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be accomplished. We are yet surrounded 

 by innumerable mysteries, which can only 

 be solved by persistent research. Not all 

 men are fitted by temperament or training 

 to engage in this great work, but more are 

 thus fitted, I am sure, than are awakened 

 to its opportunities. For those of you who 

 are ready, here is a challenge to the su- 

 preme use of all your powers — to your 

 imagination, your ingenuity, your patience 

 and enthusiasm, and to your spirit of dis- 

 interested service. W. B. Cannon 

 Hakvaed Medical School 



THE CONDUCT OF THE BUREAU OF 

 CHEMISTRY 



The committee on personnel of the depart- 

 ment of agriculture, composed of W. M. Hays, 

 assistant secretary; George P. McOabe, solic- 

 itor, and C. C. Clark, chief clerk, have made 

 to the secretary of agriculture a report on the 

 engagement of Dr. H. H. Eusby as pharma- 

 cognosist in which they come to the following 

 conclusion : 



That Drs. Wiley, Bigelow and Eusby, through- 

 out the negotiations for the readjustment of Dr. 

 Eusby 's salary, had in view the purpose to restore 

 Dr. Eusby 's rate of compensation to $20 per diem 

 for days actually employed, thus to retain his 

 expert services both in the laboratory and in court, 

 which services were highly valued by the Bureau 

 of Chemistry; to accomplish this purpose they 

 made a secret arrangement, and, through Dr. 

 Wiley, proposed to the Secretary of Agriculture 

 the appointment of Dr. Eusby at a legal rate per 

 annum, without disclosing to the Secretary that 

 Dr. Eusby was in fact to be paid at an illegal 

 rate, different from the rate specified in the 

 appointment. 



Based upon this report, the committee sub- 

 mits the following recommendations : 



1. That Dr. H. H. Eusby, pharmacognosist in 

 the Bureau of Chemistry at $1,600 per annum, be 

 dismissed from the service, on account of irregu- 

 larities in connection with his appointments and 

 recommendation for appointment of Dr. William 

 Mansfield as unskilled laborer. 



2. That Dr. L. F. Kebler, chief of drug labora- 

 tory in the Bureau of Chemistry, be reduced from 



his present position as chief of the drug labora- 

 tory to a position and status in which he will have 

 no authority to make recommendations regarding 

 the salaries or periods of service of other em- 

 ployees, on account of irregular conduct in pro- 

 curement of services of Dr. H. H. Eusby. 



3. That Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau 

 of Chemistry, and Dr. W. D. Bigelow, assistant 

 chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, be given an 

 opportunity to resign from the positions which 

 they now hold in the Bureau of Chemistry, on 

 account of irregularities in appointments of Dr. 

 H. H. Eusby. 



The attorney-general has recommended to 

 President Taft the approval of the findings of 

 the committee. It does not, however, appear 

 to be likely that President Taft will dismiss 

 Dr. Wiley, Dr. Bigelow and Dr. Rusby, for an 

 alleged technical violation of the law. Dr. 

 Rusby is a botanist and student of materia 

 medica of high distinction and dean of the 

 College of Pharmacy of Columbia University. 

 If he was employed at a salary of $1,600 a 

 year by the government, it was known to 

 every one that he did not devote his entire 

 time to government work. Dr. Wiley should 

 be reprimanded if he has permitted a tech- 

 nical violation of the law, and the law should 

 be altered so that scientific experts can be em- 

 ployed by the government on part time at a 

 reasonable salary. And the president and the 

 congress may very well take the opportunity 

 to express their appreciation of what Dr. 

 Wiley has accomplished for the public health. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Professor L. H. Bailey has tendered to the 

 trustees of Cornell University his resignation 

 as director of the New York State College of 

 Agriculture. He has made no public state- 

 ment about the matter except to admit that it 

 is his intention to retire from teaching. 



Surgeon-General Wyman has appointed 

 Dr. E. C. Franklin, since 1903 professor of 

 organic chemistry at Stanford University, to 

 be professor of chemistry in the hygienic lab- 

 oratory of the Public Health and Marine- 

 Hospital Service. 



The director of the Museo Nacional, Mex- 

 ico, Sr. Garcia has resigned and Sr. Robelo 



