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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXVI. No. 661 



On or about September 11, 1907, an exam- 

 ination will be held by the Civil Service Com- 

 mission to secure eligibles from wliicli to 

 make certification to fill three vacancies in 

 the Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C, in 

 the position of miscellaneous computer, and 

 one vacancy in the position of assistant at 

 $1,000 per annum. Miscellaneous computers 

 are paid by the hour, and earn from $900 to 

 $1,100 per annum. Promotions are made 

 from this grade without further examination 

 to the grades of assistant at $1,200 per annum, 

 as vacancies occur. As an insufficient num- 

 ber of eligibles were secured as the result of 

 the last four examinations to meet the needs 

 of the 'service, qualified persons are urged to 

 enter this examination. Applicants should 

 at once apply to the United States Civil Serv- 

 ice Commission, Washington, D. C, for full 

 information concerning the examination. Ap- 

 plicants can be examined at various places 

 throughout the United States. 



The first meeting of the Italian Association 

 for the Advancement of Science will take place 

 at Parma from September 23 to 29. 



Nature states that an institute entitled the 

 Istituto Therapeutico Italiano has been estab- 

 lished at Milan under the directorship of Dr. 

 Zanoni, the work of which will be the investi- 

 gation of the action of new drugs, especially 

 in regard to serumtherapy and hypodermic 

 medication. 



We learn from the journal of the American 

 Medical Association that the Sixth Interna- 

 tional Dermatologic Congress will be held at 

 the Academy of Medicine, New York City, 

 from September 9 to 14. An address of wel- 

 come on behalf of the United States will be 

 delivered by Surgeon General Eixey of the 

 United States Navy ; an address for the Amer- 

 ican universities will be delivered by Professor 

 Ira Remsen, of the Johns Hopkins University ; 

 and an address for the medical profession of 

 the United States by Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, 

 president of the American Medical Associa- 

 tion. Papers will be read by some of the 

 most famous European dermatologists, in- 

 •cluding Professor E. Campana, Home, Italy; 

 Dr. Z. Falcao, Lisbon, Portugal; Dr. Vinetta- 



Bellaserra, Barcelona, Spain; Dr. L. Brocq, 

 Paris; Dr. Unna, Hamburg, Germany; Dr. M. 

 Oppenheimer, Vienna ; Professor E. Kromayer, 

 Berlin; Professor E. Hoffmann, Berlin; Dr. 

 A. Buschke, Berlin; Drs. Hallopeau and 

 Gastou, Paris ; Professor S. Ehrmann, Vienna, 

 and numerous others. Papers are also on the 

 program by the leading dermatologists of this 

 country. Further details may be obtained 

 from the secretary-general. Dr. John A. Por- 

 dyce, 80 West Fortieth Street, New York City. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



At the University of Illinois, Dr. G. A. 

 Miller, associate professor of mathematics, 

 has been promoted to a professorship. The 

 department of mathematics now contains three 

 professors, one associate professor, three as- 

 sistant professors, one associate, six instruct- 

 ors and three assistants. 



Dr. Alfred E. Thayer has resigned from 

 the chair of pathology in the University of 

 Texas. His future address will be Asheville, 

 N. C. 



Professor F. E. Austin, who has had 

 charge of the department of electrical engi- 

 neering at the Thayer School of Civil Engi- 

 neering, Hanover, N. H., will, during the 

 coming year, have charge of the departments 

 of physics and electrical engineering at Nor- 

 wich University, Northfield, Vermont. 



At the Western College for Women, Oxford, 

 Ohio, the following changes have been made 

 in the faculty for next year: Mary F. Leach, 

 Ph.D., assistant in hygiene at the University 

 of Michigan, will take charge of the advanced 

 work in chemistry, bacteriology and hygiene; 

 Mary D. MacKenzie, M.A. (Syracuse), will 

 take charge of the biological department. 



Mr. J. L. SiMONSEN, Schunek research fel- 

 low, has been appointed a junior demonstrator 

 in chemistry at the University of Manchester. 



Dr. H. Simon has been appointed professor 

 of applied physics at the University of Got- 

 tingen. 



Dr. Prenant, of the University of Nancy, 

 has been appointed professor of histology in 

 the medical faculty of the University of Paris. 



