January 15, 1904.] 



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At the St. Louis meeting of the Geological 

 Society of America, Professor John C. Bran- 

 ner, of Stanford University, was elected presi- 

 dent and Professor H. L. Fairchild, of the 

 ■ University of Eochester, was reelected secre- 

 tary. We regret that the names were acci- 

 dentally interchanged in the last issue of 

 Science. 



Governor Bates, of Massachusetts, in his 

 annual message recommends the appointment 

 of a state forester and greater attention to the 

 forest resources of the state. 



Professor N. S. Shalee, of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, will spend the next four months 

 abroad traveling in Egypt, Asia Minor and 

 Greece. 



Dr. J. 0. Branner, professor of geology at 

 Stanford University, has received leave of 

 absence and is about to go to Europe. 



The American Geologist states that Mr. O. 

 H. Hershey has charge of the gold mine in 

 Humboldt County, California, and is study- 

 ing the geology of the Klamath Mountains. 



An Ohio State Forestry Association has 

 been organized with Mr. W. I. Chamberlain 

 as president, and Professor W. E. Lazenby as 

 secretary. 



Dr. Herman M. Biggs, medical officer of the 

 health board of the City of New York, lec- 

 tured at the College of the City of New Tork, 

 on January 5, his subject being ' The Health 

 of the City of New York.' 



Sir Oliver Lodge lectured at the University 

 of Birmingham on ' Radium and its Meaning,' 

 on January 5, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the 

 chancellor of the university, presiding. 



Me. Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau 

 of Forestry, will attend the meetings of the 

 National Live Stock Association and the Na- 

 tional Woolgrowers' Association, which will 

 be held at Portland, Ore., from January 11-15, 

 in order to learn the sentiment of these asso- 

 ciations in regard to the policy of forest re- 

 serves. 



Professor Eussell H. Chittenden, director 

 of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- 

 versity, has announced the thirty-eighth 

 Course of Sheffield Lectures for 1904. The 

 list of subjects and speakers is as follows : 



January 15. 'The Tower of Pelee: New Re- 

 searches ill Martinique ' : Professor Angelo Heil- 

 prin. 



January 22. 'Triumphs of Engineering': Mr. 

 Frank W. Skinner, C.E. 



Januai-y 29. ' Expeditions among the Rookies 

 of British Columbia; a Reconnaissance for the 

 Platinum Metals ' : Mr. Howard W. DuBois, M.E. 



February 5. ' Around the World in Search of 

 the Unexpected ' : Mr. Horace Fletcher. 



February 12. ' Recent Archeologieal Discov- 

 eries in Northwestern America ' : Mr. Harlan I. 

 Smith. 



February 19. 'Wireless Telegraphy': Pro- 

 fessor M. I. Pupin. 



February 26. ' Comets ' : Professor Frederick 

 L. Chase. 



March 4. ' The Revolutionary Movement in the 

 Philippines': Capt. John R. M. Taylor, U.S.A. 



March 11. 'Electrochemistry at Niagara 

 Falls ' : Professor C. F. Chandler. 



March IS. 'Radio-activity': Professor Ernest 

 Rutherford. 



Professor Karl Alfred von Zittel, the 

 eminent paleontologist of the University of 

 Munich, died on January 6. 



Mr. Henry W. Lothrop, a student of ento- 

 mology, died at Providence, E. I., on January 

 5, at the age of sixty years. 



Mr. Beverly Burton, an American chemist, 

 who has resided in Munich for a number of 

 years, died in that city on January 5. 



A CIVIL service examination will be held on 

 February 3 and 4 to fill vacancies in the 

 position of civil engineer in the Philippine 

 services at salaries of $1,400 and $1,800. 



The House of Eepresentatives ihas appro- 

 priated $250,000 toward the eradication of the 

 cotton boll weevil. 



The will of Peter B. Brigham, of Boston, 

 leaving $5,000,000 to the Brigham Hospital, 

 has been sustained by the court. 



John William Cudworth has bequeathed 

 about £Y0,000 to the Dr. Pusey Library, 

 Oxford. 



Herr a. Samson has bequeathed to the 

 Munich Academy oi Science 500,000 Marks 

 for research in scientific ethics. 



The Electrical World states that in order to 

 celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 

 introduction and commercial development of 



