Febkuaey 6, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Science at the World's Fair, St. Louis, 

 1904: J. A. Holmes, St. Louis, Mo. 

 The exhibits at the approaching Uni- 

 versal Exposition to be held in St. Louis, 

 from April 30 to December 1, 1904, will 

 endeavor to show the applications of sci- 

 ence in all the great industries of the coun- 

 try; and in some of these departments, 

 notably that of mines and metallurgy, it 

 is proposed to show the equipment and 

 methods of geological surveys and similar 

 institutions for geologic, geographic and 

 metallurgic research; in fisheries will be 

 shown methods and equipment for biologic 

 research; in liberal arts, laboratory re- 

 search equipment in many branches of 

 science; in education, eqiiipment and 

 methods of instruction and research at the 

 institutions of learning ; in the department 

 of electricity will be shown modern equip- 

 ment and methods of electrical research. 

 In addition to the above, arrangements are 

 being made for holding, under the auspices 

 of the exposition, a niunber of scientific 

 congresses for the discussion of methods 

 and eqiiipment, and general plans for re- 

 search, in all departments of knowledge. 

 Edmund Otis Hovet, 



Secretary. 



OPENING EXERCISES OF THE WASHINGTON 

 POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



The opening exercises of the Washington 

 Post-Graduate Medical School were held in 

 the presence of a distinguished audience on 

 Monday evening, Januaiy 12, 1903, at 8 

 'clock in the lecture hall of the Columbian 

 University. 



Addresses were delivered by Professor 

 Wm. H. Welch, LLD., of Johns Hopkins 

 University, and by the president of Colum- 

 bian University on behalf of the educational 

 institutions. The rector of Georgetown 

 University was unable to be present, but 

 sent words of welcome and encouragement 

 to the new school. 



Professor Welch emphasized especially 

 the many advantages of the National 

 capital as an educational center, and spoke 

 in the most appreciative terms of the work 

 pei'formed in the govermnent laboratories, 

 by men who are also connected with the 

 teaching staff of the gradiiate school. 

 The speaker expressed great gratification 

 that the department of preventive medicine 

 had been given deseiwed prominence, and 

 in this respect charactei'ized the attempt 

 as unique, in this countrj^ at least, and one 

 which could not fail to be appreciated by 

 all interested in scientific medicine. He 

 referred to the advantages which must ac- 

 crue to the students by the utilization of 

 the hygienic laboratory of the public health 

 service, the laboratories of the Army 

 and Navy Medical School, the biochemic 

 laboratories of the Department of Agri- 

 culture and the demonstrations which are 

 possible in the Army Medical Museum 

 and the Museum of Hygiene. He stated 

 that the advantages for securing a 

 thorough training in preventive medicine 

 and in the study of tropical diseases are 

 unexcelled anywhere, and predicted a use- 

 ful futiu-e for the school, in the training of 

 men who desire to become health officers, 

 medical officers of the army, navy, marine 

 hospital or the colonial service. 



Dr. Needham welcomed the school among 

 the educational institutions, and expressed 

 satisfaction that the leading medical schools 

 of the city had united in placing their lab- 

 oratory and teaching facilities at the dis- 

 posal of the graduate school, thus insuring 

 a hearty cooperation in the promotion of 

 higher medical education. 



General Sternberg, the president of the 

 faculty, in behalf of the school, returned 

 thanks to the medical departments of 

 Columbian and Georgetown universities 

 and all hospitals in the city, govern- 

 ment, private and municipal, for their 



