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original stand. At the same time that these 

 White Mountain areas were approved, the com- 

 mission also approved the purchase of the 

 Pisgah Forest in North Carolina, from the 

 George W. Vanderhilt estate. These tracts 

 bring the total eastern forests up to 1,077,000 

 acres. 



The production of anthracite coal again 

 broke the record in 1913, exceeding the highest 

 previous output by nearly 1,000,000 tons, ac- 

 cording to figures compiled by E. W. Parker, 

 coal statistician of the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey. Including the coal recovered from 

 old culm banks and a small quantity dredged 

 from Susquehanna River, the production of 

 anthracite for the year was 81,718,680 long 

 tons, valued at $195,181,127, compared with 

 75,322,855 tons valued at $177,622,626 for 

 1912. This is an increase of over 6,000,000 

 tons in quantity and more than $17,500,000 in 

 value. The previous highest record was 80,- 

 771,488 long tons, in 1910. Anthracite miners 

 and operators are now working under an agree- 

 ment extending over a period of four years 

 from April 1, 1912; there were consequently 

 no serious interruptions to mining operations 

 by labor troubles in 1913 and industrial peace 

 is assured in the anthracite region until 1916. 

 As the use of anthracite coal as a manufactur- 

 ing fuel has been practically eliminated, its 

 production is not affected by trade conditions 

 to the same extent as that of bituminous coal. 

 The increase in the use of artificial gas and of 

 coke for domestic purposes will, in Mr. 

 Parker's estimation, probably keep pace with 

 the increase of population in the markets sup- 

 plied by anthracite, and there is little prob- 

 ability that anthracite production will show 

 any marked increase in the future. Another 

 record in addition to that of tonnage was estab- 

 lished in the anthracite region in 1913. The 

 average working time for men, 257 days, ex- 

 ceeded anything in the history of the industry, 

 the nearest approach being in 1911, when an 

 average of 246 working days was recorded. In 

 1912 the average was 231 working days. The 

 average number of men employed in 1913 was 

 175,745. Eeports to the Bureau of Mines shuw 

 that there were 618 fatal accidents. 



VNIVESSITT AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The East London College (University of 

 London) has received from the Drapers' Com- 

 pany about $75,000 to defray the cost of the 

 erection and equipment of the new chemical 

 laboratories of the college. 



Dr. Herbert Stanley Birkett, a specialist 

 in diseases of the nose, throat and ear, has 

 been appointed dean of the medical school of 

 McGill University. 



At Vassar College the following appoint- 

 ments have been made: Aaron L, Treadwell, 

 title changed from professor of biology to pro- 

 fessor of zoology; Cora J. Beckwith, Ph.D. 

 (Columbia, '14), promoted from instructor to 

 assistant professor of zoology; Emmeline 

 Moore, Ph.D. (Cornell, '14), instructor in 

 botany, vice Assistant Professor W. J. Robin- 

 son,, who becomes dean of the Women's Affili- 

 ated Colleges of Delaware; Elizabeth Cutter 

 (Vassar, '11), Hazel Schmall (Colorado, '13), 

 and Celia Jordan (Vassar, '14), have been ap- 

 pointed assistants in biology. 



Dr. H. E. Ewing, Ph.D. (Cornell, '11), and 

 Assistant Professor V. I. Safro, B.S.A. and 

 postgraduate (Cornell, '09), have resigned from 

 the Oregon Agricultural College, department 

 of entomology. The present organization of 

 the department is as follows: H. E. Wilson, 

 M.S. (Oregon Agr. Col., '13), entomologist; 

 A. L. Lovett, B.S. (Okla. Agr. Col., '10) and 

 G. F. Moznette, B.S. (Oregon Agr. Col., '14), 

 assistant entomologists. 



Dr. F. R. Miller, of the department of 

 physiology, McGill University, has been ap- 

 pointed professor of physiology in the West- 

 ern University, London, Canada. 



Mr. Ielson C. Dale, of the graduate col- 

 lege of Princeton University, has been ap- 

 pointed associate professor of geology at Ham- 

 ilton College. 



Following the retirement of Professor J. 

 M. Thomson, Professor H. Jackson has been 

 appointed head of the chemical department at 

 King's College, with the title of Daniel pro- 

 fessor of chemistry in the University of Lon- 

 don. 



