November 17, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



679 



William Travis HovifARD, M.D., professor 

 of pathology, pathological anatomy and bacter- 

 iology, and Hippolyte Gruener, Ph.D., pro- 

 fessor of chemistry in Western Reserve Uni- 

 versity, have returned from a year's leave of 

 absence spent in Europe. For the year 1911- 

 12, leave of absence has been granted to Olin 

 Preeman Tower, Ph.D., Hurlbut professor of 

 chemistry, who will spend the year abroad. 



Dr. Thomas E. Jones, of the new Univer- 

 sity of Queensland, Australia, is at present in 

 this country on a tour of inspection around 

 the world to study the system of correspond- 

 ence study at different universities. 



During the meeting of the American Min- 

 ing Congress, Chicago, October 24^28, twenty- 

 eight geologists were in attendance. These in- 

 cluded five representing the U. S. Geological 

 Survey, fifteen from various State Surveys 

 and eight from the Universities of Chicago, 

 Northwestern, Wisconsin and Illinois. One 

 evening was made enjoyable by a birthday 

 dinner tendered to Dr. Eugene A. Smith, 

 state geologist of Alabama. Dr. Smith is still 

 vigorous at the age of 70. He has been in his 

 present oflicial position since 1871 and has 

 published thirty-five or more volumes pertain- 

 ing to the geology of Alabama or related sub- 

 jects. His name will go down with that of 

 LeConte and Hilgard as pioneers in science 

 in the south. On the recent occasion toasts 

 were offered by Dr. George Otis Smith on be- 

 haK of the U. S. Geological Survey; by Pro- 

 fessor A. H. Purdue on behalf of the state 

 geologists, and by Professor T. C. Chamber- 

 lin on behalf of the university group. 



The council of the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers has made the following awards in 

 respect of papers published in the Proceed- 

 ings for the session 1910-11 : Telford premi- 

 ums to S. M. Dixon, M.A. (Birmingham), H. 

 J. F. Gourley, B.Eng. (London), J. Holden 

 (London), A, Eogers (Horsell), A. E. Griffin 

 (Hong-Kong), and F. C. Lea, D.Se. (Birming- 

 ham) ; and a Crampton Prize to Professor W. 

 E. Dalby, M.A., B.Sc. (London). The Indian 

 premium for 1911 has been awarded to C. E. 

 Capito (Ahwaz, Persia), and the Webb prize 

 to F. W. Bach (London). 



It is stated in Nature that at the conclu- 

 sion of the Harveian Oration, delivered by Dr. 

 Theodore Williams at the Royal College of 

 Physicians, on October 18, the president of 

 the college. Sir Thomas Barlow, presented the 

 Baly and the Bisset Hawkins gold medals. 

 The Baly medal was awarded to Professor W. 

 D. Halliburton, F.R.S. This medal was insti- 

 tuted in 1866 " in memoriam Gulielmi Baly, 

 M.D.," and is awarded every alternate year to 

 the person who is deemed to have most dis- 

 tinguished himself in the science of physiol- 

 ogy, especially during the two years immedi- 

 ately preceding the award, and is not restricted 

 to British subjects. The Bisset Hawkins 

 medal was given to Dr. Clement Dukes. This 

 medal was established in 1896 by Captain E. 

 Wilmont Williams, at the suggestion of Dr. 

 Theodore Williams, to perpetuate the memory 

 of Dr. Bisset Hawkins. It is bestowed tri- 

 ennially on some duly qualified medical prac- 

 titioner who is a British subject, and has dur- 

 ing the preceding ten years done work deserv- 

 ing special recognition in advancing sanitary 

 science or in promoting public health. 



As Bross lecturer for this year. Professor 

 Josiah Royce, Ph.D., of Harvard University, 

 is giving a course of seven lectures on " The 

 Sources of Religious Insight," at Lake Forest 

 College from November 13 to 19. 



At a meeting of the Senn Club, October 31, 

 plans were extended for a bronze statue to the 

 memory of Dr. Nicholas Senn, to be placed in 

 Lincoln Park. The statue is to cost $25,000, 

 and the funds are to be sought by subscrip- 

 tions from physicians. 



At a meeting of the Academy of Sciences 

 in Havana, on October 13, Dr. Juan Guiter- 

 eras delivered an oration on the life and work 

 of Dr. Carlos Finlay. At the conclusion of 

 the address Dr. Santos Fernandez spoke 

 briefly on the same theme and urged the erec- 

 tion of a monument to Finlay in the Havana 

 Morro. 



Professor St. Lindeck, of the Eeichsan- 

 stalt and editor of the Zeiischrift f-ilr Instru- 

 mentenkunde, died on October 21, aged 47 

 years. Dr. Lindeck was in America at the 



