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were moved from the first section which has been occupied for 

 over two years. The members of the Torrey Club are invited 

 to the scientific program in connection with the formal dedi- 

 cation of this building and the plant houses of the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden, to be held all day Friday, and Saturday morn- 

 ing, April 20 and 21. There will be also a popular scientific 

 program on Friday evening, April 20, to which the members of 

 the Club are invited. The Brooklyn Garden may be reached 

 by the Brighton Beach Elevated, getting off at Consumers Park 

 Station (a flag station for stopping at which the conductor must 

 be notified at Park Place); or by the Brooklyn Interborough 

 subway and Flatbush Avenue trolley. 



Dr. Otis W. Caldwell, of the University of Chicago, has been 

 appointed director of Lincoln School on Park Avenue, New 

 York. This new enterprise, started as a result of a discussion 

 some time ago as to the best methods of primary and secondarj- 

 education, will open in September. The Rockefeller Founda- 

 tion is financing the school, which its founders and managers 

 hope may have far-reaching effects on primary and secondary 

 education in this country. Dr. Caldwell is now professor of 

 botany at the School of Education, University of Chicago. 



