NEWS NOTES 
Dr. Ratpu C. BENEDICT, at present chairman of the depart- 
ment of sciences at Haaren High School, New York City, has ac- 
cepted the appointment of Associate Professor of Biology at 
Brooklyn College. Dr. Benedict will enter upon his new duties with 
the beginning of the fall term. He will continue to serve as Resident 
Investigator at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a position he has held 
since 1916. 
Dr. L. O. KuNnxKEL, pathologist at the Boyce Thompson In- 
stitute at Yonkers, has accepted an appointment by the Rocke- 
feller Institute for Medical Research to head a new division of 
plant pathology to be established in connection with its department 
of animal pathology located near Princeton, New Jersey. The 
combined laboratories will hereafter be known as the Department 
of Animal and Plant Pathology of the Rockefeller Institute. 
Dr. R. H. CHENey, Professor of Biology at Long Island Uni- 
versity, has been appointed Resident Investigator at the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden. This appointment is in line with the reciprocal 
relations recently established between the Brooklyn Botanic Gar- 
den and Long Island University, whereby students registered in 
accepted courses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and meeting the 
admission requirements of the University can receive undergradu- 
ate credit at the University. 
A trust fund for botanical research has been established at 
the University of Minnesota as the result of a request made by the 
late Dr. J. Arthur Harris a year ago on his deathbed. He asked 
that nothing be spent on flowers for his funeral, but that the money 
be put into a trust fund for research in botany. The fund, con- 
tributed by university staff members and others, now tota 
$1,066.21. Dr. Harris was head of the Botany Department at Mr 
nesota and was also connected with the Agricultural Experiment 
Station at the University. He was an authority on biometrics, and 
one of the four authors of “The Measurement of Man,” a study 
in that field adopted by the Scientific Book Club last sun: 
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