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SCIENCE 



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published by the Observatory during the last 

 twenty-five years. Her diligence and patience 

 were combined with great self-reliance and 

 courage. She was a member of the Astro- 

 nomical and Astrophysieal Society of Amer- 

 ica, and of the Astronomical Society of 

 France. The British Eoyal Astronomical 

 Society made her an honorary member in 

 1906, and soon after, she was appointed Hon- 

 orary Pellow in Astronomy of Wellesley Col- 

 lege. Only a few months ago, the Astro- 

 nomical Society of Mexico presented her with 

 a gold medal for her discovery of new stars. 



She left one son, Edward P. Fleming, who 

 graduated from the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology in 1901, and is now a mining 

 engineer in Chile. 



Of a large-hearted, sympathetic nature, and 

 keenly interested in all that pertains to life, 

 she won friends easily, while her love of her 

 home and unusual skill in needlework, prove 

 that a life spent in the routine of science need 

 not destroy the attractive human element of a 

 woman's nature. 



Annie J. Cannon 



Harvard College Observatory, 

 Cambkibge, Mass., 

 June 3, 1911 



SOCIETY FOE THE FSOMOTION OF 

 ENGINEEBING EDUCATION 



The program of the Pittsburgh meeting on 

 June 27, 28 and 29, is as follows : 

 Tuesday. Meetings at the School of Applied Sci- 

 ence, Carnegie Technical Schools. 



At 9:45 A.M. Address of welcome by Director 

 A. A. Hamersehlag and response by President A. 

 N. Talbot. 



"Teaching English in Technical Schools," Pro- 

 fessor S. C. Earle, Tufts CoUege. 



"The Preparation of Written Papers in Engi- 

 neering Schools," Professor P. N. Raymond, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas. 



' ' The Use of Logarithmic Diagrams in Labora- 

 tory Work," Mr. H. A. Gehring, Department of 

 New York State Engineer. 



' ' Highway Engineering, ' ' Professor A. H. 

 Blanchard, Brown University. 



At 2:00 P.M. Eeport of Committee on Teaching 

 Mathematics to Engineering Students, Professor 

 E. V. Huntington, Harvard University. 



"Balance of Courses in Chemical Engineering," 

 Dean C. H. Benjamin, Purdue University. 



"Chemical Education for the Industries," Pro- 

 fessor J. H. James, Carnegie Technical Schools. 



A visit to the Country Club, followed by a din- 

 ner tendered by Director Hamersehlag on behalf 

 of the Carnegie Technical Schools. During the 

 evening President A. N. Talbot delivered his 

 presidential address on the subject, ' ' The Engi- 

 neering Teacher and his Preparation. ' ' 

 Wednesday. Meetings at the School of Applied 

 Science, Carnegie Technical Schools. 



At 9:30 a.m. Eeport of the Committee on En- 

 trance Eequirements, Professor J. J. Flather, Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota, chairman. 



"All-year Session, Individual Instruction: Ee- 

 newed Suggestions," Dean W. 6. Eaymond, Uni- 

 versity of Iowa. 



' "The Architecture of Engineering Schools," 

 Professor J. M. White, University of Illinois. 



"The Wentworth Institute," Director A. L. 

 Williston, Wentworth Institute. 



At 8:30 P.M. Executive session of the society 

 and election of officers. 



' ' The College Campus, ' ' illustrated lecture by 

 Professor J. M. White, University of Hlinois. 

 Thursday. Meetings at Thaw Hall, University 

 of Pittsburgh. 



At 9 : 15 A.M. Address of welcome by Chancellor 

 S. B. McCormick and response by President A. 

 N. Talbot. 



"An Engineering Course for Underclassmen," 

 Professors W. A. Hillebrand and S. B. Charters, 

 Jr., Stanford University. 



"Electrical Engineering Instruction," Pro- 

 fessor E. B. Paine, University of Hlinois. 



' ' Teaching of Scientific Shop Management, with 

 Use of Engineering School Shops as the Labora- 

 tory," Professors H. Wade Hibbard and H. S. 

 Philbrick, University of Missouri. 



' ' Technical Training from the Business Man 's 

 Standpoint," Mr. E. B. Eaymond, vice-president 

 of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 



"Adapting Technical Graduates to the Indus- 

 tries," Messrs. C. F. Scott and C. E. Dooley, 

 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. 



' ' Cooperative System of Engineering Education 

 at the University of Pittsburgh," Dean F. L. 

 Bishop, University of Pittsburgh. 



At 8:30 P.M. Assemble in foyer of Carnegie 

 Music Hall. The Pittsburgh alumni of engineer- 

 ing colleges were invited to meet the representa- 

 tives of the faculties from their ahna maters. 

 A brief program was rendered upon the organ 



