July 18, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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THE EDUCATIONAL FUND COMMISSION 

 OF PITTSBUBGE 



The Educational Fund Commission of 

 Pittsburgh, to which was intrusted one quar- 

 ter of a million dollars some five years ago, for 

 the betterment of teachers and teaching in the 

 public schools, has now made the awards for 

 this year, making a total of about four hun- 

 dred and seventy-five that this commission 

 has sent out for study during the past four 

 years. The chairman of the commission, Dr. 

 John A. Brashear, writes: 



I think I can readily say that ninety-five per 

 cent, of these teachers have brought back value re- 

 ceived to our public schools in the way of effi- 

 ciency. We do not ask these teachers to work 

 hard, preferring that they take a very small num- 

 ber of studies and enjoy a part of their time in 

 rest, recreation and recuperation. Nor do we lay 

 great stress on the purely intellectual side of their 

 work, preferring that they bring back to us effi- 

 ciency in the way of improving home life, social, 

 moral and physical betterment. This they have 

 not only done in the past, but through the splendid 

 influence of their associations have distributed the 

 good they have received in their summer studies 

 among their fellow teachers in our great school 

 system. 



I am also pleased to report that the deans of 

 the various summer schools have received our 

 Pittsburgh teachers with very great kindness, in- 

 deed, to such an extent that perhaps fifty per cent, 

 of them return the following year to study upon 

 their own initiative and pay their own summer 

 tuition and expenses. 



I wish I could give you the name of the donor, 

 but notwithstanding the great work done for the 

 public schools of Pittsburgh, he insists that his 

 name remain anonymous. 



The summer schools for which scholarships 

 were given, and number of teachers to be sent 

 to each school by the Educational Fund Com- 

 mission is as follows : 



Harvard University 16 



Columbia University 15 



Chautauqua 14 



University of Pittsburgh 16 



Carnegie Institute of Technology 13 



University of Wisconsin 11 



Cornell University 14 



University of Michigan 7 



University of Chicago 4 



University of Colorado 2 



University of Pennsylvania 3 



Cape May School 5 



Pennsylvania State College 5 



Dartmouth 3 



Zanerian College 3 



Syracuse University 2 



Northwestern University 1 



New York University 1 



Johns Hopkins University 1 



Boothbay Harbor 1 



Art Institute, Chicago 1 



Vineland Training School 1 



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THE SOCHESTEE MEETING OF THE 

 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



The forty-eighth annual meeting of the 

 American Chemical Society will be held in 

 Rochester, New York, September 9 to 13, in- 

 clusive. A meeting of the council will be 

 held on Monday night, September 8, at the 

 Hotel Seneca, immediately following the com- 

 plimentary dinner to be given to the council 

 at seven o'clock. 



The program will open with a general meet- 

 ing on Tuesday at 10 a.m., in the assembly 

 hall at Kodak Park. The members of the so- 

 ciety are to be the guests of the Eastman 

 Kodak Company at luncheon following the 

 morning meeting, and the afternoon will be 

 spent in visiting the immense plant of the 

 Eastman Kodak Company at Kodak Park. 



A smoker will be held at 8 :30 p.m., Tuesday, 

 in Masonic Hall. The divisional meetings on 

 Wednesday, all day, and Thursday and Fri- 

 day mornings, will be held in the Eastman 

 building, University of Rochester. The presi- 

 dent's address will be given at the East High 

 School, Rochester, at 8 p.m., Wednesday; and 

 the subscription banquet, Thursday night at 

 7 P.M., at Powers Hotel. 



On Thursday and Friday afternoons, excur- 

 sions will be open to the following manufac- 

 turing plants : 



Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., 

 Taylor Instrument Co., 

 Curtice Bros. Co. 

 J. Hungerford Smith Co., 



