1895 NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES, ETC. 3^5 



ToYNBEE Hall, Whitechapel, has made an advance in its good work of educa- 

 tion. The various committees, including that for the University Extension Lectures, 

 have combined to form a single Education Committee. Among the lectures for the 

 winter session the following are likely to interest our readers : — " Life and its Func- 

 tions," by P. Chalmers Mitchell, Fridays, at 8 p.m. ; Practical Biology, in connec- 

 tion with the above, by Miss K. Hall, Wednesdays, at 8 p.m. ; Practical Physiology, 

 by S. Rowland, Mondays, at 8 p.m. ; Stratigraphical Geology, by Miss Raisin, 

 Tuesdays, at 7.45 p.m. ; Botany, by G. May, Thursdays, at 7.30 p.m. ; " The Phy- 

 siology of Every-day Life," by D. Walsh, Sundays, at 11.30 a.m. In addition, 

 Professor Michael Foster will inaugurate a series of popular lectures on biological 

 subjects ; among the lecturers will be Professors Victor Horsley and Gotch. The 

 meetings of the Natural History Society are held on the first Monday of every 

 month, at 8 p.m. The good work which this Society does was well exemplified at the 

 Conversazione on September 28 by an interesting series of exhibits from the Lake 

 district, the Channel Islands, North Wales, Epping Forest, and even places so dis- 

 tant as the Forum at Rome. It is a pity to have to read at the end of all this that 

 " the Education Committee, composed chiefly of students, experiences great difficulty 

 every year in raising sufficient funds to meet expenses, in spite of the fact that all 

 the teaching, except the Extension Lectures, is freely given by the class-takers." 



According to the Daily Chronicle a new school of science, art, and technology, 

 which has been erected by the Dover Corporation at a cost of ;^io,ooo, was opened 

 on September 19. It adjoins the municipal buildings, with which it has connection, 

 and is a notable addition to the architecture of the town. The school is lighted 

 throughout by electricity. 



At the beginning of October the Mayor of Brighton laid the foundation stone of 

 a technical institute in Brighton. The sum of ;^26,ooo is to be spent upon it, and it 

 will accommodate the 1,100 scholars which the Corporation is said to be now training 

 in various schools in the town. 



The Brighton Herald informs us that it has been resolved by the Library, 

 Museum, and Fine Arts Committee of Brighton to expend £1.1^ instead of /'loo, 

 on the new Illustrated Catalogues of the Museum of Birds. Mr. Lomax had 

 written that not only had the letterpress been revised and enriched with notes made 

 by Mr. Booth himself, but full descriptions were given of the additional cases which 

 the collection had received, and an account of Mr. Booth's work in building up the 

 "Booth Bird Museum" was prefixed. A portrait of Mr. Booth has been added 

 and about fifteen illustrations. 



Plans and contract drawings have been submitted for the extension of the 

 Library, Museum, and Art Gallery. These plans the Committee has approved, 

 and it has instructed the surveyor to prepare detailed specifications and quantities, 

 upon which tenders may be invited for the performance of the work by special 

 contract. The scheme, estimated to cost /22,8oo, has already been approved, and 

 the drawings are now exhibited in the Council Chamber. 



The Committee of the Sunday Society has fixed the date of the fourth " Museum 

 Sunday " for Sunday, November 3. 



We learn from the Tasmanian Mail of August 17 that several important 

 additions have just been made to the Tasmanian Museum, which are calculated to 

 materially add to the popularity of that attractive institution. In the Australian 

 room a fine collection of the auriferous and argentiferous rocks of Queensland has 

 been displayed. The contributing fields and districts embrace Charters Towers, 

 Gympie, Gladstone, Glastonbury, Rockhampton, Warwick, Stanthorpe, and 

 Moreton. Altogether there are more than 2,000 specimens, and to local students of 

 mineralogy they will prove very valuable. A noticeable improvement in the 



