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SCIENCE 



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6, 1879. On August 10, 1887, a contract be- 

 tween the society and Nortliwestern Unirersity 

 was -made, and shortly thereafter the instru- 

 ments were transferred to Evanston and placed 

 in the observatory built through the gift of 

 Mr. James B. Hobbs. Professor Hough ac- 

 tively conducted the observing until his death 

 on January 1, 1909. The present director. 

 Professor Philip Fox, was appointed Septem- 

 ber 1, 1909. 



Professor E. J. Saunders, of the depart- 

 ment of geology of the University of Wash- 

 ington, will conduct a geological field course 

 in the Glacier and Yellowstone Parks from 

 June 19 to July 28. 



The plans for the coming season of the 

 Harvard Field School of Physiography and 

 General Geology provide for eight weeks of 

 continuous field work in an unsurveyed por- 

 tion of the Eocky Mountains. Camp will be 

 established on the south slope of the San Juan 

 Mountains of southwestern Colorado. "Work 

 will begin early in July and continue until the 

 second of September. There wiU be accommo- 

 dations for twenty-four students in the party. 

 Two distinct units will be organized. Pro- 

 fessor Wallace W. Atwood will have general 

 charge of the work. Dr. W. P. Haynes wiU 

 have immediate direction of the work of one 

 unit, and Dr. F. H. Lahee of the other unit. 

 During the first six weeks a systematic geo- 

 logical and geographical survey will be made 

 of a portion of the range. This work will be 

 conducted as nearly as possible along the lines 

 approved by the U. S. Geological Survey. 

 During the last two weeks the party will take 

 a somewhat extended tour through the higher 

 mountains, so as to study a wide range of 

 phenomena, visit several of the mines and 

 mills, and come to appreciate the larger prob- 

 lems in the geologic and physiographic history 

 of the mountain area. Those wishing to join 

 the party should apply to the director as soon 

 as possible. Membership will probably be 

 closed by the first of Jime. 



The Naples Table Association for Promot- 

 ing Laboratory Research by Women has held 

 its annual meeting at Bryn Mawr College. It 

 ■was voted to offer a prize of $1,000 for award 



in April, 1918, for the best thesis written by 

 an American woman on a scientific subject em- 

 bodying new observations and new conclusions 

 based on independent laboratory research in 

 biological (including psychological), chemical 

 or physical science. Miss Virginia Gilder- 

 sleeve, dean of Barnard College, was elected 

 president for 1916-17; Mrs. Elizabeth L. 

 Clarke, representing Smith College, treasurer; 

 Mrs. Ada Wing Mead, of Providence, secre- 

 tary for three years. 



The estate of Addison Brown, for many 

 years a United States District Judge, who 

 died on April 9, 1913, has been appraised at 

 $883,406. Judge Brown, who was an authority 

 on the flora of the United States, left United 

 States Steel stock valued at $21,775 to the 

 New York Botanical Gardens for publications. 

 He gave $10,000 to Harvard, of which $7,500 

 was to establish a scholarship for an under- 

 graduate student, and $2,500 for a prize in the 

 law school for an essay on maritime or private 

 international law. Amherst College and Brad- 

 ford Academy each received $5,000 for schol- 

 arships. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of 

 Carleton College will be celebrated on October 

 12 and 13. 



The curriculum of the college of mining of 

 the University of California has been reshaped 

 so that with the beginning of the sophomore 

 year students will choose between mining engi- 

 neering, metallurgy, economic geology, or 

 petroleum engineering. A new four-year 

 course in chemical engineering has been an- 

 nounced by the college of chemistry, of which 

 Gilbert N. Lewis is the dean. 



CoL. John Beddle, engineer officer, U. S. A., 

 at Baltimore, has been appointed superintend- 

 ent at West Point to succeed Col. Clarence P. 

 Townsend on July 1. 



Mrs. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt has been 

 elected president of Mills College, California. 



At the New Mexico College and Station, Dr. 

 E. P. Hiunbert has resigned as dean of agri- 

 culture and agronomist to become plant 



