T^OVEMBEB 18, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



711 



The College of Science of the University of 

 Illinois announces a series of six lectures by 

 Professor William Morris Davis, professor of 

 geology in Harvard University, on " Geog- 

 raphy as a Subject for University Study." 

 These lectures will be given the week of No- 

 vember 12 to 18. On the evening of Novem- 

 ber 19 the Harvard Club of the University of 

 Illinois will hold its annual dinner, on which 

 occasion it is expected that Professor Davis 

 will be present as guest of honor. 



Professor Thomas C. Chambeblin, of the 

 University of Chicago, gave an illustrated lec- 

 ture on China at St. Louis on November 8, 

 on the occasion of the meeting of the National 

 Academy of Sciences in that city. 



Dr. L. a. Bauer gave an illustrated address 

 on November 10 at Colgate University, under 

 the auspices of the departments of geology and 

 biology, on " The Magnetic Survey of the 

 Globe and the Work of the Yacht Carnegie." 



Ox the occasion of the recent celebration of 

 the Mexican centenary a statue of Friedrich 

 Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, who more 

 than one hundred years ago made his journey 

 of research through Mexico, was unveiled. 

 The statue is a gift to the republic by Emperor 

 William; the formal presentation was made by 

 Herr Carl Buenz, German minister to Mexico, 

 and the acceptance was by President Diaz. 



Mr. Prosper J. A. Berckmaxs, known as a 

 horticulturist and entomologist, died at Au- 

 gusta, Ga., on November 8, in his eighty-first 

 year. 



The death is announced of Dr. Kurd Lass- 

 witz, professor of mathematics, known also for 

 his contributions to the history and philosophy 

 of science. 



The death is also announced of Dr. Felix 

 Kreutz, emeritus professor of mineralogy in 

 the University of Cracow. 



It has been decided to hold the joint meet- 

 ing of the Central Branch of the American 

 Society of Zoologists and Section F, of the 

 American Association, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, December 28 and 29, and not on 

 Tuesday, as announced two weeks ago. 



The second annual meeting of the Okla- 

 homa Academy of Science will be held at 

 Norman on November 25 and 26. H. H. Lane, 

 professor of zoology at the State L'niversity, 

 is president and F. B. Iseley, of Tonkawa, is 

 secretary. 



The tenth annual conference of the sani- 

 tary officers of the state of New York, is being 

 held this week at Buffalo. 



The Lord Mayor of Birmingham has re- 

 ceived an intimation that if an invitation 

 were sent to' the British Association to hold 

 their annual meeting in Birmingham in 1913 

 it would be favorably considered. The letter 

 has been placed before the general purposes 

 com m ittee of the city council, and they have 

 recommended that the invitation should be 

 given. The council wiU cooperate with the 

 university and other public institutions to 

 make the necessary arrangements. 



The Berlin correspondent of the London 

 Times states that the German ministry of the 

 interior has called a meeting to consider 

 whether the foundation of a special institute 

 for aviation research is practicable or 

 whether the work can be better carried out by 

 existing institutions. Delegates from the 

 imperial government and the federal states 

 wiU be present, together with representatives 

 of the German technical universities of vari- 

 ous associations connected with aviation and 

 motors and of the industries concerned. It is 

 stated that Count Zeppelin and Professor 

 Hergesell will attend. 



The Antarctic exploration ship Terra Nova 

 has sailed from Melbourne for Lyttelton, N. 

 Z., where Captain Scott will join her. 



The first annual meeting of the American 

 Association for the Prevention of Infant Mor- 

 tality was held at the Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity on Novmber 9, 10 and 11. The subject 

 for the first session was " The Duty of a 

 Nation to its Potential Citizens," the speakers 

 being Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale Uni- 

 versity; Dr. Abraham Jacobi, of New York, 

 and Dr. William H. Welch, of Baltimore. 



The Austrian Institute for Radium Re- 

 search, which has been erected at a cost of 



