Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12
SCIENCE NOTES.

The Royal Geographical Society's spe-
cially designed antarctic medals VIII be
presented to the surviving members Oh
the Scott expedition by Lord Curzon at
a meeting of the society November 10
w + Fiske has been requested 10y the
tropical disease committee OF the r.os a.
Society to investigate the life history %
the tsitse flies in Uganda
Prof Il. Hastings More. head of the
department OF mathematics OF the lniNer-
sity of Chicago. has been elected CT
responding member of the British Asso-
citation for the Advancement or Science.
A report on tropical diseases prevalent
in Ecuador and adjacent repupllcs ~ De-
ing made to Supt. Smith OF the JOINS
Hopkins Hospital by DR. \. w Seiotos'
who represented that institution on lhs
recent expedition sent out by me ho"aro
Medical School.
The Haveian Grafton before the hoyal
{ oIlege of Physicians of London VIII oe
delivered by DR. }. Mitchell Bruce oc-
tober Is.
Great scientific interest is attached. II
is said, to the description by Dr. w. II.
Mathew i'm a bulletin of the American
Museum of Natural History on the mn
perfect skull of new genus ana SPEECHES
of the so-called zalamdolent insectiE orous
mammals from puerco OF pasal 1919 1870
of New Mexico This description tends
to show the great antiquity OF TINS type
of molar characteristic OF zalamoolehts
and proves this 10 be the Oldest exlstlhs
group of placental mammals.
Bulletin No. 81, recently issued by the
bureau of American ethnology, from a
geological view shows that the whole ol
the southwestern states nave SUFFERED a
great dirninution of their mountain Blacl-
ers and inclosed lakes, commencing sew
eral thousand years ago ana proDapiy
still in progress, as shown by measure
ments in the last few decades.
DR.. r. Lowenberg has been appointed
curator of the chemical museum OF the
Berlin School of Technology.
Lehigh University has conferred the
degree of doctor of laws upon DIR. Mans
field Merriman, head of the department
of civil engineering from 1878 TO 1870.
and on Prof. Z. III. Williams. head OF
mining and geology from 1881 To lJo2
Dr. A. F. Blakeslee. who has been en-
gagged in research work In the carnegie
station of Experimental evoiullom AT
Cold Spring Harbor. L. L.. has returned
to his botanical work AT the connecticut
Agricultural College.
DR.. John Casper Branner. professor of
geology. was Installed as pres dent OF
Stanford University October ].
The faculty of the College If Agrlcui-
ture and Mechanical Arts of Porto Rico
is Offering this year an apprentice course
in general agriculture The following
are the additions to the faculty: Prof.
Higgins horticulture; Dir. Fredhplm. as
tronomy: Prof. Ham. manual training
Prof Stafford mathematics; Miss baco,
mathematics
Dr. Alexander Tornquisi Of konlSsOers
has neen appointed professor of geology
at Leipzig.
The Reading University College Review
contains an interesting article on bovine
tuberculosis in man. by DR. Stenhouse
Williams, which gives good summary
of the subject. He concludes that the
bovine type of tubercle bacillus is the
cause of one-third of the cases of tuber-
culous disease other than pulmonary AT
ages five TO sixteen years. which cOrre-
spends to about 1900 deaths per annuIn
in the British Isles.