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ARKANSAS
Governor Appoints Basic Science Board.
—The recent legislature having passed a basic science bill, Governor Parnell has announced the following appointments to constitute the first basic science board: for two years, E. L. Whitsett, dean, First District Agricultural and Mechanical College, Jonesboro; S. C. Dellinger, professor of zoology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, for three years; M. J. McHenry, instructor in chemistry, Hendrix College, Conway, for four years; D. A. Spessard, instructor in science at Ouachita College, Arkadelphia, for five years; Louis E. Gebauer, a bacteriologist, Little Rock, for six years (The Journal, April 27, 1929, p. 1448).
Society News.
—The Benton County Medical Society was addressed, June 13, by Dr. Robert C. Davis on "Diagnosis of