June 2, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



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Propessoh Edward W. Beery, of the geo- 

 logical department of the Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, will do work in Mississippi and Texas 

 for the U. S. Geological Survey during the 

 coming summer. 



The British Science Guild held its annual 

 meeting on May 17, when an address was 

 given by the Hon. Andrew Fisher, high com- 

 missioner for the commonwealth of Australia, 

 on " The Establishment of a ISTational Insti- 

 tute of Science and Industry in Australia." 



With the aid of a grant from the ISTational 

 Geographic Society Dr. Robert E. Griggs, of 

 the Ohio State University, will continue this 

 summer his researches in the Katmai District 

 of Alaska. He hopes to explore the hitherto 

 unvisited volcanoes of the district but will 

 devote his attention primarily to a study of 

 the revegetation of the region devastated by 

 the great eruption of Mt. Katmai in 1912. 



Abnee Howard Powers, professor of surgery 

 in the school of medicine of Boston Univer- 

 sity, died on May 13, aged sixty years, from 

 injuries received in an automobile collision. 



Dr. James Egbert Jones, professor of theory 

 and practise of medicine in Manitoba Medical 

 College, Winnipeg, has died at the age of 

 sixty-seven years. 



Dr. M. Straub, professor of ophthalmology 

 at the University of A m sterdam, has died, 

 aged fifty-seven years. 



Professor H. P. Wijsman, who held the 

 chair of toxicology at Leyden, died on March 

 19. 



M. Jules Gosselet, professor of geology at 

 Lille from 1865 to 1902, died at Lille on March 

 20, aged eighty-four years. 



The death is announced of E. Jungfleisch, 

 professor of organic chemistry at the College 

 of Erance, with a chair also at the Academy of 

 Arts and Trades. 



The Indiana Academy of Science is holding 

 its spring meeting at Valparaiso, on June 1, 2 

 and 3, as guests of Valparaiso University and 

 the local members. 



The Maryland Geological Survey will have 

 a number of parties in the field during the 

 summer gathering data for systematic reports 



on the Silurian and Carboniferous formations, 

 economic reports on the coals and fixe clays, 

 and on the underground waters. The follow- 

 ing instructors and graduate students of the 

 Geological Department wiU be engaged in this 

 work: Professor Swartz and Dr. H. Bassler 

 will be in the Silurian and Carboniferous re- 

 gion of western Maryland. G. M. Hall will be 

 at work gathering materials for a report on the 

 fire clays of the state. W. A. Baker will gather 

 data regarding the equipment of the coal-ope- 

 rating companies for a report on the Coals of 

 Maryland. J. P. D. Hull will spend part of 

 the summer mapping the soils of Howard 

 County and the balance in working on the geol- 

 ogy of the Piedmont area of the same county. 

 H. Insley will work on the Piedmont area of 

 Harford County and on the underground 

 waters of the northeastern tier of Piedmont 

 counties. D. G. Thompson will work on the 

 underground waters of portions of central and 

 western Maryland. 



The Biological Station maintained by the 

 University of Michigan at Douglas Lake, 

 Michigan, will be opened for its eighth season 

 from July 3 to August 25. The laboratory is 

 provided with aU the apparatus usually found 

 at summer stations, but possesses also a con- 

 siderable amount of equipment not ordinarily 

 found elsewhere. The purpose of the institu- 

 tion is to provide instruction and facilities for 

 research in animal and plant ecology under 

 conditions as nearly natural as possible. Eor 

 the coming session the zoological part of the 

 program includes studies on the ecological re- 

 lations of the aquatic vertebrate and inverte- 

 brate fauna, insects, birds and parasites, 

 whereas the botanical courses wiU deal with 

 forest botany, plant anatomy, general syste- 

 matics and ecology. In addition to these more 

 or less formal courses, students may elect spe- 

 cial work adjusted to their individual needs. 

 Independent investigators and others who de- 

 sire to make use of the station are invited to 

 communicate with the director at the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan. 



We are requested by the Surgeon-General of 

 the iNavy to print the following statement: 



