SCIENCE.

Spanish, were still i n the stage when red and December 27, 28 and 29, i n Ottawa City, the

yellow were the only colors clearly p e r c e i ~ e d . ~ Canadian capital. T h e circular of informa-WILLIAMA. KEPNUR.

UNIVEHSI'I~YVIRGINIA.OF

1'BE A'-4 7'1ONAT1 ACADEM P OF RGZENGES.

THE academy held its autumn meeting a t the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni-versity, on November 14 and 15. T h e scien- tific program was as follows : ' JOIIN TROWBRIDGE: moven~ents of 'Slow elec-trical discharges.'

E. R. WILSON: 'Sex-determination and the chromosomes.'

Id. 13. &IFXDEL:' Studies on the chemical physiol- ogy of development and growth.' (Introduced by It. H. Chittenden.)

W. M. DAVIS:' Tl~e Dwyka, glacial conglomerate of South Africa.' (Illustrated by lantern slides.)

13. B. ROI.TWOOD: 'The disintegration products of thorium as indicated by the proportions of lead and helium in minerals.' (Introduced by H. L. Wells.)

A. I[AI,L:' Itelation of the true anomalies in a parabola and a very eccentric ellipse having the same perillelion distance.'

S. L. ~'ENI~IET~I):' On a new mineral from Borax Lalte, California.' F. E. B ~ a c n : 'On errors of excentricity and

collimatioii in the human eye.' (Introduced by C. S. Ifastings.)

C. S. ~'EIRCE: 'The relation of betweenness and Royce's 0-collections.'

L. P. WIIEELER: 'Some problems in metallic reflection.' (Introduced by C. S. Hastings.)

FRANZBOAS: ' On Pearson's formulas of skew distribution of variates.'

A. A c a s s l ~ :' On the variation in the spines of sea urchins.'

lT7. H. BREWER:'Further observations on sedi- mentation.' R.A. BUMSTEAD: 'The enect of Riintgen rays

on certain metals.' (Introduced by C. S. JIast- ings.)

THE GEOLOGICAL ROGIETP OF AlVERICA.

'I'IIEeighteenth annual meeting of t h e Geo- ldgical Society of Atnerica will be held on

31am indebted to Professor R. 8. Woodworth, of Columbia University, for valuable suggestions ad& teferences to IitePatur~. He1'i$ not, however, responsible for the conclusions advobated.

tion issued by Secretary Fairchild gives the details of arrangements for the rneeting there, and facilities regarding customs as well as railway and hotel accornrnodation usually given to the fellows of the society.

Ottawa is easily reached from all railway centers and is one of the most progressive cities of the Dominion, being the seat of gov- ernment and the headquarters of the Geological Survey Department. This official survey, which began in 1842, has continued its opera- tions uninterruptedly and there is now at-tached to the department a Museum of Geol- ogy, for petrog&hy, general geology and his- torical geology, as well as for paleontology. Type specimens of Canadian fossils, described by Billings, by Whiteaves, S i r William Daw- son, by Rupert Jones and by various other well- known authors, are deposited in the collections and can be seen t o advantage.

A large attendance is expected a t this meet- ing, rnaiiy having already signified their in-tention of being present. A local committee has charge of the dctails of thc meeting, and the evening sessions promise to be of a n inter- esting nature. The annual dinner of the society will be followed by a reception a t which the governor general will be present. The Russell House will be the headquarters. Rates are very reasona'r)le, and every comfort will 'r~e provided for the guests attending the meeting. A11 parcels serving to illustrate papers to be presented a t the meeting will be admitted free of duty by the commissioner of customs if addressed to Dr. IT. M. Ami, I-Eeadquarters of the Geological Society of America, Russell ITouse, Ottawa, Canada.

T h e society met a t Ottawa i n 1802 under t h e presidency of Professor B. K. Emerson. This year Professor IZaphael Pumpelly is the president.

THE ROYAL ROGIETY'S MEDALS.

THEfollowing is a list of those to whom the Royal Society has this year awarded medals: ' The "%pley medal top Professor Drnitri Ivanovitch MendelGef, of St. Petemburg, for

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his contributions to chemical and physical sci- ence.

- L Royal medal to Professor John IIenry Poynting, F.II.S., for liis rcscarches in physical science, especially in connclction with the con- stant of gravitation and the theories of electrodynamics and radiation.

A Royal rnedal to T'rofcssor Charlcs Scott Sherrington, F.R.S., for his researches on tllc central ncrvous system, especially in relation to rcflex action.

The 1)avy rrledal to Profcssor Albert Ladcn- burg, of Rreslau, for his researches in organic chemistry, cspecially in connection with the synthesis of natural allialoids.

Tlic Tlughcs rrledal to Profcssor Augusto Righi, of Bologna, on the ground of liis cx-pcrirrlental rcsearchcs in clcctrical science.

AIJOETIYU OF 2'1CU87%:3j8 OF T f I Z CAIZNEGIE FOUL\'DATIOA~.

rI7FIE first rnceting of the trustces of thc Car-

ncgie Foundation, thc $10,000,000 fund givcn by Mr. Andrew Carnegic last May for tlie pensioning of collt,ge professors, was hcld, on Novcrnhcr 15, at Mr. Carncgic7s residence, in Ncw Yorli.

The rrloriliilg seision was tsdcvotcd to an in- forrrlal conference. After lunclicon Mr. Car- ncgic called the meeting formally to ordcr. I n a brief sycccli ho expressed satisfaction at gathering together so many prornincrlt educa- tors. Nothing he had ever donc, he said, secnled so propitious or so lilicly to I)e useful to the cause of education as this gift. IIG expresscd thc hoyc, in conclusion, that the trust w u l d be adininistclred in a broad and generous manner. President Eliot, of IIar-vard, in reply cxpresscd the tlianlis of the teaching profession to thc donor.

The hoard of directors organized hy electing T'rcsidcnt Eliot chairman, Prcsidcnt Ilarper vice-chairrnan and Prcsidcnt Thwing secrc-tary. By-laws wcre then adopted providing that tlie husincss of the board hc entrusted to an cxecutivc corrnnittee and a president who shall bc chairrrlan of t l ~ c cornmittce. Dr. lIeilry S. Pritchett, president of thc Massa- chrisrtls Tnstitute of Technology, was chosen

president. The corrlmittce was made up as follows : Prcsidcnt Butler, of Colurrlbia ;Presi-dcut Wilson, of Princeton; Provost IIarrison, of thc University of Pennsylvania ; Prcsident Humphreys, of Stevens Institute; Mr. Vander- lip, vicc-prcsidcnt of thc National City Bank; and Mr. Franks, Mr. Carncgie's financial sec-rctary.

I t was decided that tlie head office of the foundation shall be in New Yorli City. The third Wcdncsday in Novcrrlbcr was sclected as the date of tlic annual mecting. A special mecling will bc heltl in New Yorli- late in the winter, at which time t l x executive conlrrlittee will rrlaltc a rcport on the plan and scope of the organization.

All the trustecs cxccpt Prcsidcnt IIarper, of Chic:tgo, werc present, namely: Charlcs W. Eliot, Ilarvard; A. T. Iladlcy, Yalc; Nicholas Murray Butler, Colurnhia; Woodro~v Wilson, Princeton; Jacoh G. Scliurinan, Cornell; L. Clarli Seelry, Smith; Charles C. 11arriso11, Pennsylvania; Alexander C. IIurnphreys, Stcvcns Tnstitute; S. B. MiloCormicli, Western Thiversii y of l'cnnsylvania; Edwin B. Craig-head, Tulanc; 11. C. King, Oberlin; Edwin II. Iluglics, Dc Pauw; C. F. 'i'hwing, Wester11 Rcservc IJnivrrsity ; 'rhonlas hlcClclland Bell, Dralie; George 11. l)ellny, Washington and I,cc; Principal l'eterion, ILIcUill Ihivcriity, M ontrcal ; Samuel l'lautx, Lawrence ; David Starr Jordan, Stanford; W. 11. Crawford, Allegl~eny;TTenry S. l'ritchett, Masiachusctts T~lstitute of Technology; F. A. Vandcrlip, T. Morris Carnegie and Rohcrt A. Franlis.

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BCIEI\'TII~"IC NOT7E8 A N D N3jI:WB.

P~zo~ssso~zALBERT ION I~OI,T~ICKER,tlic crnir~ent anatorrlist and zoologist, died at Wiirxburg, on Novcrrlbcr 3, a t tlic age of cighty-eight ycars.

AT thc meeting of tlie Academy of NaturaI Sciences of Plliladclphia, hcld on Novcrrlhw 7, tho Hayden rr1cmori:tl gold rnedal was unan-irnously voted to Charlei Doolittle Walcott, dircctor of thc Uilitcd States Geological Sur-vey, in recognition of the value of his indi- vidual contrihutiorm to geological science and of the beliefits derived frorn his able and con-