March 10, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



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To perpetuate the memory of C. L. Herrick 

 in the scientilic world and among the friends 

 of Denison University, and as a tribute 

 of gratitude for his services, the Den- 

 ison Scientific Association has appointed a 

 committee to secure a fund to be known as 

 'The C. L. Herrick Memorial Fund.' The 

 first purpose of the coromittee is to secure for 

 Denison University Dr. Herrick's scientific 

 library, which his family is obliged to dispose 

 of. It is hoped, however, that only a portion 

 of the fund will be used in procuring the 

 library and that an adequate principal may 

 be set aside, the income of which will be avail- 

 able in maintaining the serials represented in 

 the library and in otherwise fostering the in- 

 terests of science. A friend of the institution 

 'has promised to duplicate all subscriptions 

 made for this purpose before July first next. 

 Subscriptions may be sent to Professor Frank 

 Carney, Denison, Ohio. ■ 



We regret to record the death of M. S. J. P. • 

 Folic, honorary director of the Observatory of 

 Brussels, on January 29, at the age of seventy- 

 one years ; of Dr. Eduard Richter, professor of 

 geography at Graz ; and of Professor T. Ber- 

 telli, the Italian astronomer. 



The U. S. Civil Service Commission an- 

 nounces an examination on March 29 to se- 

 cure eligibles from which to fill a vacancy in 

 the position of cement expert at $2,400, and 

 another at $1,500 per annum, in the Reclama- 

 tion Service, Geological Survey, and vacancies 

 as they may occur in any branch of the service 

 requiring similar qualifications. It is ex- 

 pected that in the near future there will be 

 additional vacancies at salaries between $1,500 

 and $2,400 per annum. 



The sixteenth session of the Biological 

 Laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences will be held at Cold Spring 

 Harbor, Long Island, beginning July 5, 1905, 

 lasting for six weeks. The usual courses of 

 field zoology by Drs. Davenport and Breed, 

 comparative anatomy by Drs. Pratt and 

 Casteel, embryology by Drs. Crampton and 

 Moenkhaus, cryptogamic botany by Dr. John- 

 son and Mr. Chivers, plant ecology by Mr. 

 Shreve and Miss Knox and microscopic 

 methods by Mrs. Davenport are offered. 



Those receiving instruction pay a fee of $30, 

 but independent investigators may be re- 

 ceived at the laboratory at any time upon ap- 

 plication to the director. Dr. C. B. Daven- 

 port, Cold Spring Harbor, JST. Y., from whom 

 the announcement just issued may be ob- 

 tained. 



The legislature of North Dakota has passed 

 a comprehensive irrigation code which fol- 

 lows closely the provisions of the suggested 

 state irrigation code drawn up last summer 

 by Mr. Morris Bien of the U. S. Reclamation 

 Service. This is the first effective legislation 

 on the subject in North Dakota, and will put 

 irrigation investigation upon a well estab- 

 lished and permanent basis, so that it is now 

 possible to secure the exclusive services of a 

 competent man as a state engineer. The first 

 state engineer. Professor E. F. Chandler, who 

 began that work last season and has been 

 carrying it on in addition to his work as 

 resident hydrogi-apher for the U. S. Geological 

 Survey and to his regular duties in the state 

 university, now transfers the ofiice to Mr. A. 

 L. Fellows, of Denver, Colo., who has been 

 for the past two years district engineer for 

 Colorado of the U. S. Reclamation Service, 

 and who now under the new law is appointed 

 by Governor Sarles state engineer of North 

 Dakota. 



The trustees of the University of North 

 Carolina have set aside the Shepard bequest 

 of $5,000 as an endowment fund for the li- 

 brary of the chemical department of the uni- 

 versity. 



A RECEPTION was held in the Germanic Mu- 

 seum of Harvard University on February 28, 

 at which Dr. Theodore Lewald, German im- 

 perial commissioner at St. Louis, presented to 

 the university the collection of maps, charts 

 and models on behalf of the German emperor 

 for the sociological museum in Emerson Hall. 

 Professor Miinsterberg received the gift on be- 

 half of the university. 



In connection with the International' Ex- 

 position to be held at Liege, Belgium, from 

 April to November during the present year, 

 it is proposed to hold an International Con- 

 gress of Childhood from September 17 to 20 



