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postponement tha t they might send to the meeting a strong and representative delega- tion.

President Taf t now heads the list of speak- ers and will address the congress on October 28, on the last day of the convention. Thus given a n opportunity to obtain a general idea of the problem confronting the coal, metal and mining men from the speal~ers who have preceded him, he will be enabled to clearly outline the views of the administration on the various points a t issue. The first public statement of the conclusions reached by Sec- retary Fisher as a result of his Alaskan t r ip will probably be made a t this meeting. Director ISolmes, of the Bureau 01 Mines, will deliver a n illustrated address on "Coal Problems." Mart in D. Foster, chairman of the house con~lnittee on mines and mining, will tell of the "Relation of Congress to the N i n i n g Inclustry." President B. E'. Rush, of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, will present a statement containing revelation? of the pres- ent conditions of t h e coal indnstry, which will be a surprise even to many coal operators.

Governors Spry, of Utah, Carey, of Wy-oming, ZJamley, of Idaho, and Sloan, of Ari- zona, supportcd by a number of other western executives, will lead the discnssions of the "Public Lands Questions of the West." They will come to the convention supported by strong contingents of delegates from west of the Mississippi and their views will be defined i n no uncertain terms.

I n addition to taking u p the questions of policy for the opening u p of Alaska and the public lands of the west. the general problems of the bituminous coal mining industry a s intensified by t h e denland for better protection t o miners and the conservation of fuel re-sources, will be another of the important is-sues considered. Of equal interest will be t h e discussi~ons concerning workmen's compensa-tion for t h e victims of mining accidents; the prevention of mining accidents ; the preven- tion of waste of t h e natural resources and t h e conservation of the energy which now con-tributes to coal production.

ITONOIlARP DEGREES AT THE UNIV'EIi-SITY OF ST. ANDREWS

TITEsenatus academicus of the University of St. Andrcws has resolved to confer a large number of honorary degrees a t the graduation ceremonial to be held i n connection with the celebration i n September of the 500th anni- versary of the foundation of the university. The doctorate of laws will be conferred on the following men of science :

Allbutt, Sir Thomas Chfford, llegius professor of physic, University of Cambridge.

Barlow, Sir Thornas (president and delegate, Boyal College of Physicians, London).

Berry, George Bndreas, hon. surgical oculist to X1.M. in Scotland (delegate, Royal College of Sur- geons, Edinburgh).

Borgman, Ivan Ivan, professor of physics (dele- gate, Imperial University of St. Petersburg).

Bramwell, Bgrorn, president Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (delegate, Royal College of Physicians, Rdinburgl~).

Brown, Alexander Crum, former professor of cl~einistry, Edinburgh University (delegate, Royal Society of Edinburgh).

Burbury, Samuel I-Ia~vksley, F.R.S., London. Cameron, Sir Hector Clare, professor of clinical

surgery in the University of Glasgow. Caullery, Maurice Jules Gaston Corneille, pro-

fesseur de la chaire d'e~olution des btres organisbs (delegate, University of Paris).

Botch, Francis, F.R.S., Waynflete professor of physiology, University of Oxford.

Grad von Pancsova, Ludn~lg J3., profersor of zoology (delegate, University of Grae) .

Holst, Peter Pxedrik, professor of pathology, University of Christiania (delegate, Unirersity of Christiania).

IXorne, John, F.R.S., director of Geological Sur- vey for Scotland.

Keen, William Williams, professor of surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.

Lagerheim, Nils Gustaf, professor of botany, University of Stockholm (delegate, University of Stockholm).

Lamb, IIorace, F.R.S., professor of mathematics, University of Manchester.

Larmor, Sir Joseph, F.R.S., Lucasian professor of mathematics, University of Cambridge, secre-tary of the Royal Society (delegate, Royal So- ciety).

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Meldola, Raphael, F.R.S., professor of chemistry in Finsbury Technical College (City and Guilds of London Institute).

Minot, Charles Sedgwick, professor of histology and human embryology, IIarvard Medical School, Boston.

Mittag-LefBer, Gosta, professor of mathematics, University of Stockholm, Djursholm n. Stockholm, Rosenbad, 2.

Nathorst, Alfred Gabriel, Intendent Natnrhis-toriska Riksmuseum (plant-paleontological depart- ment), Stockholm (delegate, Royal Swedish Acad- emy of Science, Stockholm).

Nijland, Albert Antonie, professor of astron-omy, University of Utrecht (delegate, University of Utrecht).

Perkin, William Henry, F.R.S., professor of chemistry, Victoria University of Manchester.

Pope, William Jackson, F.R.S., professor of chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Prain, Lt.-Col. David, F.R.S., director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (delegate, Linnean Society, London).

Prince, Edward E., F.R.S., Dominion Commis- sioner of Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada.

Reddingius, Rntger Adolf, professor of patho-logical anatomy, rector, University of GrSningen (delegate, University of GrSningen) .

Royce, Josiah, professor of history of philos-ophy, Harvard University.

Saundby, Robert, professor of medicine, Uni- versity of Birmingham (president-elect British Medical Association).

Sch'afer, Edward Albert, F.R.S., professor of physiology, Edinburgh University.

Schnster, Arthur, F.R.S., formerly professor of physics, University of Manchester.

Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris, director H.M. Geological Survey, London.

Thomson, Sir Joseph John, F.R.S., professor of physics, Cambridge.

Veit, Johann, professor of gynecology, Univer- sity of Halle (delegate, University of Halle-Wittenberg).

Voigt, Woldemar, professor of physics, Univer- sity of Gittingen.

Watts, William Whitehead, F.R.S., professor of geology, Imperial College of Science and Technol- ogy, South Kensington (president and delegate, Geological Society of London).

Woodward, Arthur Smith, F.R.S., keeper geolog- ical department, British Museum.

SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS

WE regret to record the death of Dr. Thomas Dwight, Parkman ~ r o f e s s o r of anat-omy i n t h e Harvard Medical School.

DR.DAVIDSTARR president of Stan- JORDAN, ford University, who is a t present i n Japan, has been decorated by the Japanese emperor.

DR. EDUARDS u ~ s s , emeritus professor of geology i n the University of Vienna, who has celebrated his eightieth birthday, has retired from the presidency of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.

DR. GOTTLIEBHABERLANDT,professor of bot- any i n the University of Berlin, has been elected a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.

M'R. WM. PAULGERIIARD, of New Pork, has been awarded the honorary degree of doctor of engineering by the Technical Inst i tute of

,Darmstadt, i n recognition of his services to public health and sanitation.

DR. SHIG~OYAMANOUCIII, professor of bot-any i n Tokyo Teachers' College (now i n the University of Chicago), received i n J u l y from t h e Japanese government the honorary degree of "Rigakuhakushi " (doctor of science).

PROFESSOR LANZA, the de- GAETANO head of partment of mechanical engineering a t the Massachusetts Inst i tute of Technology for the past twenty-seven years, has retired and is now with the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

DR. WILLIAMH. BROWNhas resigned his position as research assistant i n plant physiol- ogy a t the Michigan Agricultural College to become plant physiologist of t h e Bureau of Science a t Manila, P. I. I l e sailed from S a n Francisco for the lat ter point on September 6. Dr. R. P. Ilibbard, of the Mississippi Agricul- tural Experiment Station, has been chosen as his successor.

DEANMELVINA. BRANNON,formerly of the College of Medicine a t t h e University of North Dakota but now of the College of Lib- eral Arts a t the same institution, will spend t h e year a t the University of Chicago engaged i n advanced research work in plant morphol- ogy with special reference to bryophytes and