Makch 27, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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There will be a civil service examination, 

 on May 1 for the position of systematic 

 agrostologist in the Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, Department of Agricultiire, at a salary 

 of $2,000. On April 21 there will be an ex- 

 amination to fill a number of vacancies in 

 the position of aid in the U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey, at a salary of $Y20 per an- 

 num. The age limit is eighteen to twenty- 

 five years. 



The collection of Diptera, especially Mus- 

 cidse, made by Dr. Garry de N. Hough, of 

 New Bedford, has lately been acquired by the 

 University of Chicago. It is believed to con- 

 tain some 20,000 specimens. 



The will of Mrs. Susan Bevier gives $50,000 

 to the Rochester Athenseum and Mechanics' 

 Institute. The income is to be devoted to 

 the purchase of paintings and works of art, 

 which are to be placed in the Bevier Memorial 

 building. 



The Michigan Academy of Sciences will 

 hold its spring meeting at Ann Arbor on 

 March 26, 27 and 28. There will be sections 

 in (1) agriculture, (2) botany, (3) zoology, 

 (4) geography and geology, (5) sanitary sci- 

 ence and (6) science teaching. 



The announcement of the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity Lake Laboratory, at Sandusky indi- 

 cates increased facilities in the provision of 

 a commodious laboratory building capable of 

 accommodating at least one hundred students 

 and investigators. Courses are offered in 

 zoology, botany, entomology, ornithology and 

 physiology, with opportunities for research 

 work or independent investigation. The 

 latter with no charge for use of tables and 

 general laboratory facilities. During the last 

 summer's session twenty-four students and 

 investigators were enrolled, these representing 

 fourteen different colleges and universities. 

 A series of general lectures included the fol- 

 lowing topics : ' Physiographic Features of 

 Sandusky Region,' by Profesor E. L. Moseley; 

 ' The Harriman Alaskan Expedition,' by Mr. 

 Leon J. Cole, of the U. S. Eish Commission; 

 ' The Biological Features of the Florida Keys,' 

 by Professor E. L. Morris, of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture ; ' Adaptation in Ani- 



mal Life,' by the director ; ' Evolution of 

 Plants in Time,' by Professor J. H. Schaffner ; 

 ' Collecting in the Philippine Islands,' by Pro- 

 fessor E. L. Moseley. The session for 1903 

 opens on June 29, and lasts six weeks, while 

 the privileges of the laboratory are open to 

 both students and investigators for at least 

 two weeks longer for independent work. An- 

 nouncements giving details may be obtained 

 by addressing the director. Professor Herbert 

 shorn, Ohio State University, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



The Biological Laboratory of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences, located at 

 Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, will hold 

 its next regular session for six weeks begin- 

 ning Wednesday, July 1. Courses are of- 

 fered in high school zoology by Dr. Davenport 

 and Mr. Lutz, in comparative anatomy by 

 Dr. Pratt, in invertebrate embryology by Dr. 

 Sigerfoos, in animal bionomics and variation 

 by Dr. Davenport, in cryptogamic botany by 

 Dr. Johnson, in ecology by Mr. Wiitford, in 

 bacteriology by Dr. Davis, and in microscopic 

 methods by Mrs. Davenport. Fifty students 

 are admitted to receive instruction, the tuition 

 fee being $25. A limited number of rooms 

 are offered free of rental to properly qualified 

 investigators. Application for such rooms or 

 for further information may be made to Pro- 

 fessor C. B. Davenport, University of Chicago. 



Harvard University offers a summer course 

 of five weeks in geological field-work in the 

 Rocky mountain region, beginning about the 

 first of July. The field selected includes the 

 higher groups of mountains in southwestern 

 Colorado. The course will be in charge of 

 Mr. Chas. H. White, who will send a descrip- 

 tive circular on application, giving dates, out- 

 fit, expenses, etc. Mr. White's address is 

 Eotch Building, Harvard University, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Purdue University has recently been the 



recipient of liberal treatment at the hands 



of its state legislature, just adjourned. By 



an amendment to a previously existing law. 



