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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXVI. No. 666 



scale of marking -with History 1 and English 

 A as given in Harvard College. The lectures 

 ■will be given in the buildings of the Harvard 

 Medical School at 8 p.m. 



Professor Alfred C. Cole, of the Ohio 

 State University, has been elected professor 

 of physics at Vassar College, succeeding Pro- 

 fessor LeRoy C. Cooley, who has retired at 

 the age of seventy-four years, after thirty- 

 three years' service. 



At Wellesley College, Dr. Carl M. Wiegand, 

 of Cornell University, has been appointed 

 associate professor of botany, and Dr. Daniel 

 Starch, who is on leave of absence from the 

 Ohio State University, has been appointed 

 acting instructor in psychology. 



Dr. H. E. "Wells has recently resigned the 

 professorship of chemistry at Allegheny Col- 

 lege to accept a similar position at Washing- 

 ton and Jefferson College. Professor Edwin 

 Lee, of Mount Union College, has been ap- 

 pointed to fill the vacancy thus left open at 

 Allegheny College. 



At Bowdoin College Mr. Kalph B. Stone 

 has been appointed instructor in physics 

 and mathematics, and Mr. H. M. Hastings, 

 instructor in descriptive geometry. 



Dr. Hiram Bingham has been appointed in- 

 structor in South American geography in 

 Yale University. 



Changes in the staff of the botanical depart- 

 ment of the Ohio State University for the 

 current year are as follows : Professor 

 Schaffner has been given leave of absence for 

 the year to study in Germany, and Dr. A. 

 Dachnowski (Michigan) has been appointed as 

 substitute. Professor Griggs has spent the 

 summei; at Port Renfew Minnesota Botanical 

 Station,' stiidying the Kelps. Miss Detmers, 

 instructor, botanized in California and Alaska 

 until September 15. Dr. Kellerman has been 

 given leave of absence for the winter term 

 to conduct a peripatetic School of Botany in 

 Guatemala. 



The following elections and promotions, 

 have been made at the Iowa State College for 

 the year 1907-8 : Division of Agriculture — J. 

 A. McLean and Wayne Dinsmore have been 



promoted to associate professorships of animal 

 husbandry; J. B. Davidson to a professorship 

 of agricultural engineering; E. B. Watson to 

 an assistant professorship of soils, and John 

 Bower to an assistant professorship of dairy- 

 ing. Division of Veterinary Medicine — E. E. 

 Dykstra has been promoted to an associate 

 professorship of veterinary medicine, and C. 

 H. Stange and W. E. Madson to assistant pro- 

 fessorships. Division of Science — W. F. 

 Coover has been promoted to an associate pro- 

 fessorship of chemistry; Mrs. Alice Dynes- 

 Feuling has been appointed professor of do- 

 mestic science, and Miss Helen Donovan has 

 been promoted to an associate professorship 

 and Miss Ruth Morrison to an assistant pro- 

 fessorship; Alexander S. Thompson has been 

 appointed director of music, and Mrs. A. S. 

 Thompson, instructor of voice. Division of 

 Engineering — W. H. Meeker has been pro- 

 moted to a professorship of mechanical en- 

 gineering, W. M. Wilson to an associate 

 professorship, and E. A. Norman has been 

 appointed assistant professor; J. E. Kirkum 

 has been appointed associate professor of civil 

 engineering and H. C. Ford, assistant pro- 

 fessor; L. C. Hodson has been promoted to an 

 associate professorship of mining engineering 

 and I. A. Williams to an associate professor- 

 ship; F. A. Fish has been promoted to an 

 associate professorship of electrical engineer- 

 ing, and W. B. Anderson and A. H. Hoffman 

 have been appointed assistant professors. 



The following changes have occurred in the 

 teaching and station force of the biological 

 department of the North Dakota Agricultural 

 College and Experiment Station: Mr. F. J. 

 Pritchard, assistant professor of botany, has 

 resigned to take up advanced work in plant 

 breeding at Cornell University. Mr. F. J. 

 Seaver, late fellowship student in Columbia 

 University and graduate of Iowa State Uni- 

 versity, has been elected to fill the vacancy. 

 Mr. T. D. Beckwith, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, Division of Water Purification 

 Investigations, has been elected assistant pro- 

 fessor of bacteriology and plant pathology, 

 and will be associated with Professor BoUey 

 in special soil investigations in the experi- 

 ment station work. 



