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was the first to trace the path of a "low" 

 across the Atlantic, and to chart the mean 

 pressure of the atmosphere and the prevailing 

 ■winds of the globe. His best-known work is 

 probably that in connection with the meteor- 

 ological discussions of the Challenger expedi- 

 tion. He was more recently associated with 

 Dr. A. J. Herbertson in the preparation of the 

 splendid " Atlas of Meteorology." He was from 

 the beginning actively interested in Ben Nevis 

 Observatory, and published several discussions 

 of Ben Nevis meteorolog-y. Buchan was a 

 member of the Meteorological Council (1887) ; 

 an honorary LL.D. of Glasgow ; F.E.S. of Lon- 

 don and Edinburgh; the first recipient of the 

 Symons Medal of the Koyal Meteorological 

 Society; an honorary member of numerous 

 foreign scientific societies. Dr. W. N. Shaw 

 {Nature, May 23) well says: "It is not too 

 much to say that the work of Buchan's life 

 has contributed largely to justify the claim of 

 meteorology to be regarded as a separate scien- 

 tific subject, entitled to separate academic 

 recognition." E. DeC. Ward 



THE RUSSELL SAGE INSTITUTE OF 

 PATHOLOGY 



Mrs. Eussell Sage has given the sum of 

 $300,000 to found what will be known as the 

 Eussell Sage Institute of Pathology as an 

 adjunct to the City Hospital on Blackwell's 

 Island. The securities for that amount have 

 been delivered to the Eussell Sage Founda- 

 tion, and the gift has been formally accepted 

 by the Medical Board of the City Hospital. 



Eesolutions were adopted by the board 

 thanking Mrs. Sage for this magnificent gift, 

 and expressing appreciation for the honor con- 

 ferred upon the hospital, " realizing that this 

 has been the first occasion upon which a 

 municipal hospital in this city has been so 

 generously provided for by a private indivi- 

 dual for the purpose of fostering medical edu- 

 cation and research. " It is the hope of the 

 Medical Board," the resolutions continue, 

 " that this gift of Mrs. Sage may establish a 

 precedent for others which may lead to like 

 endowment in other municipal institutions." 



Commissioner Hebberd of the Department 



of Public Charities has issued a statement in 

 which was laid down the terms of the gift as 

 received in a communication from Mr. Eobert 

 W. De Foster, counsel for Mrs. Sage. Mr. 

 De Foster's letter on the subject said: 



This institute is to be organized according to 

 the plans and under the direction of Drs. E. G. 

 and T. C. Janeway, with whom are to be asso- 

 ciated on the board of trustees, as ex-officio mem- 

 bers, the Commissioner of Public Charities of the 

 City of New York and the president of the med- 

 ical board of the City Hospital, and as individual 

 members Dr. D. Bryson Delavan, Dr. Simon Flex- 

 ner and Professor Graham Lusk. The institute 

 will be promptly incorporated. 



The effective work of the institute depends, as 

 you have stated, upon the maintenance and con- 

 tinuance of the helpful relations between the De- 

 partment of Public Charities and those who are 

 now performing the duties of pathologists to these 

 hospitals. The income of the institute from this 

 source will be based upon the continuance of such 

 cooperation to the satisfaction of the gentlemen 

 named as trustees. 



Mrs. Sage hopes that as the result of this en- 

 dowment the research and educational work of 

 these hospitals will be largely increased, to the 

 good of the general public, and particularly in 

 dealing with the diseases to which old age is liable. 



SUMMER FIELD MEETING OF THE SECTION 



OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



In the issue of Science for May 10 was 

 given the full program of the meeting of 

 Section E — Geology and Geography— of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, from July 3 to 11. It may be 

 added that the subject of the address of Dr. 

 Lane, the vice-president, is " The Early Sur- 

 roundings of Life." It will be given in the 

 auditorium of the Catholic Summer School, 

 and will be complimentary to the members 

 of the Cbamplain Assembly. The noon ad- 

 dresses to be given each day after the lunch 

 hour on a subject connected with the excursion 

 of the day have been arranged as follows: 

 "Abandoned Shorelines," by Professor Wood- 

 worth; "Iroquois ExtiHction," by Professor 

 Fairchild; " Paleogeography of the Cambro- 

 Siluric of the Eegion from the Standpoint of. 



