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He Died Fighting Lafayette Jackson died as he had lived, fighting to the last, as he had fought his way from an obscure position to one of vast importance in the commercial circles of this city. That he was murdered at his desk shocks the city into a realization that life and property are not as well protected as they were in some other days. The criminal band, the individual outlaw, the racketeer seem to be above and beyond the law. Just what source furnished the killer of this prominent citizen remains to be determined. But all of them apparently believe that they can rob and kill without any great danger of detection or of punishment. The immediate task is to find these killers. The further job is not only to punish them, but to make this city safe from every type of killer, every form of outlawry and banditry and crime. The job can be done and it must be done. The city as a whole will lament the tragic passing of the man who, an individualist always, had builded a great chain of stores from a small beginning. He scorned the invention of a corporation. The chain, as was his first small store, was his. He stood for the old order, but used the new methods of business. It is said of him that no man went hungry from his office and that his private charities were large. He served well. The city owes to him the tribute of an unusual effort to punish those who so ruthlessly killed him.

The Alimony Racket “A woman can marry a man and refuse to sleep with him, talk with him, cook his beef stews, sew on buttons, or, In fact, do anything to carry out the ‘domestic relations,’ and, on the other hand, the courts force a man to go through with his obligations to the nth degree. It is all wrong—all wrong •—I tell you! Let women have equal rights, God bless them—and let them have equal responsibilities, doggone them.” Such are the sentiments of Dr. Daniel Morrison in discussing the equal rights issue. Nothing slaps the “equal rights” doctrine more directly in the face than the present alimony racket in the United States. No fewer than a million women are living on alimony in the country today. In many cases a woman gets crushing alimony from her first husband after she has collected a second spouse. Ruth Brown Reed launches a vigorous attack on the system in the Outlook: “The alimony racket has become the great woman’s industry. A sobbing, pretty woman before the court —and what chance has the husband? In many cases, the amount of alimony is so large in proportion to the man’s earnings that it completely nullifies any chance of happiness or of another marriage. “And why—one can not help but ask—should a divorced man be denied the right to a normal family life? If so, is not the woman equally guilty of this crime—and as equally responsible? “Under the present system, the man must keep his nose to the grindstone for the rest of his life, so that a woman who no longer contributes one iota to his comfort and well-being can lead a soft and unharassed life.” Miss Reed does not argue that there are no cases where alimony is justifiable. “Where there are children or where the woman is old or physically incapacitated for work, there is no question of the man’s obligation." She would abolish the laws making it possible to jail a man for nonpayment of alimony under civil contempt and proposes attachment of income as the proper remedy. She declares further that alimony never should be granted to either party until after thorough examination by a trained and impartial investigator; that in cases where Justice dictates, alimony should be granted to the husband. Five states, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia, lowa and Oregon, already permit that. She continues: “What’s WTong with the old goose and gander rhyme applied to alimony? Here, inadvertently perhaps, is a weapon in the hands of the non-conform-ists, a leash to hold in check eager would-be divorcees. Certain wives would think twice before they cast sheep's eyes at freer pastures.”

A Kept College? Freedom of thought doubtless will be an unattainable ideal for many years in the backwoods and among the illiterate, but if it does not exist in the colleges and universities, those centers of learning mav as well shut up at once. Obviously there can be neither culture nor science without free minds. This is such a truism that the authorities at Ohio State university might be expected to observe it. Instead, they seem determined to restrict acivdemic freedom and bring their institution into disrepute. Such is the interpretation which this country and the world will place upon the dismissal of Prof. Herbert A. Miller. Dr. Miller is a distinguished authority on public affairs, whose experience and reputation are international. f Whether his address last year in Bombay to followers of Ills friend Gandhi, or his support of the student and faculty groups opposing compulsory military’ training at the university, was the excuse for his academic martyrdom is unimportant. The real issue, as Miller himself states, is that: “Unless scholars can tell what they see without fear of the consequences, safe in the assurance that the university expects them to search and will protect them in their work, the university well might perish from the earth.” Dr. Miller’s competence is unquestioned. If the popular charge that the university authorities are trying to destroy academic freedom is untrue, they can prove it to be untrue by promptly reinstating this brilliant and fearless teacher. Women and the League The League of Nations has learned something about the determination of women io achieve anew order for themselves. Last year The Hague codification conference, or>< ganized under auspices of the league to codify inter-

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national law, started its work by adopting a convention on nationality w f hich contained many of the outworn discriminations against women. There were violent protests. The United States, which has removed practically every feminine handicap from its nationality laws, refused to sign the convention. Since then, not a single nation has approved the proposed code, and protests have continued to pour in. Accordingly, the league has reopened the whole question and placed it on the agenda of the 1931 assembly. It has, in addition, appointed a committee of sixteen women from eight women’s imternational organizations to make recommendations on the subject. The women whose efforts brought about these results have do.ie an excellent piece of work. If international law is to be codified, it should contain the best and most advanced thought, instead of medieval custom that has not been rooted out of national codes. To force a woman to abandon her nationality at marriage is one of these medieval anachronisms. Some day women will demand from statesmen the right not only to recommend as to their destinies, but to control the decisions which affect them. The Tariff Enemy Protests against the high tariff, which is prolonging the depression, are so constant that it is almost unnecessary to record them any longer. It has been clear for several months that the public, including many business leaders originally in favor of the Hawley-Smoot law, demands downward revision. Just to keep the record straight, however, we wish to call our readers’ attention to the many addresses given at the current meetings of the National Foreign Trade Council which condemn tariffs as a major cause of national and world depression. Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Cos., attacked “attempts to erect artificial barriers against our foreign trade.” Commissioner Howard S. Cullman of the port of New York warned the country that if there is to be a continuance of the destructive high tariff policy, “the outlook for an increase of commodity exports and a repayment of interest and principal on our funds invested abroad is not very promising.” Philip Le Boutillier, president of Best & Cos., and C. T. Riotte, president of the Chelsea Sales Company, showed our national dependence on foreign markets and how the higher tariff has reduced our export and import business. Peter Fletcher, president of the National Council of American Importers and Traders, called for an extra session of congress to cut all ad valorem rates a flat 25 per cent and all specific rates 50 per cent. He said the “matter is urgent, the situation is dangerous, and the future is ominous,” but that the proposed tariff reduction would hasten business recovery. How much longer must these demands continue before President Hoover moves for a tariff cut, we wonder? This is not an academic question. It is a very real issue for the 6,000,000 unemployed and their families, for the added millions of farmers now down to their last dollars, and to the tens of thousands of industrialists and merchants operating at a loss. Hoover just has said that congress can not “legislate” prosperity. At any rate, the administration and congress which placed the higher tariff barrier in the way of prosperity a year ago can remove that barrier now.

Pennsylvania Follows North Carolina Recall the murder of Ella Wiggins in North Carolina? There was no conviction, though her slayers were well known. Further, no local clergyman would perform the funeral ceremony. Now coming to Pennsylvania. There is a bitter strike in the hosiery industry in Stroudsburg and adjoining territory. Alberta Bachmann, 21, a striker, was shot by four private detectives. The union strikers contended that District Attorney La Bar, of notorious anti-union prejudices, was not prosecuting the case efficiently and asked for appointment of a special prosecutor. This was denied by Judge Shull. The defendants were acquitted, though they admitted the killing. No, Dorothy, a young dramatist is not necessarily a playboy. Then there’s the dumb botanist who thinks a rubber plant is a place where they make tires.

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IT is said that England told Texas Guinan that she could not come ashore. If Europe had never handed us anybody worse than Miss Guinan, we would be a whole lot better off, so far as crime and insanity are concerned. a a a It is not for us to judge the grandson of the late President Garfield, but if he had had to struggle in his youth as did his grandfather, the chances are he would have prized his life too highly to destroy it. a a a Those people who are disappointed because President Hoover will not call a special session of congress to give us the opportunity to get into the world court can find more important business for us to transact if they will Just look around at our unemployment. a a a EX-SECRETARY FALL’S sudden decision to carry his case to the supreme court of the United States may mean that he has received a tip that the President has no intention of giving him a pardon. a a a It tock more than two weeks to try the Kirkland case, but in England it would have been tried in just about two days. If our lawyers can not speed up court procedure, we mignt try turning it over to our automobile manufacturers. a a a Representative Collins of Mississippi urges a drastic reduction of the army and now the army should reply by urging a drastic reduction of the house of representatives. It ehould be cut right in the middle. a a a ITALY is no home for a nervous person. She has 433 earthquake tremors every year, in addition to the eruption of Mussolini. a a a When he says that prosperity is coming. w r e hope that Secretary Mellon is a better prophet than Mr. Raskob, who assured the country last fall that prosperity was just around the corner. a a a Miss Lela Alice Johnson of Cambridge City, Ind., who has seventeen dogs, thirty chickens and five cats, has been ordered to leave town, which will result in a marked decrease in the population of Cambridge City. a a a The statesman who thinks the people do not appreciate him should just listen to a ball game over the radio and hear the fans boo their hero when he

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The American Mayors Visiting France Have Not Done Much to Further “Better Understanding ” NEW YORK, May 29.—Professor Piccard and his assistant land in the Tyrolean Alps after being up 18 hours and 35 minutes and reaching an altitude of 52,500 feet. That is nearly two and a half miles higher than man ever went before. Such margin is enough to rate it among the greatest achievements of this day and generation, but let us not overestimate its significance on that account. The first balloon ascension having been made in Ifß2, it has taken the combined intelligence of thousands of scientists and thousands of mechanics 149 years to make this record. Applying that yardstick, how long will it take men to reach the moon, and what would they know that we don’t when they got there? BUM Much to Learn LOOKED at one way, human progress is marvelous. Looked at another, it leaves vastly more ahead than there is behind us. With all our ability, we yet have to climb earth’s highest hill, much less to attain a degree of civilization where any human being can feel secure in “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Delegates representing fifty governments meet in Geneva to see if some way can not be found to reduce the habit of taking morphine, cocaine, or heroin which has enslaved hundreds of thousands of human beings. Lack of self-control, whether as represented by the drug addict or the dope peddler, still is a more important problem than what the air is like thirty miles up.

Stili in Cave Stage IT would be a wonderful thing if even a majority of people were in a position to follow the adventurings of science with undivided attention, but progress has failed to assure them that privilege. Nine hundred ninety-nine of every thousand still are tormented with problems and perplexities that bothered their cave-dwelling progenitors. The argument over marriage, birth control, and religion is as hot as it was 5,000 years ago, and as inconclusive. A mob of Fascist students make hostile demonstrations against the pope; the Nanking government in China drops everything to wage another war; Germany proposes to ask the world bank for a cut in reparations; the tariff resumes its place as a paramount issue in this country,, and the administration at Washington wonders whether it can get by a billion-dollar deficit with a bond issue, or will have to raise taxes. BUM The Mayors Perform rr'vURNING to smaller, though no less annoying, episodes, the American mayors now visiting France do not appear to have contributed much to the furtherance of that “better understanding” which our statesmen are so fond of describing as the sine qua non of peace. The mayor of Los Angeles left a dinner party because champagne was served, while the mayor of Portland (Ore.), made a speech at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where absolute silence is the rule. As though that were not enough, the mayors made their visit to the city hall of Paris an occasion for squabbling over the question of whether their “personally conducted tour” was being conducted properly.

Overlook Plain Decency SUCH uncalled for disregard for common decency makes peace seem very far away. Until men, especially those holding responsible and important positions, have acquired the art of ordinary politeness, how can we hope to solve such problems as disarmament and trade recovery? How can society expect to be polished at the top as long as it is so crude and vulgar at the bottom? We seem to have forgotten that the real attitudes of humanity are formed not by far away preachments, but by the practices that prevail right down where people live. Wherever history presents a picture of culture and refinement in the state, it invariably presents one of culture and refinement in everyday life. v/hen you find a nation with high ideals, you find the people of its cities, towns and countrysides dwelling in an atmosphere of courtesy and good will. Many of the problems which we are attempting to solve at some high council table go back to those elemental virtues and convictions which are determined in the humbler walks of life. aaa Forget Right and Wrong MODERN civilization has done a wonderful job from a scientific and mechanical standpoint. When it comes to those common place conceptions of right and wrong, however, not so good. To a certain extent, we have stressed mathematics at the expense of ethics. As Einstein says, regarding his theory of relativity, “if I am right, the Germans will say I was a German and the French will say I was a Jew: if I am wrong, the Germans will say I was a Jew and the French will say I was a German.” Who was George PSalmanazar? Was that his real name? What books did he write? He was a French adventurer (1679-1763). After various escapades, including a pilgrimage to Rome in the guise of a Japanese convert, he came to London where he imposed on many people, notably the bishop of London, him to translate the catachism Into what was supposed to be Japanese. In 1704 and 1707 he published fictitious works on Formosa. Eventually he confessed to his imposture. He died in London May 3, 1763. His Memoirs do not disclose his real name or place of birth. His fictitious publications Include “Historical and Geographical Descriptions of Formosa;” “An Enquiry into the Objections—with George Psalmanazar’s Answer;” “Dialogue between

a Japanese and a Formosan,” (1707).firmed by observation.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Vitamins Now Center of Interest

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygreia. the Health Magazine. WHENEVER anew discovery is made in medicine its commercial exploitation promptly follows. We are given as a nation to mass interests and to adopting promptly any new method of amusement, any new food product, or any new scientific discovery. Every one can remember the temporary craze for mah jongg, crosscountry walking, shaking machines for passive exercise, and ultra-violet rays in the home. Now the furore of interest and exploitation is associated with vitamins. Readers of this column have by this time realized that practically all natural food substances contain vitamins of one type or another, and that an average American diet consisting of varying quantities of

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IN his address in celebration of the anniversary of the Red Cross, President Hoover took occasion again to harp on the value of private initiative. He spoke of Clara Barton and said that she did not look to governmental agencies for support in her work. “Governments always are too slow,” said Mr. Hoover, “frequently ,oo short-sighted to meet the sudden sharp demands of critical emergencies in human suffering. “She depended on the instant response of the individual human heart to finance the instant need. This gave her the flexibility and freedom of private initiative in her work.” It may be true that governments are too slow in their response to the need of economic relief. But it seems to me a curious thing that the chief executive of the United States should point, almost with pride, to this fact. If governments have been In the past too slow and too short-sighted it would seem an excellent thing to do something about it. There is no good reason why they should be laggards forever. Even a state can learn celerity. And compassion, too, for that matter. a u u Atomic Energy THESE individuals whose sympathy is commended by the President are not things apart from the structure of the state. A government is, after all, merely an agglomeration of individuals. But that sort of efficiency which

Questions and Answers

Was Victor Herbert, the composer, born in the United States? He was born in Dublin, Ireland. What was Larry Semon before he went into pcitures? He was a cartoonist. On what day did May 15, 1908, fall? Friday. What is the plural of the word tuxedo? Tuxedos. Where are the Ozark mountains? They are hilly uplands of southwestern Missouri, northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma. To what race do the Moors belong? They are a mixed race of North Africa, containing an Arab or Semitic element, and a Berber or Hamitic element, represented by the - Kabyle tribes, which are chiefly nomadic. Are bones of human being solid? They are porous, and are filled with tiny blood vessels for their nutrition. The center contains marrow. Why does th ebody of a drowned man always float face down and a woman face up? That is a popular belief not ecn-

a variety of food substances takes care of most of the vitamin needs of the population. There is no reason why most people should drink a quart of orange juice daily; no reason why they should take excessive quantities of cod liver oil or cod liver oil tablets; no reason why they should expose themselves to sunlight to the point of burning. Vitamin deficiency in any single case can only be discovered by a careful study of the diet and health of the individual. A haphazard taking of great quantities of vita-min-containing foods with the hope of improving health generally may injure the very health that one is trying to conserve. - Apparently a person needs for a full vitamin C supply in any one day the amount of vitamin C contained in a pint of orange Juice containing the juice of one lemon, together with one-fourth to onehalf head of lettuce or its equivalent in raw cabbage.

supposedly is produced through dictatorship, has been shown up in striking fashion in Italy. The comment goes, as I understand it, that the Fascist regime has scored a great success because the trains of Italy now start and arrive at their destination more closely to schedule. But there is a limit to the Duce’s power. He has not as yet been able to make Artruro Toscanini beat time. Mussolini, I believe, is, among other things, an amateur musician. In the presence of a man of Toscanini’s stature, Benito is lucky to be able to get in on a pass to stand in the back of the theater. Even if one accepts the most optimistic version of the achievements of Mussolini, not one of them includes anything as glorious as the personality and supreme ability of Toscanini. nun Black Shirt Blacklist IT is heartening to hear that Serge has refused to fill a concert engagement at Milan as a protest against the treatment of Toscanini. The manager of Scala cabled that time was short and that he did not think the incident sufficient ground for a breach df the contract. Whereupon Mr. Koussevitzky replied, “It is a question of principle with me, and that is sufficient reason.” It was well said. And the incident ought to be sufficient for a boycott upon the part of all who respect the dignity and the rights of art. American singers, American painters, architects and authors

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CHINESE PREMIER NAMED May 29

ON* May 29, 1917, President Li Yuan-hung of China appointed Li Ching-hsi premier to succeed Tuan Chi-jui. The president had dismissed the latter after he had been accused of urging the country to go to war on the side of the Allies as an excuse for instituting martial law and assuming control of the government, Tuan also was accused of conniving at Japanese ascendancy over China's war policy. The new prems* was a nephew of the grsat statesman, Li Hunag i Chang. After parliament ratified I his nomination by a decisive, though conciliatory majority, the northern generals declared that they no longer recognized Li Yuanhung’s authority. They therefore appointed a provisional government with Hsu Shih-kai as dictator. They then issued a proclamation reiterating their demand for China’s immediate entrance into the war, but insisting that that action must be accompanied by the dismissal of parliament and the reinstatement of Premier Tuan Chi-jui.

It is not apparent as to just why the lemon juice must be mixed with the orange juice. Neither does any one know from the quantitative standpoint how much strawberry juice, tomato juice, or other substitute rich in vitamin C can substitute for the orange Juice. There are many substances that contain vitamin C, and any one can eat plenty of fresh vegetables and drink fruit juices and get an adequate amount of vitamin C. Tomatoes, cabbage, gooseberries, strawberries and apples, eaten raw, provide large amounts of vitamin C, but cooked cherries are poor in this vitamin. Cabbage, as has been mentioned, is an excellent source, as are also spinach, u r atercrass, and Brussels sprouts. There have been innumerable studies on the subject, all of which tend to the view that a considerable excess of vitamin is not harmful and that the amount necessary for an adequate diet is obtained easily.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interestintr writers and are presented without regard to their ~? r . disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—Tho Editor.

should put the land of the Black Shirts upon their blacklist until Mussolini crawls on his hands and knees in apology to the great man wnom he has harassed and slighted. u u * A House of Refuge /COLUMBIA university will in-V-4 vade South (athletic) field by granting a site for the new Harkness library. This will end, I assume, the use of the plot for athletic purposes. I^d ee and, the Alumni News asserts, Columbia is to erect a building for the pursuit of mental exercise rather than use the site for the pursuit of physical exercises.” Stated in those terms, there can be little argument that the advancement of knowledge is more important than sacrificing a runner along to second. But I discuss libraries as treasure houses for those who would enrich their metal equipment. A small bar just off the main reading room would help. But in spite of President Butler’s frank espousal of the wet cause. I fear if isn’t feasible. Yet without modification of the chill silence which generally prevails, a library is less a home for books than their cemetery. (Copyright. 1931. by The Times)

Daily Thought

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, sayWhat have I done? every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth into the battle.—Jeremiah 8:6. Repentance is but another name for aspiration.—Beecher.

Banking in the U. S. What is a national bank? What is a state bank? What is a trust company? What is a private bank? What is a savings bank? What is a clearing house association? What is a federal reserve bank? What is a farm loan b3nk? Why do banks fail? How are banks inspected? What safeguards your money in the bank? What has the federal reserve system done to making banking safer and better in the United States? Can you answer all these? If not. and you are interested In banks and banking—and everybody is, of course—you will want to read our Washington bureau’s latest bulletin, BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES. It will give you a condensed but clear description of the various kinds of banking institutions, their methods and purposes. Fill out the coupon below and send for it: CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 127, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times. 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps, for return postage and handling costs: NAME STREET AND NO CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

JIAY 29, 1931

SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIETZ—

Laymen Are Invited to Week’s Meeting for Scientific Advancement in California in June. THE first of anew series of summer meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is to be held in Pasadena, Cal., from June 15 to 20. Officers of the association are to be congratulated upon their decision to hold a series of summer meetings. Within recent years, the association has concentrated all its efforts upon an annual meeting held between Christmas and New Year's day. This meeting, for many years now. has been the largest and most important scientific meeting held each year in the United States. With the great growth in scientiflo interest upon the part of the public, there is every reason for holdlr%Jnore than one meeting a year. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is distinguished by the fact that it contains among its members many of the leading scientists of America, and. t TT?Mw* ame time - man y laymen. . f sucll societies as the AmerAstronomical society, the Amerlcan Meteorological society, and iS a L SOC^ ie w wMch Justl y nough . members bip to scientists, the association invites the membership 0 f laymen who have sji interest in science. The association, therafore, by reason of its organization and ideals, ia m a position to take a major role in answering the popular demand for knowledge of science.

A New Plan 'T'HE committee in charge of the 1 Pasadena meeting wisely has decided to set a precedent by departing from the general plan of the annual winter meetings. The winter meeting, for the most part, is devoted to large numbers of small sectional meetings at which large numbers of papers and reports are read. Usually about 5,000 papers are read at one of the winter meetings. Only a few general sessions for the purpose of listening to one distinguished speaker or a symposium upon some vital subject are held. The plan of the winter meeting is an excellent one. in that it provides facilities for announcement and discussion of all sorts and varieties of scientific research. The meeting really is a cross-section or summary of the past year in scientific research. The committee, however, has decided to reverse the plan for the summer meeting. Emphasis is to be placed upon symposiums at which distinguished speakers, specially invited for the occasion, will discus* vital subjects. In addition, each evening is to be devoted to a popular lecture by some well-known authority. The evening lectures—thanks to the California sunshine—will be held outdoors in the Greek theater in Griffith park, Los Angeles. (The committee, with what sounds like California pride in its weather, announces that “wraps of some sort will be found advisable.”) Among the speakers at these evening lectures will be Dr. Franz Boas, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Boas is professor of anthropology at Columbia university and dean of American anthropologists. * * , * A Wide Range THE symposiums to be held in connection with the meeting cover a notable range of subjects. These form an interesting list since they are an indication of the problems which are occupying the center of the scientific stage at the present time.

The subjects include: “Major Problems m Modern Oceanographic Research,” “The Antiquity of Man," “High Voltage X-Ray Tubes and Their Medical and Biological Possibilities,” “The Internal Structure of Stars,” “Seismological Problems,” “Economic Entomology,” “The Colorado River Dam and Aqueduct,” and “Problems in Genetics.” Translated into more simple English, this means that the leading scientists of America are offering the public a scientific diet for a week that ranges from the insides of stars and the causes of earthquakes to means of fighting insect pests and the latest theories on heridity. Tourists who are planning summer trips to the Far West ought to consider the opportunity of including this meeting in their journey. The hosts for the meeting will be the California Institute of Technology, the Mt. Wilson Observatory and the Huntington Library and Art Gallery. “Cal Tech,” as the institution is known to its students, and the Mt. Wilson observatory recently figured in the world’s news as the hosts to Professor Einstein on his American visit. The fact that the first summer meeting of the American Association for the advancement of Science is to be held in Pasadena again bears evidence to the importance which this pleasant little California town is assuming as one of the world’s greatest scientific centers.