Decembeb 28, 1906.] 



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of age and in accordance with the laws of 

 Sweden retired from the chair of physiolog- 

 ical chemistry at the University of Upsala. 

 A large volume, a ' Festschrift,' containing 

 twenty-two papers on physiological and bio- 

 chemical subjects had been prepared for the 

 occasion by the friends and former pupils of 

 Professor Hammarsten and the day was 

 widely observed throughout the Scandinavian 

 countries. Professor Hammarsten has been a 

 teacher in the University of Upsala for thirty- 

 seven years and his activity as an investigator 

 dates from 1866. His most noted contribu- 

 tions deal with the coagulation of milk and of 

 blood, with the chemistry of bile and the 

 nature of mucin. Within each of these fields 

 his keen observations and accurate descrip- 

 tions serve as landmarks, the accuracy of 

 which has never been successfully questioned. 



At its recent meeting in Mexico City the 

 American Public Health Association elected 

 the following officers: President, Dr. Do- 

 mingo Orvananos, Mexico; vice-presidents, 

 Dr. Quitman Kohnke, New Orleans; Dr. E. 

 M. Simpson, Winnipeg; Dr. G. T. Swartz, 

 Providence; secretary. Dr. C. 0. Probst, Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio; treasurer. Dr. Frank Wright, 

 New Haven. Atlantic City, N. J., was 

 selected as the place of meeting for 1907. 



A TABLET has been placed in the rotunda of 

 Memorial Hall, Yale University, to the 

 memory of Elias Loomis, LL.D., who was pro- 

 fessor of natural philosophy and astronomy in 

 the college from 1860 to 1889, the year of his 

 death. The tablet reads: — "In grateful re- 

 membrance of Elias Loomis, LL.D., who was 

 graduated in 1830 from Yale College and 

 twenty-nine years here served — 1860-1889. 

 An exact scholar, an astronomer of wide re- 

 pute, in meteorology a pioneer, and a large 

 benefactor of this university. This tablet is 

 placed by a few of his old students to keep 

 fresh the memory of the man and his teach- 

 ing. 1906." 



The Cartwright prize of the Association of 

 the Alumni of the College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons of Columbia University will be 

 awarded at commencement. This prize, which 

 is of the value of $500, is open to general 



competition for an essay containing original 

 investigations in the medical sciences. Fur- 

 ther information can be obtained from Dr. H. 

 E. Hale, secretary of the association, 752 West 

 End Avenue, New York City. 



The University of Michigan has come into 

 possession of a tract of land that with proper 

 attention may be developed into a garden 

 meeting all the requirements of the present- 

 day European botanic gardens. This tract of 

 land has been deeded by Dr. Walter H. 

 Nichols, '91, and Mrs. Esther B. C. Nichols, 

 '94. It comprises about thirty acres, and ad- 

 joins Forest Hill Cemetery on the east, having 

 a frontage of about fifteen rods on Geddes 

 Avenue. The land is separated from the 

 Huron River by an approximately equal area 

 owned by the city of Ann Arbor. By an 

 agreement entered into by the regents of the 

 university and the council of the city of Ann 

 Arbor, the two pieces of land mentioned are 

 to be developed as one, thus insuring a garden 

 and park of at least sixty acres. This area 

 will not make one of the largest gardens in the 

 world, but it will make one of the large gar- 

 dens of the world. It wiU be the same size 

 as the St. Louis and Edinburgh gardens, 

 nearly as large as the Paris garden, but much 

 smaller than the New York garden, the Arnold 

 Arboretum of Harvard University, the Kew 

 gardens of England and the Buitenzorg gar- 

 den maintained by Holland on the island of 

 Java, each of which has over 200 acres of land, 

 the last 1,100 acres. The following four aims 

 for its use will be observed in the development 

 of the garden : (1) teaching, in which students 

 are instructed in the various orders and func- 

 tions of plants ; (2) scientific, in which genetic 

 relationship is studied and experimental work 

 is carried on; (3) economic, in which collec- 

 tions of medicinal and economic plants are 

 made, and the effect of horticulture and agri- 

 culture is shown, and (4) esthetic and pop- 

 ularly educational, in which landscape effects 

 are introduced and special provision is made 

 to make the plantings, the drives and walks of 

 interest and value to the public. 



Measures have been taken by the Connecti- 

 cut Academy of Arts and Sciences to affiliate 



