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be commended notwithstanding their recognized deficiencies at 

 the present time A list is given of one hundred and forty-two 

 contemporary schools with indication of the time required to 

 secure their degrees, including the three elements of the amount 

 of preliminary education required for admission, the length of 

 the law school course, and the hours at which class sessions are 

 held. ^1 



Taking as a basis the amount of time required for obtaining a 

 degree, the schools are tentatively divided into four groups, three 

 of which are recognized as legitimate types that, need to be sepa- 

 rately strengthened and improved. Also, as a step toward secur- 

 ing professional and popular recognition of vital distinctions 

 among different types of lawyers, the suggestion is made that, in 

 the case of younger applicants for admission to bar associations, 

 the requirements for membership may well be based upon the 

 requirements for graduation already in force in the more 

 advanced group of law schools. 



2. PuUications of the College of Agriculture of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y. — The following have recently been issued : 



The Crane-Flies of New York Part II; by Charles Paul 

 Alexander. This part. Memoir 38 of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, deals with the biology and phylogeny of the crane- 

 flies and gives representative crane-fly life histories, external 

 and internal morphology, and concludes with keys and descrip- 

 tions. The monograph contains about 450 pages. 



The Genetic Relations of Plant Colors in Maize, by R. A. 

 Emerson^ Professor of Plant Breeding. Memoir 39 of the 

 Experiment Station. It contains about 120 pages with 11 color 

 plates, and gives the results of studies carried on for the last 

 dozen years. 



Copies of the above publications may be obtained by those inter- 

 ested (so long as the supply lasts) from the Bureau of Publica- 

 tions, College of Agriculture, Ithaca. The second memoir is 

 stated to be highly technical in character. 



3. Congress of Applied Chemistry. — The Societe de Chimie 

 Industrielle makes the following announcements : 



(1) Members of the Society, both French and foreign, will 

 unite in an annual meeting on the 9-12 October, which 

 will include all the thirty-four sections corresponding to 

 the various applications of industrial chemistry. The subjects to 

 be considered are named in detail in the preliminary circular and 

 it is added that the more important departments will be handled 

 by eminent specialists. The Congress will hold its sessions in the 

 Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. A banquet will follow the 

 close of the meetings in the Palais d' Or say with M. L. Du Prey, 

 Minister of Agriculture, as presiding officer. 



(2) A Chemical Exposition, under the auspices of the Society, 

 will be held from the 7 to 16 October. Only two sections will 

 be represented but full development is anticipated for the future. 



