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Boston from his trip to the Aleutian Islands, 

 where he spent the summer studying the 

 volcanic conditions. 



Professor Eugene A. Smith, Teachers Col- 

 lege, Columbia University, is at present in 

 Japan. He is spending his sabbatical year in 

 the orient, collecting mathematical books and 

 manuscripts bearing on the history of mathe- 

 matics. 



Dr. George Grant MacCurdy, curator of the 

 archeological collection of Peabody Museum, 

 Yale University, has during the past vacation 

 mapped out the state of Connecticut for a 

 ;System.atic archeological survey, bearing par- 

 ticularly on the traces of the Connecticut In- 

 dians. 



Dr. C. L. Mcralt, of the University of 

 Michigan, has been granted a short leave of 

 absence, in order that he may act as consult- 

 ing engineer in the electrification of the Alt- 

 berg tunnel, which is being constructed by the 

 Austrian government. 



Mr. Eaymond E. Priestley, a student of 

 University College, Bristol, has been appointed 

 geologist of the expedition to the Antarctic 

 under the command of Lieutenant Shackleton. 

 The party sails from Liverpool in October, 

 •for New Zealand, to join the Nimrod. 



Professor and Mrs. David P. Todd left 

 Lima on September 28, for the United States, 

 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. While in 

 Lima Mrs. Todd gave an address before the 

 Geographical Society, her subject being " The 

 Ainus of Japan," among whom she resided 

 for several weeks in 1896, while the Coronet 

 Eclipse Expedition was stationed in Tezo. 



Professor William Bateson, of Cambridge 

 University, is giving, on October 3 and 31, 

 and November 1, at the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences, three illustrated lectures, 

 entitled " Demonstrations of Mendel's Prin- 

 ciples of Heredity." 



Inaugural exercises will be held on October 

 18 at 2 P.M. at Urbana, 111., to celebrate the 

 election of Dr. Wm. A. Noyes as professor of 

 chemistry, head of the Department of Chem- 

 istry, and director of the Chemical Laboratory 

 of the University of Illinois. The following 

 program has been arranged: 



Address: President Edmond J. James, Ph.D., 

 LL.D. 



" The Relation of Chemistry to Agriculture," 

 by Professor H. A. Weber, Ph.D., professor of 

 agricultural chemistry, Ohio State University. 



" The Relation of Chemistry to the Industries," 

 by Dr. William McMurtrie, Ph.D., consulting 

 chemist, New York City. 



" The Teaching of Chemistry in State Universi- 

 ties," by Professor George B. Frankfurter, Ph.D., 

 dean of the School of Chemistry, University of 

 Minnesota. 



" The Contribution of Chemistry to Modern 

 Life," by Professor William Albert Noyes, Ph.D., 

 professor of chemistry and director of the chem- 

 ical laboratory, University of Illinois. 



At 8 o'clock in the evening an inaugural ban- 

 quet will be provided, and on the following 

 morning the Chemical Laboratories will be 

 open to the public for inspection. 



During the academic year 1907-08 Colum- 

 bia University offers the following series of 

 non-technical lectures descriptive of the 

 achievements of science and modern scholar- 

 ship. While the lectures are intended pri- 

 marily for the officers, students and alumni 

 of the university, they will also be open to 

 the public. The lectures will be given in 309 

 Havemeyer Hall on Wednesday afternoons at 

 4:10 P.M. 



Oct. 16 — Mathematics, Professor Keyser. 



23 — Physics, Professor Nichols. 



30 — Chemistry, Professor Chandler. 

 Nov. 6 — Astronomy, Professor Jacoby. 



13 — Geology, Professor Kemp. 



20 — Biology, Professor Wilson. 



27 — Physiology, Professor Lee. 

 Dec. 4 — Botany, Professor Richards. 



11 — Zoology, Professor Crampton. 



18 — Anthropology, Professor Boas. 

 Jan. 8 — Archeology, Professor Wheeler. 



15 — History, Professor Robinson. 



22 — Economics, Professor Seager. 

 Feb. 12 — Politics, Professor Beard. 



19 — Jurisprudence, Professor Munroe Smith. 



26 — Sociology, Professor Giddings. 

 Mar. 4 — Philosophy, President Butler. 



11 — Psychology, Professor Wood worth. 



18 — ^Metaphysics, Professor Woodbridge. 



25 — Ethics, Professor Dewey. 

 Apr. 1 — Philology, Professor Jackson. 

 8 — Literature, Professor Peck. 



