396 The American Geologist. June. i9-"i4. 
Dr. John C. Merriam, of the University of California, 
started- for Europe the middle of May, visiting Washington 
and New York en route. 
Professor G. D. Harris, of Cornell University, is state 
geologist of Louisiana, and has been engaged in active field 
work during the winter. 
Professor Henry Landes, state geologist of Wash- 
ington, will return to Seattle in August after a year spent in 
study at the University of Chicago. 
Frank Carney, of Ithaca, N. Y., has been elected to the 
chair of geology at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, re- 
cently resigned by Dr. T. L. Watson. 
Dr. Charles H. Sternberg, Lawrence, Kansas, has a 
large collection of Cretaceous reptiles and fishes from the 
Chalk of Kansas which are just now for sale at greatly reduced 
prices. Vertebrate paleontologists will be glad to know of 
this opportunity. 
■ Dr. Thomas L. Watson, since 1901 professor of geology 
in Denison University at Granville, Ohio, has resigned to ac- 
cept the chair of geology in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
at Blacksburg, Virginia. "Dr. Watson will assume charge 
of his duties at the Polytechnic in September, 1904. 
Dr. Ralph Arnold, of the U. S. Geological Survey, 
\vill spend the early summer in detailed stratigraphic and pale- 
ontologic work for Dr. Dall on the Pacific coast. Later in the 
season he and professor Newsom, of Sanford University, will 
complete the mapping of the Santa Cruz quadrangle, Califor- 
nia. 
Dr. James Pekrin Smith, of Stanford University, will 
leave for Washington, D . C . , the latter part of May, where he 
will spend a p^rt 01 the summer in studying the Mesozoic col- 
lections m the National Museum. He will return to California 
via southeastern Idaho, stopping oflf a few weeks for field 
work in the Triass of that region. 
Messsrs. R. S. Bassler and W. C. Phalex of the de- 
partment of geology in the L"^. S. National Museum have re- 
cently severed their connection with that institution to accept 
positions on the U . S. Geological Survey. Mr. F. A. Lucas 
of the biological department ha? also resigned to accept the 
position at the Brooklyn Institute, New York, vacated by Dr. 
A. G. IVfaver, who, in his turn, becomes director of the bio- 
logical station at \\v- Dry Tortugas. 
The Annual Geological Excursion to Devils Lake 
AND the Dailes OF THE WISCONSIN, taken jointly by certain 
classes in geology of the Lmiversity of Wisconsin and of the 
Northwestern L^niversity, was held on April 28th, 29th and 
30th. About fortv students took part in the excursion, which 
this vcar also visited the newly opened iron mines of the Bira- 
boo range. The excursion was led by professors Fenneman 
