 which was one fourth actual size, and were 

 tested both on the surface of the water and 

 submerged one foot. In his report Naval 

 Constructor Richardson has shovsm by dia- 

 grams and tables the advantages and disad- 

 vantages of the various types, as well as the 

 plan, side and end views of five models. Tests 

 were made on the surface of the water for the 

 resistances at " displacements corresponding 

 to speeds," and other tests were made sub- 

 merged as a means of determining their total 

 head resistance in air, and of ascertaining an 

 approximate coefficient of fineness of form. 

 Further experiments are under way for the 

 determination of the stream line flow about 

 submerged models, as a means of improving 

 the form, and to otherwise perfect the stand- 

 ard type most advantageous for all purposes. 

 Comparisons of the model results and the 

 actual performances of full-sized machines 

 show that a fair analogy exists, confirming the 

 behavior of the models under experiment. 

 Actual experiments with a full sized machine 

 shows the hollow V section very desirable be- 

 cause of the good landing qualities, as land- 

 ings which would otherwise stress the machine 

 badly have been made without any shock. The 

 report of the experiments forms Publication 

 No. 2253 of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous 

 Collections. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The gifts to Oberlin College for various pur- 

 poses during the last months amount to nearly 

 $190,000, apportioned as follows: For campus 



