The cost of these travel study tours is no higher than other moderately priced tours without this educational feature. Thus the price of the French Residence Tour with 52 days of intensive study in French literature and conversation is only $485.00. Students and teachers who desire t o register for this summer school abroad and to receive college or professional credit for their. courses should communicate with Dr. Lough.
Parke, Devis 8. Company. Dr. Oliver Kamm, chief of the Chemical Research Division of Parke, Davis & Company and recipient of the 1928 51000 prize of the A. A. A. S., was elected president of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters a t its annual meeting held
a t the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, during the third week in March. The Michigan Academy is officially affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and its membership is made up largely of Michigan scientists, Particularly those engaged in teaching and research work a t the University of Michigan and other institutions of higher learning in the state. Dr. Kamm was formerly on the chemical teaching staff of the University of Michigan, leaving there in 1916 to accept similar duties a t his alms rnater, the University of Illinois, a t which school he advanced to the position of associate professor. In 1920 he gave up teaching work to assume charge of the Chemical Research Division of Parke, Davis & Co.
Motion Picture Films of Mexican Oil Fields. "Through the Oil Fields of Mexico" is the title of a new educational motion picture film prepared by the Department of Commerce, through the U. S. Bureau of Mines in co6peration with one of the large ~ i l - ~ ~ ~ d n companies, cing and now released for distribution. The film, which is in three reels, visualizes the drilling of oil Wells in the Mexican jungles and depicts the various stages in the transporation, storage, @nd refining of petroleum in the sister republic t o the south. Many.picturesque scenes illustrating Mexican life and customs and numerous striking scenic effects appear in the film, which was produced under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Mines. The location af the principal Mexican oil fields is made plain by the use of specially drawn maps. The first scenes show what has been called the "Hill of Tar," where the seeping of oil through the surface first called attention to the petroleum possibilities of Mexico. Next follow scenes of the Cerro la Pez Well, the first commercial oil well in Mexico, which attracted the pioneers of the industry. A glimpse of the first oil-hurning loco. motive to be operated in that country is shown. views are presented of the Cerro Azul camp on the site of one of the richest oil pools of history. Here i t was that in 1916 the Cerro Azul No. 4 well was drilled in, probably the most spectacular and best-known oil well in the world. Especially attractive are the scenes showing the snow-capped peak of Orizaha, towering to a height of 18,000 feet, and the mountains, including the famous Popocatapetl, ovedooking the Mexican capital. Quaint hits are introduced showing typical Mexivillage markets; Mexican women carrying water jars upon their heads; the use of the humble burro for transport, etc. 1t is painted out that one and a quarter billion barrels of oil have heen produced in ~ e x i c and o that one and one half billion dollars, much of which is American capital, have been spent by the industry in the recovery and handling of Mexican petroleum. Copies of the film "Through the Oil Fields of Mexico" may be obtained for exhibition purposes by addressing the Pittsburgh Experiment Station of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. No charge is made for the use of the film, but the exhibitor is asked t o pay the costs of transportation both ways.-Science, 69,290 (Mch. 15, 1929).
