August 18, 1905.] 



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Professor Vossius^ rector of the University 

 of Giessen, gave an address at the recent cele- 

 bration of -the university on 'The recent de- 

 velopment of ophthalmology.' 



The Alvarenga Prize of the College of Phy- 

 sicians of Philadelphia has been awarded to 

 Dr. Chalmers Watson, Edinburgh, for an essay 

 on ' The Importance of Diet ; an Experimental 

 Study from a New Standpoint.' 



A STATUE in honor of Robert Bunsen, the , 

 eminent chemist, is to be erected in Heidel- 

 berg. 



Professor Alexander Melville Bell died 

 on August 7, at the age of eighty-six years. 

 Professor Bell was known for his important 

 contributions to phonetics. Like his father, 

 Alexander Bell, formerly professor of elocution 

 in London, and his son. Dr. A. Graham Bell, 

 he took an important part in developing 

 modern methods of teaching the deaf and 

 dumb. 



General Royce Stone^ the well-known army 

 officer and engineer, died on August 5, at the 

 age of sixty-nine years. 



The death at the age of forty-six years, of 

 Mr. H. Lamb, of Maidstone, author of ' The 

 Elora of Maidstone,' is reported in Nature. 



The Liternational Anatomical Congress, 

 which has been in session in Geneva during the 

 past week, has accepted an invitation to meet 

 in Boston in 1906. 



The arctic steamer Terra Nova, which went 

 to the relief of the Ziegler polar expedition, 

 has rescued Capt. Eiala and all the others con- 

 nected with the expedition. Mr. W. J. Peters, 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey, who, on the 

 nomination of the ISTational Geographic So- 

 ciety, was placed in charge of the scientific 

 work of the expedition, has cabled that a con- 

 siderable amount of scientific work has been 

 accomplished. 



The next award of the Rogers prize will be 

 made by London University in 1907. The sub- 

 ject announced is ' The Physiology and Pa- 

 thology of the Pancreas.' 



The Carnegie Museum of Pittsburg has 

 acquired by purchase the entire collection of 



the birds of New Zealand belonging to Sir 

 Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., E.R.S., upon 

 which he founded his magnificent standard 

 work upon the birds of New Zealand. The 

 collection contains a number of species in all 

 stages which are now known to be extinct or 

 rapidly verging upon extinction. Gould's 

 birds of Australia are the property of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. 

 It is rather remarkable that the two great 

 classic collections of birds from the antipodes 

 should both have found a final resting place 

 upon the soil of Pennsylvania. 



Dr. a. Peckover has presented to the Royal 

 Geographical Society, of which he has been a 

 fellow since 1853, a valuable collection of 

 atlases and maps. 



The demand for foresters is increasing 

 rapidly both for state work and with private 

 owners. Many states now have forest com- 

 missions, and several of them have state for- 

 esters. A trained forester at $2,400 a year 

 and two assistant foresters at $1,200 each are 

 wanted by California. Wisconsin wants an 

 assistant forester at $1,500, Indiana a forester 

 to take charge of its state reserve, and Wash- 

 ington offers $1,800 a year for a trained for- 

 ester. In many other states the advisability 

 of creating the office of state forester has been 

 imder discussion this year, and it is only a 

 matter of a few years when such an official 

 will be considered a regular part of an efficient 

 state government. The demand for foresters 

 by private timber owners is growing at a still 

 more rapid rate. During the last twelve 

 months seven of the Bureau of Forestry force 

 have left to take up work with such owners, 

 and four have accepted public positions — two 

 with Massachusetts, one with Connecticut, and 

 the fourth with Ontario, Canada. A num- 

 ber of other requests from private owners can 

 not be met because men are not available. The 

 year before there were less than half as many 

 applications for trained men. But the demand 

 for trained specialists in this line has only be- 

 gun. Large lumber companies, great wood 

 manufacturing concerns, owners of extensive 

 forests, railroad companies and others are ta- 

 king a hitherto unknown practical interest in 



