68 The American Geologist. J"!^' i^oi. 
to take effect July i. Dr. Frank A. Wilder, Profe'^sor of Eco- 
nomic Geology in the University of Iowa, was elected as 
Professor Calvin's successor. 
The legislature of Connecticut at its last session or- 
dered a geological and natural history survey. The board of 
commissioners embraces the governor and the presidents of 
four colleges, viz : Yale, Wesleyan, Trinity and the Connec- 
ticut Agricultural College. Professor W. M. Rice of Wes- 
leyan University, has been appointed superintendent of this 
survey. The present appropriation is $3,000 for two years" 
work. But there is great probability that this will be in- 
creased by the next legislature. 
Wanted : Economic Geologist and Paleontologist to take 
charge of field party investigating stratified economic deposits 
of coals, irons, clays, etc., of the Philippines, and to perform 
necessary laboratory and office work in study of fossils and 
preparation of bulletins and reports ; experience in soft coal 
preferred. Must be graduate, of thorough training, young, 
and of robust health, and must satisfy United States Civil 
Service Board of qualifications before appointment. Salary 
for first year two thousand dollars with field expenses. Leaves 
of absence granted'. Opportunities for original work excel- 
lent. Address, giving complete details and recommendations, 
to avoid loss of time by correspondence, the Chief of the ]^Iin- 
ing Bureau, Manila, P. L 
At the alumni dinner of the State University of 
Iowa, the ,former students of professor Samuel Calvin, to the 
number of over two thousand, united in the commemoration 
of the completion of his thirtieth year in a professorship at 
that institution. The recognition took the form of a costly 
silver loving-cup. designed especially for the purpose of sym- 
bolizing the scientific achievements of the recipient. The cup 
is a classic Greek vase sixteen inches in bight, and stands on 
a base of serpentine five inches high. It is adorned with casts 
taken directly from- fossils, with a drainage-map of Iowa, with 
crossed geological hammers, a microscope, and the more con- 
ventional sprav of laurel, owl of wisdom and torch of learn- 
ing, — all in relief. One side bears an appropriate inscription 
in raised letters. 
Professor Calvin was elected to the chair of Natural His- 
tory in Iowa's university thirty venrs ago. The "chair" hab 
since been subdivided into four di-tinct departments, profes- 
sor Calvin retaining the department of geologv. He has 
been state geologist of Iowa during the last twelve years. 
