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in Europe and some representation of foreign 

 types has been effected in the United States), 

 hence the naturalistic reproduction in relief 

 of Kilauea should mark two significant steps; 

 first, representation in the new way of an 

 American land-form type, and second, the 

 entry of American geologists into this field, 

 so useful in the promotion of their science. 

 Geo. Carroll Cuetl? 

 Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, 

 Kilauea Crater, 

 July, 1913 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



A tablet, recording the place of birth of 

 Sir William Turner, the distinguished anato- 

 mist, principal of the University of Edin- 

 burgh, has been unveiled in his native town of 

 Lancaster. 



At the meeting of the section of tropical 

 medicine and hygiene of the recent Interna- 

 tional Medical Congress, Sir Patrick Manson 

 was presented with a gold plaque. It bears 

 his portrait and on the other side an allegor- 

 ical group representing science triumphing 

 over disease in a tropical landscape. 



Col. William C. Gorgas has applied for 

 four months' leave of absence in order to ac- 

 cept the invitation to advise on the sanitary 

 conditions in Johannesburg, South Africa. 



Dr. Adolf Hurwitz, professor of mathe- 

 matics at the Zurich Polytechnic School, has 

 been elected a member of the Accademia dei 

 Lincei, Rome. 



Dr. Theodor Neuburger, of Erankfort, 

 known for his contributions to hygiene and 

 anthropology, has celebrated the sixtieth anni- 

 versary of his doctorate. 



Colorado College at its last commence- 

 ment csnferred the honorary degree of Sc.D. 

 on Professor Theodore D. A. Cockerell, who 

 holds the chair of zoology in the University of 

 Colorado. 



Sir James Gr.^nt, of Ottawa, was made an 

 honorary life member of the Canadian Medi- 

 cal Association at its recent meeting. 



Dr. W. L. Tower, associate jsrofessor of em- 

 bryology in the University of Chicago, has 



gone to South America to gather material for 

 the new bionomic laboratory just completed 

 at the university. Professor Tower has been 

 made curator of the laboratory, which will be 

 equipped for the study of genetics and the 

 problems of experimental evolution. 



Dr. George H. Shull, of the Station for 

 Experimental Evolution of the Carnegie In- 

 stitution, has been granted a year's leave of 

 absence, and will spend the greater part of the 

 year in Berlin, in study and writing. He 

 sailed on September 12 and will participate in 

 the Generalversammlung der Deutschen Bo- 

 tanischen Gesellschaft which meets in Berlin 

 on October 5. His paper will be on " Chloro- 

 phyllfalctoren und Buntblatterigkeit bei 

 Lychnis dioica." 



Dr. Frederick A. Saunders, professor of 

 physics at Syracuse University, is spending 

 abroad a year's leave of absence. He will visit 

 foreign laboratories and carry forward spec- 

 troscopic research in Professor Kayser's new 

 laboratory at Bonn. 



Saul Epsteex, professor of engineering 

 mathematics at the University of Colorado, 

 has resigned to accept the position of insur- 

 ance commissioner of Colorado. 



The Permanent International Eugenics 

 Committee, which met in Paris on August 4, 

 decided to hold the next International Con- 

 gress in New York during September, 1915. 

 Major Leonard Darwin presided, Mrs. Gotto 

 acted as secretary, and the following countries 

 were represented: England (Dr. Edgar Schus- 

 ter), America (Dr. F. A. Woods), France 

 (M. Lucien March), Germany (Professor A. 

 Ploetz), Italy (Professor C. Gini), Denmark 

 (Dr. S. Hansen), Norway (Dr. J. A. Mjoen). 



Dr. M. p. Eavenel, head of the State Hy- 

 gienic Laboratory, Wisconsin, presided over a 

 session of the Fourth International Congress 

 on School Hygiene devoted to university 

 health. He also made an address on bovine 

 tuberculosis at the fiftieth anniversary meet- 

 ing of the American Veterinarians' Associa- 

 tion in session in ISTew York City, September 

 1-5. 



