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SCIENCE. 



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Competitors will be assembled only for the 

 tests tinder the third subject. Three hours 

 ^yill be allowed for subject a, and two hours 

 each for subjects & and c. Applicants must 

 show that they have been graduated from col- 

 leges or technical schools, or show that they 

 have obtained an equivalent scientific train- 

 ing. The Department desires that the ap- 

 pointee be not less than 20 nor more than 40 

 years of age and be in good physical con- 

 dition. A preliminary rating will be made 

 on the first two subjects as shown by the appli- 

 cation and accompanying vouchers, and those 

 applicants who fail to attain at least 70 per 

 cent, on this portion of the examination will 

 not be given the tests under the third subject. 

 On July 8 and 9 examinations will be held 

 to fill at least four vacancies as computers in 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey at a salary of 

 $1,000 a year. The subjects and weights are: 



Algebra 10 



Plane and solid geometry 10 



Trigonometry 15 



Elements of calculus 15 



Practical computations 50 



On July 11 and 12 an examination will be 

 held to fill twelve vacancies in the position of 

 aid in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, at a 

 salary of $720. The age limit is eighteen to 

 twenty-five years and the subjects and weights 

 are: 



Mathematics, including the elements of cal- 

 culus 10 



Practical computations 10 



Astronomy 10 



Physics . 10 



Surveying 10 



Modern languages, translation from one Eu- 

 ropean language 10 



Drawing and descriptive geometry 10 



Training and experience 10 



Physical examination 20 



On July 15 there will be an examination to 

 fill the position of assistant in the Eoad-mater- 

 ial Laboratory, Division of Chemistry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, with a salary of $600 

 with prospects of promotion; and on July 15 

 and 16 there will be an examination for as- 

 sistant (piece-work computer) in the Naval 

 Observatory and the Nautical Almanac 

 Office. 



THE PITTSBURGH MEETING OF THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 



Arrangements have now been made so that 

 certificates will be honored from points in the 

 territory of the Western Passenger Associa- 

 tion which show the purchase of tickets for 

 the Pittsburgh meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation on June 26-30 inclusive in addition to 

 June 19-25 inclusive. 



George A. Wardlav^t. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



Sir Joseph Dalton HooKfiR has been ap- 

 pointed a foreign knight of the Prussian 

 Ordre Pour le JVTerite for Science and Arts. 

 Sir Joseph Hooker, who was director of the 

 Ivew Botanical Gardens from 1365-1S85 and 

 president of the Royal Society from 1872- 

 1877, will celebrate his eighty -fifth birthday 

 on June 30. 



The Huxley Lecture at Charing Cross Hos- 

 pital will be delivered this year by Dr. William 

 H. Welch, of the Johns Hopkins University. 



Lord Eayleigh has been elected a corre- 

 sponding member of the Vienna Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Dr. S. Alfred Mitchell, tutor in astron- 

 omy at Columbia University, has been elected 

 a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of 

 England. 



The officers of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation elected at' the Saratoga meeting are: 

 President, Prank Billings, of Chicago; Vice- 

 Presidents, W. A. Witherspoon, of Tennessee, 

 G. P. Comstock, of New York, C. R. Holmes, 

 of Ohio, James H. Dunn, of Minnesota; Sec- 

 retary, G. H. Simmons, of Illinois; Treasurer, 

 H. P. Newman, of Hlinois; Orators: Medicine, 

 J. M. Anders, of Philadelphia; Surgery, A. P. 

 Jones, of Omaha; State Medicine, W. H. 

 Welch, of Baltimore. Little Rock, Arkansas, 

 was recommended for the next place of meet- 

 ing. 



The North Carolina Academy of Science 

 was founded at Raleigh, on March 21, 1902. The 

 following officers were elected for the current 

 year: President, W. L. Poteat, Wake Forest 

 College; Vice-President, T. Gilbert Pearson, 

 State Normal College; Secretary and Treas- 



