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H. Birdseye as topographic engineer in charge 

 of the Eoeky Mountain Division. In case of 

 the temporary absence of the branch chief the 

 division chiefs will act for him with full au- 

 thority, in the following order of seniority: 

 Prank Sutton, T. G. Gerdine, G. E. Davis, C. 

 H. Birdseye, G. S. Smith. 



C. William Beebe, curator of birds of the 

 New York Zoological Society, has sailed for 

 British Guiana to establish a tropical zoolog- 

 ical station. Mr. Beebe will build a bungalow 

 on the edge of the jungle and there he will 

 study the habits of birds in their own prov- 

 ince. A complete laboratory outfit will be 

 taken. With him will be Inness Hartley, who 

 goes as research associate ; Paul Holmes, whose 

 interest is in photography and work with in- 

 sects, and Mr. Carter, who goes as collector. 



Professor Charles H. Tuck, of the college 

 of agriculture, Cornell University, has left 

 Ithaca on a sabbatic leave of absence which 

 will extend to next September. He is on his 

 way to Manchuria, where he is to make agri- 

 cultural investigations. 



Professor S. ISTawaschin, for many years 

 professor of botany in the University of Kiew, 

 Russia, and also director of the botanical gar- 

 den of that place, has gone to Tiflis. He 

 wishes his botanical correspondents to note 

 that his address is now Botanic Garden, Tiflis 

 (Caucas), Russia. 



The Frederick Forchheimer chair of medi- 

 cine in the University of Cincinnati was form- 

 ally inaugurated on January 28. President 

 Charles W. Dabney made an address on Fred- 

 erick Forchheimer and scientific methods; 

 Dr. Christian R. Holmes, dean of the college 

 of medicine, spoke on the history of the found- 

 ing of the chair, and Dr. Roger S. Morris, 

 recently appointed to the chair, also made an 

 address. 



Professor Lafayette B. Mendel, of Tale 

 University, will give a course of three lectures 

 at the University of Illinois on the subject of 

 " Some Features of Growth," February 10, 11 

 and 12. He will also be a speaker at an as- 

 sembly of the College of Agriculture, when he 

 will speak on the topic, " Changes in the Food 

 Supply and Their Relation to ISTutrition." 



Before the New York Electrical Society on 

 January 27, Professor Michael I. Pupin, of 

 Columbia University, gave an address on 

 " Wireless Transmission Problems." 



The Lettsomian lectures before the Medical 

 Society of London will be delivered by Major 

 F. W. Mott, F.R.S., on February 7 and 21 and 

 March 6, the subject selected being the effects 

 of high explosives on the central nervous sys- 

 tem. 



The late Professor Meldola bequeathed his 

 entomological collection and cabinets to the 

 Hope Museum, Oxford. If there are no grand- 

 children £500 each is to be paid to the Royal 

 Society, the Chemical Society, the Entomolog- 

 ical Society and the Institute of Chemistry 

 of Great Britain and Ireland. 



A GIFT of $2,000 has been made to Cornell 

 University by Professor Simon H. Gage and 

 his son, Henry Phelps Gage, to provide for 

 the construction of a room in a new dormi- 

 tory for women students. The gift is made as 

 a memorial to Susanna Phelps Gage (Mrs. 

 Simon H. Gage), author of valuable contri- 

 butions to embryology and comparative anat- 

 omy. 



The Medical Society of the District of Co- 

 lumbia and the Association for the Preven- 

 tion of Tuberculosis of the District held a 

 joint meeting on January 19, in memory of 

 the late Surgeon-General George M. Stern- 

 berg, U. S. Army. Addresses were delivered 

 by Drs. George M. Kober, William C. Gwynn 

 and Harvey W. Wiley. 



Mr. Sledge Tatum died on January 18 

 after a long service with the Geological Sur- 

 vey. He was a topographer from 1899 to 1904. 

 He then served on the Isthmian Canal Com- 

 mission for four years, when he returned to 

 the Geological Survey as topographic engineer 

 and was appointed geographer of the Rocky 

 Mountain Division in 1910. A short time 

 prior to his death he was appointed acting 

 chief geographer. Mr. Tatum's services to the 

 government have been of a high order. He 

 had ability and enthusiasm for his work and 

 a personality which enabled him to secure 

 loyal and efiicient service from his associates. 



