A communication from Dr. Felix Neumann, of the Surgeon General's Library, suggesting a change in the last constitution in the name of Section K from Historical and Philological Sciences to History of Science was read, and, on motion, the secretary was instructed to inform Dr. Neumann that this idea could be embodied in an amendment to the constitution to be submitted at the St. Louis meeting, if desirable, or that members interested in the history of science could form a sub-section of Section K provided the name as previously recommended for the section should be adopted. The following fellows were elected as honorary fellows emeritus under the terms of the Jane M. Smith Fund: Charles Frederick Chandler, Edward Williams Morley, William North Rice and Albert Henry Tuttle. On motion, the treasurer was authorized to invest two thousand dollars in Victory Liberty Notes. Reports of progress with regard to the proposed popular journal were made by Mr. Humphreys and Mr. Noyes. After a lengthy discussion on the proposal for a new scientific journal under the partial auspices of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, it was agreed it would be equitable to enter into arrangements provided that SCIENCE be offered to members for the three dollar fee; that the new popular journal or The Scientific Monthly be offered for four dollars; that SCIENCE and the new popular journal be offered for six dollars, and that all three publications be offered for nine dollars, and that SCIENCE be underwritten for its circulation through the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the amount of its subscriptions at the time of the establishment of the new journal; or that SCIENCE be paid fifty cents for each individual subscription between the actual subscriptions and the circulation at the time mentioned, the same to be deducted from the amount paid by the association to the new journal. Dr. Ward reported from the committee on state and local academies, giving the results of preliminary negotiations with three state academies. On motion, it was resolved that state and city academies of science may become associated or affiliated with the association by paying to the association only two dollars and fifty cents for each member, retaining fifty cents of the association fee for the use of the academy, and the entrance fee of the association of five dollars shall be remitted in such cases. Mr. Cattell made a progress report with regard to the National Education Association. On motion, Messrs. MacDougal, Coulter and B. M. Duggar were appointed a special committee to confer with the secretaries of societies of botanical interests which meet with the association to consider the coordination of the efforts of such societies. On motion, the opinion of the committee on policy was expressed that, when the new journal on popular science is established, the entrance fee of the association should be remitted for one year. At 10.30 P.M., the committee adjourned. L. O. HOWARD, Permanent Secretary THE UTAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES THE twelfth annual convention of the Utah Academy of Sciences was held at Salt Lake City, April 4 and 5, 1919, in the physics lecture room of the University of Utah. In all, three sessions were held-the first beginning at 8 o'clock Friday evening, the second at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning, and the closing session at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. At the business meeting Saturday afternoon, five members were elected to fellowship as follows: Dr. M. C. Merrill, Dr. Willard Gardner, Harold R. Hagan and Tracy H. Abell, of the Utah Agricultural College, Dr. Joseph F. Merrill, of the University of Utah. The following persons were elected to membership in the Academy: Professor A. L. Beeley and Professor LeRoy Cowles, of the University of Utah, D. W. Pittman, of the Utah Agricultural College, Mark Anderson, of the U. S. Forestry Service, and Andrew Lee Christensen, Salt Lake City. Dr. W. C. Ebaugh, formerly head of the department of chemistry at the University of Utah, having permanently removed from the state, was transferred to associate membership. The constitution was amended in several particulars relating principally to the admission of new members. The office of corresponding secretary was created. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President-Dr. Orin Tugman, University of Utah; First Vice-president-C. F. Korstian, U. S. Forestry Service, Ogden, Utah; Second Vice-president-Dr. Frank L. West, Utah Agricultural College, Logan; Permanent Secretary-Treasurer-A. O. Garrett, East High School, Salt Lake City; Corresponding Secretary-C. Arthur Smith, East High School, Salt Lake City; Councillors-atlarge-Dr. W. D. Bonner, U. of U., Salt Lake City; Professor Hyrum Schneider, U. of U., Salt Lake City, and Dr. Newton Miller, U. of U., Salt Lake City. The following papers were read at the convention: Harold R. Hagan, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "A history of entomology to 1800."' Mark Anderson, Forest Service, Ogden, "Detection of overgrazing by indicator plants.'' Professor A. L. Beeley, Utah University, Salt Lake City, The problem of handedness.'' Professor Tracy H. Abell, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "Investigations in dehydration.'' Dr. M. C. Merrill, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "Distilled water as a medium for growing plants."' Dr. Frank L. West, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "Determination of probable temperature at a particular place for a definite hour on a definite day." Dr. F. S. Harris and N. I. Butt, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "Alkali water for irrigation.'' Professor D. W. Pittman, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "The relation of the method of analyzing alkali soils to the limit of toxicity." Dr. Willard Gardner, Utah Agricultural College, Logan, "A theory of capillary flow." Dr. Joseph F. Merrill, Utah University, Salt Lake City, "Is electric air heating feasible?'' Dr. W. D. Bonner, Utah University, Salt Lake City, "Atoms and the atomic theory.' C. F. Korstian, Forest Service, Ogden, "Evaporation and soil moisture in relation to forest planting." C. ARTHUR SMITH, Corresponding Secretary THE KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE THE fifty-first annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science was held at the State Agri cultural College, Manhattan, April 18 and 19. There was in attendance an excellent representation of the scientists of the educational institutions, scientific professions and industries of the state. "The cultivation of medicinal plants in the United States,'' illustrated, was the subject of the presidential address, by Professor L. D. Havenhill, of Kansas University. Professor Henry B. Ward, of the University of Illinois, the visiting scientist, delivered two lectures, one on "The conservation of our aquatic resources, " and the other on "Research and reconstruction," the latter to the faculty, students and friends of the college as well. President W. M. Jardine addressed the academy on the problems and aims of the Kansas Agricul tural Experiment Station, and described some of the projects under way. Sixty-one papers were presented, either by title or read, most of them reports of progress and accomplishment in research. A banquet was served during the evening of the eighteenth which was attended by more than one hundred persons. Dean L. E. Sayre, of Kansas University, was toastmaster, and talks were made by President Jardine, Professor Ward, Major E. L. Holton, of the Red Cross, and Representative Hughbanks, of the Kansas legislature. The academy formally voted to accept the invitation to affiliate itself with the American Association for the Advancement of Science according to the plan previously published in SCIENCE. Dr. Robert K. Nabours, of the Agricultural College, and Dr. B. M. Allen, of Kansas University, were elected president and first vice-president, respectively, for the coming year. Cornell University Medical College in the City of New York Admits holders of baccalaureate degrees or sen iors who can present a degree at the completion of the first year. All students must have completed College courses in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Instruction by the laboratory method continued throughout the course. Classes divided into small sections facilitating personal contact of student and instructor. Clinical teaching concentrated in those services of Bellevue and New York Hospitals under direct control of Cornell. Additional facilities in other Hospitals. Graduate Courses leading to the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. are offered in the scientific departments of the Medical College under the direction of the Graduate School of Cornell University. Session opens the last week in September and closes the second week in June. Fees including all College charges do not exceed $200 a year. For further information and catalogue address TUITION The charge for tuition is $250 per annum, payable in three instalments. There are no extra fees except for rental of microscope, certain expensive supplies, and laboratory breakage. The annual announcement, application blanks, and circular describing graduate courses may be obtained by addressing the Dean of the Johns Hopkins Medical School Washington and Monument S. Washington University School of Medicine REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION Candidates for entrance are required to have completed at least two full years of college work which must include English, German, and instruction with laboratory work in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. INSTRUCTION Instruction begins on the last Thursday in September and ends on the second Thursday in June. Clinical instruction is given in the Barnes Hospital and the St. Louis Children's Hos pital, affiliated with the medical school, the St. Louis City Hospital, and in the Washington University Dispensary. COURSES LEADING TO ACADEMIC Students who have taken their premedical work in Washington University, are eligible for the degree of B.S. upon the completion of the first two years of medical work. Students in Washington University may pursue study in the fundamental medical sciences leading to the degree of A.M. and Ph.D. School of Dentistry— Admission: Four years of high school work, with 15 units. Thorough, practical, as well as comprehensive technical training in dentistry. Women admitted to all Schools on the same terms as men. For catalogs and all other information, address BALTIMORE, MD. TULANE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE P. O. Box 770, New Orleans, La. THE LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL BROOKLYN-NEW YORK Sixty-first Annual Session begins September 22, 1919 The medical college requires two years of study in a college of liberal arts or sciences for admission. See specifications for Class A Medical Colleges by the Council on Medical Education, A.M.A.; also those for a Medical Student's Qualifying Certificate by the University of the State of New York. Conditioned Students not admitted For particulars address THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Henry and Amity Streets UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE The One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Annual Session will open September 26, 1919 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION Candidates for admission are required to have completed at least two full years of college work which must include specified amounts of English, French or German, Physics, Biology and Chemistry (including Organic). Laboratory work is required in the three sciences. The first and second year classes are limited to 100 students. Women are admitted. Application should be presented before July 1st, as on that date the selection of the entering class will be made. About 125 students can be accommodated in the third and fourth year classes and applications for admittance on advanced standing will be considered from students who have made excellent records in other "Class A" medical schools. INSTRUCTION Clinical instruction is given in the University Hospital on the campus with 400 beds and the immediately adjoining Philadelphia General Hospital with 1600 beds, The fundamental branches are taught in the Hare Laboratory of Chemistry, the combined Laboratories of Pathology, Physiology and Pharmacology, and the Laboratory of Hygiene and Bacteriology. GRADUATE COURSES Information concerning courses in the recently organized Medico-Chirurgical College Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, which includes as a unit the former Philadelphia Polyclinic Hospital and Polyclinic Graduate School of Medicine, can be obtained from the Dean as well as information about courses leading to the degree of Doctor of Public Hygiene (Dr. P.H.) and courses in Tropical Medicine. The course of instruction occupies four years, begin ning the second week in September and ending the first week in June. The first two years are devoted to the fundamental sciences, and the third and fourth to practical clinic instruction in medicine and surgery. All the organized medical and surgical charities of the city of Augusta and Richmond County, including the hospitals, are under the entire control of the Board of Trustees of the University. This agreement affords a large number and variety of patients which are used in the clinical teaching. Especial emphasis is laid upon practical work both in the laboratory and clinical departments TUITION The charge for tuition is $150.00 a year except for residents of the State of Georgia, to whom tuition is free. For further information and catalogue address The Medical Department, University of Georgia AUGUSTA, GEORGIA WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY School of Hygiene and Public Health SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF The Johns Hopkins University ONLY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN Admits only college degree students and seniors in absentia. 1 Excellent laboratories and facilities for research and advanced work. Large clinical material. Sole medical control of Lakeside, City, Charity and Maternity Hospitals and Babies' Dispensary. Clinical Clerk Services with individual instruction. Wide choice of hospital appointments for all graduates. ¶ Fifth optional year leading to A.M. in Medicine. Vacation courses facilitating transfer of advanced students. ¶ Session opens Oct. 2, 1919; closes June 17, 1920 Tuition, $150.00. For catalogue, information and application The second academic session will begin September 30, 1919. Opportunities for instruction and investigation will be offered in Bacteriology, Immunology and Serology, Protozoology and Medical Zoology, Epidemiology, Biometry and Vital Statistics, Sanitary Engineering, Physiology as applied to hygiene, including the principles of industrial and educational hygiene, Chemistry as applied to hygiene including the analysis of foods and the principles of nutrition, Social and Mental Hygiene, etc. The courses in these subjects are organized upon a trimestral basis and students may enter the School as candidates for a degree or as special students at the beginning of any trimester, fall, winter or spring. Men and women students are admitted on the same terms. For regularly matriculated students courses are arranged leading to the degree of Doctor of Public Health, Doctor of Science in Hygiene and Bachelor of Science in Hygiene. The details in regard to the requirements for matriculation in these courses are described in the catalogue of the School which will be forwarded upon application. A certificate in Public Health may be awarded to qualified persons after one year of resident study. Persons desiring to take one or more courses not as applicants for a degree may enter as special students on approval of the Faculty. For further information address the Director of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 310-312 West Monument Street, THE REGISTRAR, 1353 East 9th St., Cleveland Baltimore, Maryland. Syracuse University College of Medicine Entrance Two years of a recognized course in arts or in science in a registered college or Requirements School of Science, which must include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and French or German. Six and seven years' combination courses are offered. The First Two The Third Year The Fourth Year Course to are spent in mastering by laboratory is systematic and clinical and is devoted to is clinical. Students spend the entire fore- Summer School—A summer course in pathology covering a period of six weeks during June and July will be given in case there is a sufficient number of applicants. Address the Secretary of the College, 307 Orange Street Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Mass. INVESTIGATION INSTRUCTION July 2 to August 12, SUPPLY Open the Entire Year Facilities for reseach in Zoology, Embryology, Physiology and Botany. Seventy-six private laboratories, $100 each for not over three months. Thirty tables are available for beginners in research who desire to work under the direction of members of the staff. The fee for such a table is $50.00. Courses of laboratory instruction with lectures are offered in Invertebrate Zoology, Protozoology, Embryology, Physiology and Morphology and Taxonomy of the Algae. Each course requires the full time of the student. Fee, $50. A lecture course on the Philosophical Aspects of Biology and Allied Sciences is also offered. Animals and plants, preserved, living, and in embryonic stages. Preserved material of all types of animals and of Algae, Fungi, Liverworts and Mosses furnished for classwork, or for the museum. Living material furnished in season as ordered. Microscopic slidesin Zoology, Botany, Histology, Bacteriology. Price lists of Zoological and Botanical material and Microscopic Slides sent on application. State which is desired. For price lists and all information regarding material, address GEO. M. GRAY, Curator, Woods Hole, Mass. The annual announcement will be sent on application to The SYRACUSE, N. Y. Director, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. |