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Orville H. Ensign has been appointed to the 

 professoi'sliip of electrical engineering, in 

 place of D. 0. Jackson, now head of the de- 

 partment of electrical engineering at Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology. Professor 

 Ensign has been general electrical and me- 

 chanical engineer of the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey Eeclamation Service, in charge 

 of the work on electrical and pumping prob- 

 lems on the Pacific coast. 



A. M. Winchell, who comes from the Mon- 

 tana School of Mines, is assistant professor 

 of mineralogy and petrology. Otis A. Gage, 

 Cornell, is the new assistant professor in the 

 physics department, and James H. Wolton, 

 University of Illinois, is assistant professor 

 of chemistry. Among the lecturers secured 

 for the coming year in various departments 

 are W. A. Eichards, chemical engineer, and 

 Charles H. Hawes, anthropologist, of Cam- 

 bridge University, England. 



In the department of chemistry E. K. Brew- 

 er, W. G. Wilcox, Edward Wolesensky, C. W. 

 HiU and Charles B. Gates have been made 

 assistants, the latter to take the place of W. 

 H. Doughty, resigned. James T. Bowles is 

 sanitary chemist in the hygienic laboratory, 

 S. K. Susiski is research assistant in agricul- 

 tural chemistry, and E. V. McCollum is in- 

 structor in agricultural chemistry. 



John E. Eoebuck, who is a graduate of 

 Toronto University and for the past year has 

 been professor of physics at McGill Medical 

 College, Toronto, has been appointed in- 

 structor in physics in place of A. L. Colton. 

 Two other instructors appointed in this de- 

 partment are A. W. Smith, Haverford College, 

 and H. C. Heil, and as assistants W. A. Tits- 

 worth, of Eutgers College, W. E. Steve, H. J. 

 Plagge,. D. S. Dye, O. H. Gaarden, E. W. 

 Eorsythe, E. K. Brainard and L. B. Aldrich 

 were named. Eaymond Schulz was made as- 

 sistant in pharmacy in place of Florence Gage, 

 resigned, and C. C. LeEebre is the assistant. 

 The resignation of G. M. Eeed as instructor 

 of botany was accepted, and the following 

 assistants in the department were named: E. 

 G. Artzburger, J. M. Brannon, Mary A. Hick- 

 man and Hallie D. M. Jolivette. The assist- 



antship made vacant through the resignation 

 of A. B. Clawson is filled by Eobert W. Heg- 

 ner. The new assistant in bacteriology, in 

 place of N. W. Wayson, resigned, is O. O. 

 Nelson, and C. W. Smith is instructor in the 

 department. E. L. Eaton was made instructor 

 in astronomy in the correspondence depart- 

 ment. In the mathematics department, 

 George D. Berkhoff and A. L. UnderhHl are 

 instructors and Bruce Bartholomew, assistant. 

 Edward Steidtman is the new assistant in 

 mineralogy and petrology. 



In the College of Engineering the following 

 changes have been made : Ernst Flanner is ' 

 instructor in electrical engineering, vice John 

 C. Potter, resigned, and H. B. Sanford is 

 assistant in the same subject. W. L. Dobney 

 is instructor in mechanical practise, and J. B. 

 Kommers and A. H. Miller are instructors in 

 mechanics, the latter succeeding H. E. Moore, 

 resigned. W. C. Penn is instructor in topo- 

 graphical engineering, and John C. Wied in 

 steam engineering. E. E. Parker has been 

 made instructor in bridge engineering. Paul 

 Sladky succeeds B. S. Anderson as assistant 

 in machine design. Eobert E. Egelhoff is 

 instructor in mechanical drawing, and M. E. 

 Hammar succeeds J. E. Boynton in the same 

 work. Frank W. Warner is instructor in 

 drawing and descriptive geometry. F. W. 

 Lawrence is instructor in hydraulics, with 

 W. A. Gattiker as assistant. 



The changes in the College of Agriculture 

 include the appointment of Miss Louise Jahna 

 as instructor in soils, and J. F. Eeubensaal 

 as instructor in pasteurizing. 



8GIENTIFI0 NOTES AND NEWS 

 De. Eichard Wettstein, Eitter von Wes- 

 terheim, professor of systematic botany at 

 Vienna, has been elected president of the 

 Association of German Men of Science and 

 Physicians for the meeting to be held next 

 year at Cologne. 



Dr. Emil Fischer, professor of chemistry 

 in the University of Berlin, gave the Faraday 

 lecture before the London Chemical Society 

 on October 18. On the preceding day he re- 

 ceived the degree of doctor of science from 

 the University of Cambridge. 



