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planned to make it of service to all wlio are 

 concerned in any way with secondary educa- 

 tion in this country. It has been decided also 

 to publish in connection with the Review a 

 series of supplementary mionographs dealing 

 in a detailed and scientific way with problems 

 of secondary education. 



In the examination for resident engineer, 

 Department of the New York State Engineer, 

 the time for receiving applications has been 

 extended to April 20, 1911, and the require- 

 ments for admission amended as given below. 

 Eesident engineer. Department of State Engi- 

 neer and Surveyor, salary $2,400 to $3,000. 

 Applicants miist have at least five years' prac- 

 tical experience in civil engineering, three 

 years of which must have been in responsible 

 charge of work. Graduation from an engi- 

 neering school of recognized standing will be 

 accepted in lieu of one year of the five years' 

 experience demanded. While candidates will 

 not be assembled for a written examination, 

 they may be summoned for an interview with 

 the examiners. Subjects of examination and 

 relative weights : Experience, education and 

 personal qualifications, to be rated upon the 

 candidates' detailed statements and upon an- 

 swers to inquiries which the commission may 

 direct to previous employers and others ac- 

 quainted with their experience and qualifica- 

 tions and upon the oral examination, 1 ; two 

 theses — a report upon some work of impor- 

 tance carried out under the charge of the 

 candidate, and a discussion of some assigned 

 topic relating to the problems to be handled 

 in the construction of the barge canal, 1. 

 The theses are to be Virritten and submitted by 

 the candidate in accordance with instructions 

 to be issued by the commission, of which due 

 notice will be sent to those who file applica- 

 tions. Non-residents will be admitted, sub- 

 ject to the provisions of civil service regula- 

 tion X., that in case the eligible list contains 

 the names of three or more citizen residents 

 of New York state, they shall be preferred in 

 certification over non-residents. 



The summer field session for 1911 of the 

 School of American Archeology of the 



Archeological Institute of America, will be 

 held at El Eito de los Frijoles, near Santa Fe, 

 New Mexico. Facilities will be given students 

 to observe or to participate in the excavations, 

 begun in 1908, and now in progress at 

 Tyuonyi, near-by talus pueblos and cliff- 

 dwellings. Excursions will be made to facili- 

 tate a study of botanical and other environ- 

 mental conditions of the tribes dwelling in the 

 vicinity. During August, lectures will be 

 given on the distribution and culture of the 

 tribes in the southwestern section of the 

 United States; on the evolution of design as 

 shown in ancient Pueblo art; on the native 

 languages, and methods of recording them. 

 A course will be given by Dr. Lewis B. Paton, 

 formerly director of the American School in 

 Jerusalem of the Archeological Institute of 

 America, on " The Ancient Semites " to af- 

 ford an opportunity of a comparative study of 

 cultures developed in semi-arid regions in the 

 eastern and in the western continents. Other 

 lectures for comparative studies are being ar- 

 ranged for. The object of the annual summer 

 field session of the School of American Arche- 

 ology is to bring together persons interested 

 in the study of anthropology, for first-hand in- 

 vestigation and discussion, and to give stu- 

 dents the opportunity for field work needed to 

 supplement university instruction. The at- 

 tention of teachers and students engaged in 

 the scientific study of education is also called 

 to the advantages of this work. At the close 

 of the session opportunity will be given to visit 

 the pueblos of Taos and Acoma, and the gov- 

 ernment excavations among the cliff-dwellings 

 in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. 

 For details of the sunamer session, address 

 Director of the School of American Archeol- 

 ogy, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 



The sundry civil bill passed March 4, 1911, 

 by the late congress provided for a reorganiza- 

 tion and expansion of the Alaskan interests of 

 the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. A new divi- 

 sion of the bureau is created, the Alaska 

 Fisheries Service, to hold the affairs of the 

 fur-seal, salmon and other fisheries, and of 

 the fur-bearing animals. The latter field is 

 an entirely new extension of federal super- 



