204 The American Naturalist. [Febr 
The Owenès Memorial Committee has entrusted the statue of the 
Sir Richard Owen to Mr. T. Brock, R. A. 
The late Professor Newberry’s name is to live in a fund which the 
scientific societies of New York have resolved to raise, It willbe 
called the John Strong Newberry fund, be not less than $25,000, and 
the income derived from it will be devoted to the encouragement of 
scientific work in geology, paleontology, botany and zoology. Professor _ 
N. L. Britton is secretary to the subscription committee. 
' Professor Ben. K. Emerson, of Amherst College, and of the U.S. 
Geol. Surv., who met with a serious railway accident last summer, and 
was reported killed, has so far recovered that he has started on a trip 
around the world for rest and recuperation. He visits Italy, Egypt 
India, Java and Japan. Prof. Emerson has been engaged for a long 
time in mapping the crystalline rocks of Central Massachusetts and 
Connecticut. fs 
A member of the Anthropological Society of Washington has placed 
in the hands of the Treasurer of the Society a sum of money to be 
awarded in prizes for the clearest statements of the elements that go to 
make up the most useful citizen of the United States, regardless i 
occupation. The donation has been accepted, and the Society eee 
provided for the award of the following prizes during the present year 
(1893) under the following conditions: wa 
Two prizes will be awarded for the best essays on the subject epee 
fied above, viz: A first prize of $150 for the best essay, and a secon? 
prize of $75 for the second best essay among those found worthy by 
the commissioners of award. k 
These prizes are open to competitors in all countries. “000 
ys offered in competition for the prizes shall not exceed 3) 
words in length, and all essays offered shall be the property one 
Anthropological Society of Washington, the design being to pi 
them at the discretion of the Board of Managers, in the official eer 
of the Society, the American Anthropologist, giving due credit to? 
several authors. a he? 
Each essay should bear a pseudonym or number, and should be 
accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same peude 
number, and containing the name and address of the competitors ' 
the identity of the competitors shall not in any way be made ka 
the Commissioners of Award. 
Essays must be type-written or printed, and must be sub 
later than November 1, 1893. [Since changed to March 1, 
mitted not 
1894]. 
