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Pearee, David Eeisman, W. L. Rodman and 

 George E. de Schweinitz. The subcommittee 

 on roster includes Ward Brinton, E. Max 

 Goepp, F. C. Hammond, John A. Kolmer, 

 E. V. Patterson, C. M. Purnell, W. J. Taylor, 

 T. H. Weisenburg, A. D. Whiting and Samuel 

 Woody. A central bureau with a permanent 

 secretary is to be established. The preliminary 

 work to be done includes tabulating the lecture 

 courses, laboratory hours, hospital and dis- 

 pensary hours and getting the cooperation of 

 all medical schools and hospitals in the city so 

 their doors will be open to the post-graduate 

 student. 



At the annual meeting of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Audubon Societies held recently in 

 the American Museum of ISTatural History 

 there was an exhibition of motion pictures by 

 Mr. Herbert K. Job, who was sent by the asso- 

 ciation on a tour of inspection of the bird 

 reservations in Florida and Louisiana. 



In a report of the clay-working industry of 

 the United States in 1914 by Jefferson 

 Middleton, issued by the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey, the value of the clay products 

 ■of this country in 1914 are given as $164,- 

 986,983— brick and tile $129,588,822 and pot- 

 tery $35,398,161. This was a considerable de- 

 crease compared with 1913, but as compared 

 with the value for the last twenty years it 

 shows a great growth in the industries. Com- 

 pared with 1908 there was an increase of $31,- 

 789,221. In only four years— 1909, 1910, 1912 

 and 1913 — has the total value of clay products 

 exceeded that of 1914. Considered by the 

 average for five-year periods, which is perhaps 

 the fairest comparison, as unusual conditions 

 may occur in a single year, the average annual 

 value of the clay products of the United States 

 was: 1895-1899, $72,233,056; 1900-1904, $118,- 

 135,826; 1905-1909, $153,838,231, and 1910- 

 1914, $170,287,909. It will be seen that the 

 value of the clay products of the country has 

 considerably more than doubled in the last 

 twenty years. With the revival of business, 

 which is clearly indicated, the great clay- 

 working industries, with the inherent supe- 

 riority of their products for many uses, are 



bound to come into their own, the halt of 1914 

 being but a temporary setback which will be 

 more than overcome in the near future. Clay 

 products are made in every state. Of the terri- 

 tories, Alaska and Hawaii reported none. The 

 value of clay products ranged, in 1914 from 

 $5,974 in Porto Eico to $37,166,768 in Ohio. 

 Ohio reported over one fifth of the value of 

 clay products in 1914 and has been the lead- 

 ing state since figures on this subject were first 

 compiled by the Geological Survey in 1894. It 

 is likely to maintain this position, as its out- 

 put has always greatly exceeded that of the 

 second state, Pennsylvania, and in 1914 this 

 excess was $15,319,772, or over 70 per cent. 

 Pennsylvania's output in 1914 was valued at 

 $21,846,996, or over one eighth of the total 

 for the United States. New Jersey ranked 

 third in 1914, with products valued at $16,- 

 484,652. Illinois was fourth, with products 

 valued at $13,318,953, and New York was fifth, 

 with products valued at $9,078,933. Indiana 

 was sixth ; Iowa was seventh, exchanging places 

 with Missouri, which was eighth; West Vir- 

 ginia was ninth, exchanging places with Cali- 

 fornia, which was tenth. The first ten states 

 reported wares valued at $128,253,688, or 72.74 

 per cent, of the total. The first five states re- 

 ported wares valued at $97,896,302, or nearly 

 60 per cent, of the total. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 Mr. James J. Hill has presented $125,000 

 to Harvard University to be added to the 

 principal of the professorship in the Harvard 

 graduate school of business administration, 

 which bears his name. The James J. Hill 

 professorship of transportation was founded 

 by a gift of $125,000, announced last com- 

 mencement day, the donors including John 

 Pierpont Morgan, Thomas W. Lament, Eob- 

 ert Bacon and Howard Elliott. 



The General Education Board announces 

 that $100,000 has been given to Carlton Col- 

 lege, Northfield, Minn., toward a fund of 

 $400,000; $50,000 to Hobart College, Geneva, 

 N. Y., toward a fund of $200,000; $200,000 to 

 Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., toward a fund 

 of $1,000,000, and $25,000 to Kalamazoo Col- 



