PHYSIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY TO MERGE

Continuing the policy of fusing different departments designed to make possible more effective administration and instruction, President Conant announced that the three departments of Botany, Zoology, and General Physiology will be consolidated into a single coordinated department of Biology within the division of Biology.

The change in the Division of Biology was voted in this month's Division meeting when it was agreed that "The Chairman of the Division of Biology be authorized to take the necessary steps to consolidate into one department within the Division of Biology the present three departments of Botany, Zoology, and General Physiology."

In accordance with this vote, Professor Oakes Ames, Chairman of the division, has appointed Alfred C. Redfield, Professor of Physiology, as chairman of a committee to consider the general details of the reorganization. Commenting on the change, Professor Ames expressed his hope that the change will cause the teaching and study at Harvard "to become broader in scope and break down the artificial barriers which have often hampered those engaged in biological research." The change has been regarded as necessary by others in the department.