1899] NEWS 83 



At Cambridge University a John Lucas Walker Studentship in Pathology 

 will shortly fall vacant. Candidates, who may be of either sex, should send in 

 their names by January 19. The studentship is worth £200 per annum 

 for three years. 



On November 29th the University of Edinburgh conferred the degree of 

 LL.D. on Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, and the University of Oxford conferred 

 the degree of Master of Arts by diploma upon His Royal Highness Prince 

 Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, G.C.B., Magdalen College, Major in the 

 King's Royal Rifle Corps. 



The Maryland Geological Survey, the first Report of which was recently 

 reviewed by us, has, during the past year, considerably enlarged its activities. 

 It systematically collects statistical data concerning the mineral products of the 

 State, which have an annual value of six to seven million dollars. The work 

 of the Survey has been divided as follows : — Geology of the Piedmont Plateau, 

 under the direction of Dr. E. B. Matthews ; Geology of the Appalachian Region, 

 under Professor C. S. Prosser ; Geology of the Coastal Plain, under Dr. G. B. 

 Shattuck ; Highways, under Dr. H. F. Reid ; Terrestrial Magnetism, under Dr. 

 L. A. Bauer. Among the assistants are : A. N. Johnson, for highway engineer- 

 ing ; Cleveland Abbe, jun., for physiography ; B. Sollers and B. W. Barton, for 

 botany. Topographic surveying is carried on in co-operation with the United 

 States Geological Survey, one of whose officers, Mr. H. Gannett, has furnished an 

 elaborate treatise on the aims and methods of topographic work for the report 

 on the cartography of the State. Professor G. P. Merrill of the United States 

 National Museum has reported on the building and decorative stones of Mary- 

 land. Extensive areal and economic work has been conducted in the western 

 and central counties. The agricultural conditions, among others, have been 

 considered, and the soils classified in co-operation with Professor Milton Whitney 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture and with the Maryland Experi- 

 ment Station. The connection of botany with geology is studied in co-operation 

 with the newly organised State Horticultural Bureau. 



The State geologist, Professor W. B. Clark, is also Director of the State 

 Weather Service, and proposes to issue a series of reports, in co-operation, with 

 many of the United States Government officials. These promise to be of great 

 practical value to the inhabitants of Maryland. 



By the connection of the Geological Department of Johns Hopkins University 

 with the Maryland Geological Survey, a great impetus has been given to the 

 study of this science, and the laboratory has been much enlarged. Though 

 Mr. G. K. Gilbert, who used to lecture on physiographic geology, has withdrawn, 

 there are now at least five regular lecturers — namely, Professor W. B. Clark, 

 Drs. Shattuck, H. F. Reid, E. B. Matthews, and Mr. Willis. Lectures have 

 also been delivered during the academic year by Mr. H. M. Wilson, Mr. Fassig, 

 Professor Hans Reusch, and Professor G. P. Merrill. Besides numerous short 

 excursions around Baltimore, a permanent camp was established near Cumber- 

 land in the Appalachian Mountains, and, besides the regular instructors, special 

 lecturers from the scientific bureaus in Washington were secured. It is note- 

 worthy that attendance at the meetings of the Geological and Geographic 

 Societies of Washington is considered an important part of the students' work. 

 Members of this very active geological staff also give a course of lectures, with 

 examination papers, to a hundred and ninety-seven teachers of Baltimore. 



The multifarious activity, the broad-minded conception of the science, and 

 the intelligent co-operation with all possible sources of help, that mark the 

 geological institutions connected with Johns Hopkins University, reflect the 

 greatest credit on the authorities of the University, especially Professor W. 

 Bullock Clark, and may serve as a lesson to those Universities in this country 

 that seem to have forgotten how essential growth and development are to a 

 continued existence. 



