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general committee, and executive committee 

 consisting of twelve members, one to be nomi- 

 nated by the Royal Society. 



Bulletin No. 35, entitled ' Eucalypts Culti- 

 vated in the United States,' by Professor A. J. 

 McClatchie, agriculturist and horticulturist of 

 the Arizona Experiment Station, will be ready 

 for distribution by August 15, 1902. Forty 

 species of Australian Eucalypts, which have 

 been successfully grown in the southwestern 

 part of the United States for timber, for wind- 

 breaks or for ornament, are fully described 

 and illustrated in this bulletin. The little- 

 known distinguishing characteristics of the 

 seedling and older growth of these trees have 

 received special attention and illustration; as 

 have their requirements for soil, climate and 

 culture. The phenomenally rapid growth of 

 the Eucalypts renders them of very great eco- 

 nomic importance in suitable climates; and 

 tree planters and others who desire informa- 

 tion concerning the character, culture and 

 economic uses of these trees and their wood 

 will find in this bulletin a useful guide. 



The Electrical World describes the progress 

 toward establishing a John Fritz medal. As 

 we have already stated, representative mem- 

 bers of the four national engineering societies 

 have organized for the purpose of celebrating 

 suitably the eightieth birthday of John Fritz, 

 the celebrated American ironmaster and in- 

 ventor. Under discussion the plan developed 

 until it was decided to establish a John Fritz 

 medal, to be awarded every year 'to the orig- 

 inators of the most useful scientific or indus- 

 trial achievements, in perpetual honor of John 

 Fritz and to the glory of engineering.' In 

 order that the subscribers to the fund should 

 be numerous, it was decided to permit each 

 one to contribute $10. Enough has now been 

 subscribed to insure the success of the project, 

 but there is still an opportunity for those who 

 wish to be enrolled. Several thousand dollars 

 have been received. The purpose is that this 

 medal shall be awarded by a perpetual com- 

 mittee of 16, to be appointed or chosen in equal 

 numbers from the American Society of Civil 

 Engineers, the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers, the American Society of Mechan- 



ical Engineers and the American Institute of 

 Electrical Engineers. Rules for the award of 

 this medal have been prepared. The commit- 

 tee may select any person of any nationality. 

 No award shall be made until after at least 

 one year of consideration, and it must have 

 the affirmative vote of at least three fourths 

 of the board. The hope and belief is that this 

 medal will be a distinction not second to the 

 Bessemer gold medal, awarded by the Iron 

 and Steel Institute of Great Britain. The 

 public celebration of Mr. Fritz's eightieth 

 birthday and of the foundation of this me- 

 morial will be held in New Tork City, October 

 31. This celebration will take the form of a 

 dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, in which the 

 subscribers to the fund will have the first op- 

 portunity to participate. Those who may wish 

 to be enrolled among the subscribers to the 

 medal fund should write for particulars to 

 Mr. John Thomson, treasurer, 253 Broadway, 

 New York City. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 President Peitohett, of the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology, has declined the presi- 

 dency of the University of Wisconsin. 



The trustees of the University of Chicago 

 have again postponed the decision as to the 

 segregation of the sexes at the University. It 

 is said that a majority of them do not favor 

 the plan recommended by President Harper. 



Dr. J. H. Beal, a chemist, has been elected 

 president of Scio College, at Scio, Ohio. 



Willum Stuart, B.S. (Vermont, '94), M.Sc. 

 (Purdue, '96), associate horticulturist of the 

 Indiana Experiment Station, has resigned to 

 accept the professorship of horticulture in 

 the University of Vermont. 



The Council of University College, Liver- 

 pool, has elected Dr. Benjamin Moore, now 

 lecturer in physiology in the Charing Cross 

 Medical School, to the chair of bio-chemistry, 

 recently founded in the college by Mr. Wil- 

 liam Johnston. 



Professor Hans Strahl, director of the 

 Anatomical Laboratory at Giessen, has been 

 called to Tiibingen. 



