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nor the librarian of congress was consulted, 

 and the plan is opposed by them and by all 

 well-informed physicians and men of science. 

 It may be assumed that the amendment will 

 not be concurred in by the House, after the 

 question has been brought properly to its 

 attention. 



The Association of German Men of Science 

 and Physicians wiU hold its eighty-sixth 

 annual meeting this year at Hanover from 

 September 20 to 26. 



. The international committee for the Inter- 

 national Congress of Anatomy has decided 

 that the next meeting shall be held at Amster- 

 dam during August, 1915. 



The Eugenics Research Association will 

 hold its next amiual meeting on Friday, June 

 19, and Saturday, June 20, 1914, at Schermer- 

 horn Hall, Columbia University, New York 

 City. The program will consist of papers by 

 members, a symposium upon the subject: 

 " The most pressing topics for research in 

 eugenics," open discussions, and a general 

 experience meeting for institutional officers 

 and eugenics fieldworkers. In order that the 

 details of the program of papers may be com- 

 pleted as early as possible, contributors are 

 requested to notify the secretary not later than 

 May 21, giving the title of the paper and the 

 amount of time required. 



Sir Aethur Evans has presented to the 

 museum of the IJniversity of Cambridge the 

 last instalment of a set of objects selected from 

 the collections of his father, the late Sir John 

 Evans. The gift consists of 121 specimens 

 ranging in date from prehistoric times to the 

 eighteenth century. All the specimens were 

 found in Cambridgeshire and the adjacent 

 counties. ■ 



Mrs. Rdssell Sage has given to the State 

 Museum, Albany, a series of 106 bird paint- 

 ings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, of Ithaca. The 

 exact amount contributed was not made 

 public. These paintings were made by Mr. 

 Fuertes within the last two or three years for 

 reproduction in a comprehensive book on the 

 birds of New York State. 



Bulletin 553 from the Harvard College 

 Observatory signed by the director. Dr. Ed- 

 ward C. Pickering, and dated May 26, states 

 that a cablegram received at this observatory 

 on May 21, from Professor C. D. Perrine, 

 director of the Observatorio Nacional, Cor- 

 doba, Argentina, states that the orbit of 

 Zlotinsky's Comet is found to be similar to 

 that of Herschel's Comet of 1790. Professor 

 Edwin B. Frost, director of the Yerkes Ob- 

 servatory, writes that the comet was seen by 

 several observers on May 20 and 22 with 

 the naked eye. Estimates of its magni- 

 tude on May 22, with a cleax sky, deter- 

 mined it to be equivalent to a fifth mag- 

 nitude star. Photographs were obtained by 

 Professor Barnard on May 18, 20 and 22, the 

 last of which showed a tail at least 12° long, 

 extending to the edge of the plate, resembling 

 the tail of Gale's Comet as photographed by 

 Professor Barnard in 1912. Photographs by 

 Mr. Parkhurst with a 15° U. V. objective 

 prism. May 20 and 22, show the usual com- 

 mentary spectrum with large knots representing 

 the CN band (A.3883), and the blue band 

 (A4737), known as the " fourth carbon," be- 

 side numerous fainter ones. On May 20 the 

 green band (A5165), known as the "third 

 carbon," was well shown. 



UNIVESSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



A GIFT of $100,000 for the erection of the 

 first of Cornell University's residential dormi- 

 tories is announced. The name of the donor 

 is withheld. 



Nathaniel H. Stone, of the class of 1875, 

 has made an unrestricted gift to Harvard Uni- 

 versity of $50,000 in memory of Henry Bald- 

 win Stone of the class of 1873. 



The University of Pennsylvania is given 

 $25,000 under the will of Miss Elizabeth S. 

 Shippen. 



Mr. Robert C. Ogden bequeathed $20,000 

 and a contingent interest in one third of a 

 $50,000 fund to the Hampton Normal and 

 Agricultural Institute. 



The supreme court of Massachusetts has de- 

 cided that the Massachusetts Institute of 



