64 The American Geologist. juiy. i89i 
SiMMARY <»KFiciAL DKCAi'iTATiox. The regents of the Univer- 
sity of Nebraska at a late nieetinu;, with other resolutions adopted 
the following : That the connection of Prof. L. K. Hicks with the 
University be severed after August 1, 1891. — iSUttt Journal, 
Lincoln, Neh. 
Mk. Rali'11 S. Takk, Cambridge, has been appointed professor 
of geolog}- and mineralogy in the University of South Dakota, at 
Vermilion. 
Mr. Hekbert A. Wilcox, Tower, 3Iinn. , has been employed 
on the Missouri geological survey, in the examination of the iron 
deposits or that state. 
Mr. Herhkrt R. Wood, late of Toronto, will begin service 
August 1st on the ^Minnesota geological survey. 
Dr. J. Francis. Williams, who has been connected with the 
Geological Survey of Arkansas for the past two 3'ears, has been 
appointed Assistant Professor of Geology at Cornell Universit}'. 
His report on the igneous rocks of Arkansas is now in press. 
Prof. E. H. Barbour, Grinnell, Iowa, has completed ar- 
angements for a paleontological trip in the bad lands the present 
ummer. 
Dr. George Baur, of Clark University, in company with 
Prof. C. F. Adams, of Champaign, 111., will this summer, visit 
the Galapagos islands for the purpose of studying the fauna and 
particularh" the mammoth tortoises, with which the islands abound. 
Dr. George H. Williams of Johns Hopkins University 
is conducting a party of graduate students in geology through 
western Mar3"land. 
Mr. John Eyerman has severed his connection with the 
scientific department of Lafa3-ette College. 
Princeton Scientific Expedition. The ninth Geological Ex- 
pedition to the west will, as usual, be under the leadership of 
Prof. W. B. Scott and will be composed of Prof. W. F. Magie 
and Messrs. E. A. S. Lewis, A. B. Gladwin, A. W. Bentley, I. 
Beuet, J. S. Hosford, C. C. Jefferson, I{. A. Stevenson, R. Coul- 
ter, jr. Mr. John Eyerman, of Easton, will join the party during 
the latter part of the trip. 
