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}      June,  1921. 
appreciation  to  those  given  formally.  A  social  hour  followed,  with 
light  refreshments. 
There  was  a  distinguished  gathering  of  notable  persons  present. 
Among  the  guests  were : 
Dr.  Alexander  Graham  Bell;  Hon.  Robert  Lansing;  Dr.  F.  W. 
Clarke  and  Dr.  David  White,  of  the  Geological  Survey ;  Dr.  Harvey 
W.  Wiley;  Dr.  Carl  L.  Alsberg,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry; 
Dr.  W.  A.  Taylor,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry;  Dr.  L.  O. 
Howard,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Entomology;  Dr.  F.  W.  Coville, 
Dr.  W.  E.  Safford,  Prof.  L.  C.  Corbett  and  Dr.  O.  Schreiner,  of  the 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry ;  Dr.  Charles  L.  Parsons,  Secretary  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society;  Dr.  W.  F.  Hillebrand,  U.  S.  Bureau  of 
Standards ;  Dr.  Marcus  Benjamin  and  Dr.  J.  N.  Rose,  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution;  Prof.  Charles  E.  Munroe,  National  Research 
Council;  Admiral  Brownson,  General  R.  E.  Noble,  of  the  Surgeon 
General's  Office  of  the  U.  S.  Army;  Rear  Admiral  William  C. 
Braisted,  President  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and 
Science;  Mr.  Howard  B.  French,  former  President  of  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science ;  Hon.  John  B.  Payne,  former 
Secretary  of  the  Interior ;  Rev.  Charles  Wrood,  Church  of  the  Cove- 
nant; Senator  Richardson;  Dr.  Atherton  Seidell,  of  the  Hygienic 
Laboratory;  Mrs.  (General)  Gorgas ;  Professors  Charles  H.  La- 
Wall,  E.  Fullerton  Cook  and  Julius  W.  Sturmer,  and  former  Presi- 
dent Otto  W.  Osterlund,  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
and  Science ;  Dr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler,  V.  K.  Chestnut,  E.  K.  Nelson, 
and  many  others  from  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry. 
THE  MULFORD  BIOLOGICAL  EXPLORATION. 
The  early  plans  for  the  scientific  expedition,  known  as  the  Mul- 
ford  Biological  Exploration  of  the  Amazon  Basin,  were  made  pub- 
lic in  an  article  appearing  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
issue  of  November,  1920. 
The  many  groups  of  scientists  and  laymen  who  have  shown 
such  great  interest  in  the  plans  for  this  work  will  be  interested  to 
know  that  the  work  is  now  under  way,  and  that  the  expedition  made 
its  departure  from  New  York  on  June  1st,  under  the  most  favorable 
circumstances. 
The  delay  in  getting  the  expedition  into  the  field  has  been  caused 
