Note: This Department will be devoted to news items of interest to members of the Society and readers of this Journal and to comments upon developments affecting the interests of tropical medicine. Contributions are solicited and should be sent to the Editor, Colonel Charles F. Craig, U. S. Army, Retired, 239 West Lullwood Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.

Bailey K. Ashford Award in Tropical Medicine

At the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine in Memphis, the Bailey K. Ashford Award in Tropical Medicine was established by Eli Lilly and Company to provide for an award on alternate years for a total of three times. The award will be $1,000 and a bronze medal suitably engraved. An additional amount of $150 or as much thereof as may be necessary is available toward traveling expenses for the recipient of the award.