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which the university laboratories have been un- 

 able to accomplish." The general sentiment 

 of the board was that the Wistar Institute 

 should maintain a small staff of investigators 

 of the highest type and expend a large portion 

 of its income in maintaining artists, modelers 

 and other mechanical aids to investigation so 

 that there will be unexcelled opportunity in the 

 institute laboratories for men from other labo- 

 ratories to come and finish their researches in 

 a much more satisfactory manner than it is 

 possible to do in their own laboratories. 



The question of furnishing material to in- 

 vestigators was discussed and it was decided 

 that this plan should be pursued whenever pos- 

 sible. The neurological committee appointed 

 last year was instructed to take steps for the 

 further organization of neurological research 

 in this country and it was suggested that, per- 

 haps, a subcommittee of active neurologists 

 should be organized in this country to meet 

 occasionally and discuss the problems in their 

 subject. 



The question of organizing a pathological in- 

 stitute similar to that maintained in the state 

 of New York was brought before the board 

 and its various phases discussed. A com- 

 mittee of three was appointed to consider the 

 possibility of such an institution. This com- 

 mittee consisted of Drs. Donaldson, LeConte 

 and Piersol. 



A resolution was passed suggesting that the 

 institute collect research material for the re- 

 searches in comparative anatomy and embryol- 

 ogy whenever opportunity presents itself. 



THE EARTHQUAKE AT STANFORD UNI- 

 VERSITY. 



The injuries to Stanford University by 

 earthquake of April 18 are, in brief, as follows : 



1. Wreckage of the Memorial Church by the 

 fall of the heavy spire, which crashed through 

 the nave, the air blowing off the upper part 

 of both ends of the church. The walls gen- 

 erally, of steel construction, are intact, but the 

 building is ruined. 



3. Wreck of the unfinished library. The 

 great dome and its steel supports are un- 



harmed, but their swaying completely wrecked 

 the rest of the building. 



3. Wreck of the new gymnasium, of brick 

 faced stone. 



4. Wreck of parts of the Art Museum which 

 were made of brick faced with cement. The 

 central part, of concrete strengthened by steel 

 rods, is intact. 



5. The Stanford residence in San Francisco, 

 a hiige wooden structure, heavily built, was not 

 harmed by the earthquake, but is completely 

 consumed by fire. 



6. The inner quadrangle and engineering 

 shops, of heavy masonry and one story high, 

 are unliarmed. 



7. The outer quadrangle contains four large 

 buildings reinforced by steel, the laboratories 

 of zoology, botany and physiology, with the 

 temporary library and the Assembly Hall. 

 These are virtually unharmed. 



8. The power house was wrecked by the tall 

 stone chimney, which was snapped off like the 

 lash of a whip. 



9. The memorial arch had its upper part 

 snapped off and is split almost to the base so 

 that it is an entire wreck. This structure was 

 of brick, reinforced with steel and faced with 

 stone. 



10. The chemistry building lost all its chim- 

 neys and is externally damaged by the fall of 

 part of its stone facing. The building and its 

 contents are little injured. 



11. The four large buildings of the outer 

 quadrangle, of brick unreinforced, and faced 

 with stone, are somewhat damaged, the history 

 building least, the incomplete mining building 

 most. 



12. Eoble hall, women's dormitory, of con- 

 crete with steel wires, is absolutely unharmed 

 except for the fall of two ornamental chimneys. 



13. Encina hall, men's dormitory, a very 

 large, finely built stone building, was injured 

 by the fall of stone chimneys, one young man 

 being killed. The building also has a serious 

 crack in each of two corners, but is other- 

 wise unharmed. 



The wooden buildings on the grounds lost 

 only chimneys and parts of plastering. No 

 injury was done to books and very little to 

 apparatus or collections. The working part 



