June 30, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



991 



Eichards, of Harvard University, was invited 

 to take tlie chair. 



Dr. I. W. Blackburn, professor of pathol- 

 ogy in the Georgetov^n Medical School, and 

 of morbid anatomy in the George Washing- 

 ton University, and for twenty-seven years 

 pathologist in the Government Hospital for 

 the Insane, died on June 19, aged 60 years. 



The United States Civil Service Commis- 

 sion announces that the Philippine govern- 

 ment desires to fill two vacancies in the posi- 

 tion of chemist, division of organic chera- 

 istry. Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I., at 

 salaries of $2,000 each per annum. It is de- 

 sired to secure the services of two young men 

 between twenty and forty years of age with a 

 high grade of scientific training who are 

 capable of original work. A thorough train- 

 ing in general and organic chemistry at a 

 reputable college or university and experience 

 in organic research is a prerequisite for con- 

 sideration for this position; a Ph.D. degree 

 from a leading university would be prefer- 

 able. A certain share of the routine work for 

 the government would devolve upon the per- 

 sons appointed to these positions, but the his- 

 tory of the laboratory in the past has shown 

 that each man has had ample time for him- 

 self to do research work. In general, the men 

 would select their own topics for investiga- 

 tion, such topics, of course, to have some 

 bearing upon the development of the Philip- 

 j)ine Islands. Facilities for immediate pub- 

 lication of research work are found in the 

 Philippine Journal of Science, which repre- 

 sents the Bureau of Science before the world. 

 The attention of persons well trained and ex- 

 perienced in organic chemistry is especially 

 invited to these vacancies since, if persons of 

 the desired qualifications are secured, the 

 prospects of promotion for both will be good, 

 as one will probably succeed to the position of 

 chief of the division of organic chemistry at 

 $3,000 per annum within a year or two. As 

 applications for this position will not be re- 

 <!eived after August 1, 1911, those interested 

 should communicate with the U. S. Civil 

 Service Commission at Washington, D. C, 

 before this date. 



It is announced by Dr. Edgar L. Hewitt, 

 director of American archeology for the 

 Archeological Institute of America, that the 

 valuable library of the late German linguist. 

 Professor Franz Nikolaus Finck, is to be 

 brought to this country. It has been pur- 

 chased by the Hon. Frank Springer, of New 

 Mexico, for the use of the School of American 

 Archeology, the research school of the Arche- 

 ological Institute of America. The library is 

 to be installed in the historic palace at Santa 

 Fe, where the Museum of New Mexico and 

 the School of American Archeology are now 

 housed. 



At the Field Museum of Natural History, 

 several new groups of American mammals 

 have been placed on exhibition. The prong- 

 horned antelope is shown by five animals in a 

 setting of agaves, cacti and other vegetation 

 of the arid southwest with a large painted 

 background showing other natural features. 

 Four groups of small mammals include the 

 white-footed mouse, jumping mouse, meadow 

 mouse and short-tailed shrew. These are 

 grouped, respectively, on the four sides of a 

 reproduction of a bit of woodland with logs, 

 bushes, grass and flowers so arranged as to 

 form an effective and characteristic back- 

 ground for each. 



The Sproul Observatory was dedicated at 

 Swarthmore College on June 6. It has been 

 presented by Senator William C. Sproul, as a 

 memorial of the twentieth anniversary of the 

 class of '91, of which he is a member. The 

 exercises consisted of the address of presen- 

 tation, in behalf of the class, by Congressman 

 A. Mitchell Palmer, '91; the unveiling of 

 the tablet by Miss Dorothy Sproul, daughter 

 of the donor; the speech of acceptance, by Dr. 

 John A. Miller, professor of mathematics and 

 astronomy; an address by Miss Susan J. 

 Cunningham, formerly in charge of the same 

 department, and a poem, "Watching the 

 Stars," written for the occasion, by J. Russell 

 Hayes. The new observatory is expected to 

 be ready for use next fall. The telescope, the 

 lens of which will have a diameter of 24 

 inches, will be one of the most effective on the 

 Atlantic coast. 



