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in honor of his contributions to optical science 

 and his foundation at the university. 



The Journal of the American Medical As- 

 sociation states that the famous ophthalmolo- 

 gist, Professor Jaeger von Jaxtthal, who died 

 in 1884, has been honored by the erection of a 

 life-sized statue in the hall of the University 

 of Vienna. Professor Fuchs delivered the 

 commemorative address. Jaeger was the son 

 of a famous ophthalmologist: was the grand- 

 son, on his mother's side, of the famous oph- 

 thalmologist Beer, and was married to the 

 daughter of Arlt, also an eminent ophthalmol- 

 ogist. 



Dr. Wharton Sinclair, an eminent neurol- 

 ogist, a trustee of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, died at Philadelphia on March 15. 



Henry Augustus Torrey, assistant pro- 

 fessor of chemistry at Harvard University and 

 known for his work in organic chemistry, died 

 at Cambridge, on March 26, at the age of 

 thirty-eight years. 



Dr. H. Landolt, professor of chemistry at 

 the universities of Berlin and Bonn, eminent 

 for his contributions to physical chemistry, 

 died on March 14 at the age of seventy-eight 

 years. 



Professor K. J. Angstrom, professor of 

 physics in the University of Upsala, died on 

 March 4 at the age of fifty-three years. 



Dr. C. Philippi, professor of geology at 

 Jena, has died in Egypt. 



M. Toux, professor of mathematics at Paris, 

 has died at the age of eighty-one years. 



There will be a civil service examination 

 in New York State on April 23, to fill various 

 positions, including that of medical superin- 

 tendent of Letchworth Village, the new state 

 institution for the feeble-minded and epileptic. 

 The salary of this position is $4,500 with 

 maintenance for the superintendent and his 

 family. 



KJNG Albert of Belgium will give $200,000 

 for investigations into the nature and pre- 

 vention of sleeping sickness. He will also 

 give $100,000 for hospitals for natives of the 

 Congo. 



Carrimbhoy Ebrahim has given to the Bom- 

 bay government a sum of $150,000 for research 

 and the provision of scholarships to science 

 students of the Mussulman faith. 



The seventh International Congress of 

 Criminal Anthropology, which was to have 

 been held at Cologne in August next, has been 

 postponed till October, 1911. 



The third International Congress of School 

 Hygiene will be held at Paris from August 2 

 to 7, under the honorary presidency of the 

 minister of public instruction. The subjects 

 selected for discussion at the general meetings 

 are : " Physical examinations in schools " ; 

 " Sexual education and school physicians." 

 The congress will further meet in eleven sec- 

 tions for the discussion of various topics in 

 school hygiene. Especial reductions are given 

 by the railways and steamships, and visits to 

 schools and other excursions have been organ- 

 ized. The circular of information further 

 says: "Nothing will be spared to make the 

 stay in Paris easy to the congressists." The 

 secretary of the congress is Dr. Dufestel, 10 

 Boulevard Magenta, Paris. 



At the regular weekly meetings of the Uni- 

 versity of Colorado Scientific Society the fol- 

 lowing scientific addresses have been given 

 during the months of December, January, 

 Pebruary and March : " Liquid Air and Low 

 Temperature Phenomena," Professor Walter 

 Eunge and Mr. Harry A. Curtis ; " Scientific 

 Stories," Professor S. Epsteen ; " Some Eeeent 

 University Expeditions with special reference 

 to Northwestern Colorado," Professor Junius 

 Henderson ; " The Electrolytic Determination 

 of Metals, using Eotating Anode," Mr. Harry 

 A. Curtis ; " Eolation between Climate and 

 Crops in Colorado with special reference to 

 Unsolved Problems," Mr. Wilfred W. Bobbins ; 

 " The British Association in South Africa," 

 Professor Henry Carhart ; " Tree Planting for 

 Colorado," Mr. D. M. Andrews ; " Mysticism 

 and Modern Psychology," Professor V. A. C. 

 Henmon; " Eeal Color Photography Direct 

 from Nature," Mr. Stanley McGinnis. 



The deans of the colleges of liberal arts of 

 the state universities of the middle west were 



