NOVEMBEE 15, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



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work under the title " The selective reflection 

 in the infra red characteristic of carbonates 

 and its relation to the atomic weights of the 

 bases." 



Professor John Dewey, of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, will lecture before the School of Edu- 

 cation of the University of Illinois during the 

 second week of December. 



Mr. W. E. Chancellor, superintendent of 

 the schools of Washington, D. C, will give a 

 course of twenty lectures at the Johns Hop- 

 kins University, on the " History of Theory 

 of Education." 



Dr. Edward Gardiner, of Boston, Mass., 

 known for his work on Turbellaria and for 

 his active interest in the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory at Woods Hole, of the corporation 

 of which he was secretary, died suddenly from 

 pneumonia on November 4. 



We regret also to record the death, at the 

 age of seventy-two years, of Mr. Howard 

 Saunders, the eminent British ornithologist. 



The Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago, profited by a decision rendered by 

 Judge Cutting of the Chicago Probate Court 

 to the extent of $430,000. The money was 

 paid by the late Marshall Field to the trustees 

 of the museum prior to the date of his will, 

 which contained a bequest of $8,000,000 to the 

 institution. A suit was brought by the trus- 

 tees against the executors of the will to deter- 

 mine whether the bequest was intended to be 

 exclusive of the amount previously donated. 

 Judge Cutting decided the suit in favor of the 

 museum on the testimony of President H. N. 

 Higinbotham of the board of trustees and of 

 Frederick L. V. Skiff, curator of the museum, 

 who related conversations with the decedent 

 which were held to indicate his intention. 



To serve as a botanic garden for the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, about four acres of ground 

 have been set apart in the block adjoining 

 Washington Park and the Midway Plaisance. 

 It is easily accessible from the Hull Botanical 

 Laboratory, and is to be strictly a laboratory 

 garden, which will add greatly to the facilities 

 for experimental work. The area, it is hoped, 

 will be largely increased with the further de- 

 velopment of plans. 



A certificate of incorporation has been filed 

 with the secretary of state for the Russell 

 Sage Institute of Pathology of New York 

 City. The directors are Drs. Edward G. Jane- 

 way, Theodore C. Janeway, D. Bryson Dela- 

 van, Simon Flexner and Graham Lusk. This 

 institute will act as pathologist for the City 

 Hospital and City Home on Blackwell's 

 Island. Heretofore these institutions have 

 had no laboratories for pathologic work. 



The president of Santo Domingo, under 

 date of September 17, 1907, published a decree" 

 relating to objects of archeological interest 

 discovered upon the island which will be of 

 interest to collectors. After explaining that 

 the archeological remains in the island should 

 be preserved, that a museum should be estab- 

 lished for the purpose, and that many objects 

 have been taken from the island, the decree 

 goes on to state that such objects are the ex- 

 clusive property of the nation and therefore 

 shall not be taken from the country or appro- 

 priated by private persons. Private collections 

 already made will not be disturbed, but they 

 must not be removed from the republic. Any 

 person finding one of these objects shall de- 

 liver it to the sui)erior authority of the prov- 

 ince or district in which it is found, who shall 

 have the object deposited in a suitable place, 

 inform the government of the discovery and 

 have the fact published in the newspapers. A 

 register of these discoveries shall be kept by 

 the governors of the various provinces. Any 

 person violating the provisions of this decree 

 shall be punished according to law. 



The American Scenic and Historic Preser- 

 vation Society held a meeting in the new 

 building of the New York Historical Society 

 on November 14, to commemorate the anni- 

 versary of the birth of Robert Fulton on No- 

 vember 14, 1765, and the centenary of the 

 successful inauguration by him of steam navi- 

 gation on the Hudson River in 1807. From 

 8 to 8:30 o'clock there was a reception at 

 which descendants of Robert Fulton were the 

 guests of honor. Beginning at 8 :30 addresses 

 were announced by Gen. Stewart L. Wood- 

 ford, president of the Hudson-Fulton Celebra- 

 tion Commission; Rear Admiral Joseph B. 



