June 12, 1914] 



SCIENCE 



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also to make it a game refuge for the preserva- 

 tion of the fauna of the eastern mountains. 

 It is particularly well suited to this purpose 

 since it is already well stocked with game and 

 fish, including deer, turkey and pheasant; and 

 in the streams rainbow trout and brook trout, 

 with which they have been systematically 

 stocked from year to year. With this pur- 

 chase, and with others just approved, the total 

 area approved for purchase under the Weeks 

 law in the eastern mountains is 1,077,000 

 acres. 



Facts regarding our forest resources, their 

 value and their waste, are condensed in an 

 eight-page illustrated circular of the American 

 forestry association just issued. The lumber 

 industry is said to employ 735,000 people, to 

 whom are paid annually $367,000,000 in wages, 

 the worth of products being $1,250,000,000. 

 The forests of the country cover 550,000,000 

 acres. An average of 70 human lives are sacri- 

 ficed annually in forest fires, says the circular, 

 and a loss occurs of $25,000,000. Damage from 

 insects and tree diseases, which follow fire, 

 costs each year $50,000,000. The cost of de- 

 struction resulting from floods is not esti- 

 mated, but is given as " countless millions." 

 But the circular expresses hope more than 

 pessimism. As well as the colored pictures 

 showing the forest fire, the effects of the fire, 

 and the damage caused by floods, it shows also 

 forests planted and grown under intensive 

 management, and the national forest ranger 

 scouting for fires on the mountain lookout sta- 

 tion. The effective patrol here referred to has 

 reduced " forest fire losses to as low as one 

 tenth of one cent an acre." It is pointed out 

 that by planting forests an annual income 

 could be derived in the country of $65,000,000; 

 and by preservative treatment upon timber 

 ^ach year $100,000,000 could be saved. 



There has recently been established in Nela 

 Eesearch Laboratory (formerly known as 

 Physical Laboratory, National Electric Lamp 

 Association) a section of applied science in 

 addition to the section of pure science which 

 was established over five years ago. The sec- 

 tion of applied science will be separate and 



distinct from the section of pure science and 

 will not restrict or in any way affect the es- 

 tablished work in pure science. A research 

 fellowship in ophthalmology in Nela Eesearch 

 Laboratory has been established for the year 

 1914—15. The fellowship carries with it an 

 honorarium of $700 and is open to men suffi- 

 ciently advanced in specialized medical train- 

 ing to carry on an independent investigation 

 of some problem having to do with the effects 

 of light and attendant radiation on the eye. 



We learn from Nature that the movement 

 inaugurated a few months ago to develop as 

 completely as possible the educational side of 

 the kinematograph made definite headway on 

 Wednesday, May 20, when the Educational 

 Kinematograph Association was formed at a 

 meeting in London. Among those who have 

 joined the council of this body are Sir H. A. 

 Miers, Et. Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett, Dr. C. 

 W. Kimmins, Professor E. A. Gregory, Pro- 

 fessor J. W. Gregory, Mr. C. Bathurst, M.P., 

 Dr. Lyttelton, Mr. A. P. Graves, Professor 

 Darroch, Sir Edward Anwyl, Sir Harry E. 

 Eeichel, Sir Bertram Windle, Sir Albert Eol- 

 lit and General Sir E. Baden Powell. At the 

 meeting a report was presented by the secre- 

 tary, Mr. Morley Dainow, on behalf of the pro- 

 visional committee, suggesting that the work 

 of the association should be to encourage the 

 best types of kinematograph production and 

 develop a completely educational plan for 

 their use. The report was adopted, subject to 

 revision by a subcommittee. The following 

 officers were elected vice-presidents: Sir Wm. 

 Chance, Dr. Kimmins, Colonel Sir J. E. D. 

 Smith, Sir Albert Eollit. An executive com- 

 mittee representative of educational and so- 

 cial welfare associations was also appointed, 

 and Mr. Morley was elected secretary. 



UNIVES8ITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie has added, presum- 

 ably from the income of the Carnegie corpora- 

 tion, $2,000,000 to the endowment of the Car- 

 negie Institute of Pittsburgh, to be equally 

 divided between the institute and the school 



