No. 376.] SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 301 
The circulars for the ninth session of the Biological Laboratory at 
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, have been issued. Owing to the 
absence of Professor Conn in Europe, the laboratory this year will be 
under the direction of Dr. C. B. Davenport, of Harvard, who will be 
assisted in the instruction by Prof. H. T. Fernald, of State College, 
Penn., Dr. D. S. Johnson, of Johns Hopkins, Dr. C. P. Sigerfoos, of 
the University of Minnesota, Prof. W. H. C. Pynchon, of Trinity 
College, Dr. N. F. Davis, of Bucknell University, Dr. H. R. Lin- 
ville, of the New York City High School, and Mrs. Davenport. 
The courses offered this year are: (1) high school zoology, (2) com- 
parative anatomy, (3) invertebrate embryology, (4) cryptogamic 
botany, (5) phanogamic botany, (6) bacteriology, (7) microscopical 
methods; while facilities will be afforded those desiring to carry on 
original research. The laboratory has a good equipment, owns five 
buildings and a naphtha launch. The tuition is fixed at $20 for one 
course ; additional courses at $5 each. Board costs $4.50 and rooms 
from $1.50 to $3 per week. Regular class work begins July 6 and 
continues until August 27. Further information may be obtained 
from the Director, Dr. C. B. Davenport, Francis Avenue, Cambridge, 
ass. > 
A summer school of biology under the auspices of the University 
of Illinois will be held at the Illinois Biological Station, on the 
Illinois River, at Havana, Ill., beginning June 15. The regular 
session will continue four weeks, but members of classes may pro- 
long their work independently until August 1. The school will be 
under the general direction of Prof. S. A. Forbes, Dean of the 
College of Science of the University. An elementary and an 
advanced course in zoology will be conducted by Prof. Frank Smith 
and similar courses in botany by Instructor C. F. Hottes. The 
school will be in the immediate charge of Dr. C. A. Kofoid, superin- 
tendent of the Station, who will give his attention to the individual 
work of advanced students. The Station will be open to a limited 
number of investigators from June 15 to September 15. The 
libraries of the State Laboratory of Natural History and of the 
University and the equipment of the biological laboratories of the 
University will be available for the school. In order that suitable 
provision may be made for students and visitors, early application 
is urged. Final lists of desiderata of literature and apparatus for 
advanced students and investigators should be sent in before June 1. 
A fee of $10 per month will be charged. Circulars giving further 
information will be sent on application to S. A. Forbes, Urbana, IIl. 
