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Professor C. R. Van Hise delivered an illustrated lec- 
ture on "Earth movements" at Northwestern University on 
the evening of Thursday, January 22nd. The lecture was 
given under the auspices of the University Guild. 
There is such a thing as holding a sixpence so 
close to the eye as tO' hide the remainder of the visible uni- 
verse, and I am afraid that we have held the sixpence of 
smelter returns so close to our eyes that we have failed to see 
the far more important fields for agriculture and grazing. 
w. b. phillips. 
The Council of the Geological Society of London 
has made the following awards for the present year : The 
WoUaston Medal to Prof. Rosenbusch, of Heidelberg ; The 
Murchison Medal to Dr. Charles Callaway; The Lyell Medal 
to Mr. F. VV. Rudler, lately of the Museum of Practical Geol- 
ogy ; The Prestzvich Medal (given for the first time), to Lord 
Avebury ; The Bigshy Medal to Dr. H. M. Ami, of the Can- 
adian Geological Survey; The balance of the WoUaston Fund 
tQ Mr. L. L. Belinfante, of the Geological Society ; The Mur- 
chison Fund to Mrs. Robert Gray, of Edinburg; The Lyell 
Fund is divided between Mr. S. S. Buckman and Mr. G. E. 
Dibbley. 
Wisconsin Academy of Science^ Arts and Letters. 
At the late meeting at Madison the following geological pa- 
pers were presented : 
Notes on the red slate deposit of south :western Arkansas. W. It'. 
Daniells. 
The relations of metamorphism to the redistribution of the chemical 
elements. C. R. Van Hise. 
The erosion history of south-western Wisconsin. E. C. Pe^is/io. 
On a record of post Newark subsidence and subsequent elevation with- 
in the area of south-western New England. II'. H. Hobbs. 
Notes on the Kansas City jjrehistoric skeleton. Daniel Folkniar. 
New or little known extinct vertebrates from the Permian Beds of 
Texas. E. C. Case. 
ENCOURAGEMENT OF MINING GEOLOGY. 
Among the new chairs recently established at the New 
Mexico School of Mines is that of Geology of Mineral De- 
posits. This department is imder the direct supervision of 
the president of the institution, Dr. Charles R. Keyes. This 
branch is made one of the three principal lines along which 
mining engineering is specialized — the other two being the 
metallurgical and the more strictly mechanical phases. In 
order to encourage investigative work along broad lines in 
the several branches of. mining engineering, the New Mexico 
School of Mines has already begun to establish a comprehen- 
sive system of fellowships and scholarships. 
