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papers on any subject whatsoever, but is 

 merely to lay emphasis upon the desirability 

 of papers on subjects concerning the Pacific 

 region. 



There will be four general sessions for the 

 delivery of addresses by eminent men on sub- 

 jects of wide interest. There will be many 

 simultaneous or alternating meetings for the 

 presentation of addresses and papers in the 

 principal division of scientific knowledge. It 

 is proposed that certain half days or whole 

 days of the week be left free from scientific 

 programs in the respective divisions in order 

 that members and others in attendance may 

 visit the exposition and other points of special 

 interest in the vicinity. 



The Pacific Coast Committee hopes that the 

 1915 meeting of the American Association, at 

 a point so far removed from the usual meeting 

 places of the general and special scientific 

 societies of America and from the homes of 

 their members, may be remarkable for the 

 number of members of these societies in at- 

 tendance and for the wide interest and high 

 standard of the addresses and papers pre- 

 sented. 



Please address correspondence to Albert L. 

 Barrows, University of California Library, 

 Berkeley, California. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 A COMMITTEE has been formed in Prance, 

 under the patronage of M. Poineare, president 

 of the Republic, for the erection of a monu- 

 ment in honor of J. H. Fabre, the famous 

 entomologist. The idea is, not only to erect a 

 monument at Serignan, but to preserve and 

 to convert into a museum the estate of 

 Harmas, the dwelling of the great naturalist. 

 Subscriptions are asked from naturalists all 

 over the world, and may be sent to the presi- 

 dent of the committee, M. Henri de la Pail- 

 lonne, mayor of Serignan (Vaucluse), France. 



The medical faculty of Turin has decided 

 to erect a memorial to the distinguished 

 physiologist, Angelo Mosso, in the institute in 

 which he taught for many years. The mem- 

 orial wiU be unveiled on November 14, 1914, 



the fourth anniversary of Mosso's death. 

 Contributions should be sent to Professor 

 Alberto Aggazzotti, Corso Eaffaello, Torino. 



Eear Admiral Egbert E. Peary, U. S. N., 

 retired, has received the gold medal conferred 

 upon him by the French Geographical Society 

 on April 24. 



Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, newly appointed 

 director of the New York State College of 

 Agriculture, Cornell University, has formally 

 resigned his ofiice of assistant secretary of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



In addition to the Elliott Cresson medals 

 presented by the Franklin Institute, Phila- 

 delphia, to Dr. Smith and Mr. Wright, noted 

 in the last issue of Sciexce, medals were 

 awarded and forwarded through the depart- 

 ment of state to Professor Linde and Professor 

 Eder. The grounds of the awards are stated 

 by the committee as follows : 



Karl Paul Gottfried Linde, Ph.D., in recognition 

 of his scientific investigations of the processes of 

 refrigeration and the liquefaction of gases and of 

 his inventions of machinery for applying these 

 processes in the manufacture of ice and for the 

 purposes of cold storage. 



Edgar Fahs Smith, Ph.D., Sc.D., LL.D., in recog- 

 nition of his leading work in the field of electro- 

 chemistry, of his many contributions to the litera- 

 ture of chemical science, and of his great service 

 in university education. 



Joseph Maria Eder, Ph.D., in recognition of his 

 important original researches in the science of 

 photo-chemistry and of his many valuable contri- 

 butions to the literature of that science and of the 

 graphic arts. 



Orville Wright, B.S., LL.D., in recognition of the 

 epoch-maldng work accomplished by him, at first 

 together with his brother Wilbur and latterly alone, 

 in establishing on a practical basis the science and 

 art of aviation. 



Lewis E. Moore, professor of civil engi- 

 neering at the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, has been appointed engineer of 

 bridges and signals of the Massachusetts Pub- 

 lic Service Commission, and resigned from 

 the faculty of the institute. 



Dr. G. M. Guiteras, of the Public Health 

 Service, has been called to Tampico, Mexico, 

 with the consent of the constitutionalist forces. 



