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kee, Wis. The disease was contracted in the Wasatch moun- 
tains in September. 
Sir Archibald Geikie's "Text-book of geology" has just 
appeared in its fourth edition, which consists of two volumes 
including nearly 1500 pages. It is published by the Macmillan 
company. The third edition of this standard text-book ap- 
peared in 1893 and included about 1160 pages. 
Dr. R. A. Daly, of the Canadian international boundary 
commission, returned to Ottawa recently from the field work 
in the Rocky mountains. He reports having made a very in- 
teresting and successful series of observations on the igneoiu 
rocks of the region and their relations to the elastics. 
Professor J. E. Todd has recently resigned his position as 
professor of geology and mineralogy in the University of South 
Dakota, which he has held for over eleven years. He conse- 
quently also ceases to be state geologist. Dissatisfaction with 
the administration of the university is his reason for so doing. 
Professor W. O. Crosby was engaged during the first 
part of the summer in the examination of samples from bor- 
ings in Long island for the U. S. Geological Survey. The last 
two months he devoted to the mining geology of the Klondike 
and Nome districts of Alaska. He returned to Boston Sep- 
tember 30th. 
Dr. W. W. Watts chose as the subject of his address, be- 
fore the last meeting of the geological section of the British 
Association for the Advancement of Science, "The functions 
of geology- in education and in practical life." The address is 
of particular interest to teachers in colleges and in technical 
schools and is published in Science for October 9, 1903. 
Williams Hall, of Lehigh University, South Bethel- 
hem, Pa., formally opened Oct. 8, has three floors, each con- 
taining over twelve thousand square feet. One-half of the 
building is to be devoted to the department of geology, and the 
other half to the department of mechanical engineering. It is 
named from professor E. H. Williams, the principal donor, now 
of the department of geology and mining. 
Lake Level Commission. President Roosevelt has ap- 
pointed the following as the American members of the inter- 
national commission to investigate the level of the great lakes, 
and to determine whether the level is influenced by the deepen- 
ing of the channels, the changing of water courses and the con- 
struction of artificial waterways, viz. : Col. H. O. Ernst, corps 
of engineers ; Prof. G. S. Williams, Cornell University ; and 
Mr. George Clinton, of Buffalo, N. Y. 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geological 
Department. With three new men, and the work of each 
specialized along definite lines, the efficiency of the department 
