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ous with the lavas and tuffs, make an excep- 

 tionally complete ancient volcanic section. 

 The fault phenomena of the region v^ere con- 

 sidered, especially the effect of the major east- 

 west faults in bringing the underlying granite 

 up in contact with the sedimentary and vol- 

 canic series, and in preserving the higher 

 members of the volcanic series. 



Dinner was provided at one of the hotels 

 near the beach, through the courtesy of the 

 departments of geology of Harvard and the in- 

 stitute. At 3 :40 in the afternoon the steamer 

 was taken at the Nantasket pier, the boat ride 

 up the harbor giving a good opportunity to see 

 the cliffed drumlins which constitute the 

 greater part of the harbor islands. 



The largest delegation to the excursion came 

 from Williams, Professor Cleland bringing a 

 party of fifteen of his students. Among the 

 other institutions represented were Mt. Holy- 

 oke. Smith, Eadcliffe, Yale, Brown, Tufts, 

 Boston College, Harvard and the Institute of 

 Technology. D. W. J. 



THE CARTWIilGHT LECTURES AND BARON 

 TAKAKI. 



The Cartwright lectures of the Alumni 

 Association of the College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons of New York will be given on 

 Thursday, January 25, Monday, January 29, 

 and Friday, February 2, by Baron Takaki, 

 on ' Military and Naval Sanitation, Experi- 

 ences drawn from the late Japan-Russia War.' 



Dr. Takaki belongs to one of the Samurai 

 families of the Satzuma clan, as do his con- 

 temporaries. Generals Oyama, Kuroki, Nogi 

 and Nodzu and Admirals Togo and Kamura. 

 During his youth he was sent by his govern- 

 ment to study medicine in England, where he 

 graduated with honor from St. Thomas' Hos- 

 pital School, studied the sanitary system of 

 the British Navy, and passed examinations 

 for the degrees of F.E.C.S. and F.R.C.P. 



On his return to his native country he di- 

 rected his chief attention to the reformation 

 of the sanitary and medical systems of the 

 newly born navy of Japan. It was not only 

 reorganization that he accomplished, but the 

 creation of an ei^tire medical equipment and 

 medical sanitary service for the Japanese 



navy. He was rapidly promoted to the rank 

 of surgeon general of the navy, which posi- 

 tion he held until the time of the Japan- 

 China war. As a recognition of his great 

 services rendered to the emperor and his coun- 

 try he was created a baron after the conclu- 

 sion of that war. At present he is in the 

 naval reserve. ■ 



During his active service in the navy, 

 Baron Takaki initiated and carried put cer- 

 tain fundamental changes in the dietary and 

 sanitary regulation of the navy which resulted 

 in the almost total suppression of beriberi, 

 which, up to that time, had seriously impaired 

 the efficiency of the service, affecting annually 

 almost one quarter of the navy's personnel. 

 Baron Takaki has also been president of the 

 Naval Academy of Japan, president of the 

 Tokyo Charity Hospital, councillor of the 

 Association of Sanitary Improvement of 

 Japan, and has held other important positions. 

 He has been active in spreading the prin- 

 ciples of the Red Cross Society in Japan, and 

 it is to his efforts that the large number of 

 Red Cross members in that country is chiefly 

 due. 



Baron Takaki has received the honorary 

 degree of doctor of medicine of the Japanese 

 government, a degree issued only by the De- 

 partment of Education, and not the same as 

 the degree of M.D. conferred on the graduates 

 of the university. He is a member of the 

 house of peers of the parliament of Japan, 

 having been directly nominated by the em- 

 peror. 



THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 

 OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY. 



The Sixth International Congress of Ap- 

 plied Chemistry will assemble at Rome, on 

 April 16, Easter Monday, 1906. It is impor- 

 tant that delegates who expect to be in time 

 should sail not later than April 1. 



The Italian steamship line, La Veloce, 29 

 Wall Street, New York, offers first-class pas- 

 sage from $.55 up to Genoa or Naples. The 

 agent indicates that a party of delegates may 

 secure superior quarters at minimum rates if 

 sailing together. 



The Italian Royal Steamship Co., 11 Broad- 



