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pay a wage sufficient for maintenance 

 straightway, recogni;.ing that his 

 knowleJge places him in a different 

 position to ordinary apprentices. In 

 this way they get highly-trained men 

 into their works, and by their own ob- 

 servation soon discover whether the 

 youth possesses, in addition to intel- 

 lectual acuteness, the qualities which 

 o-o to make a successful business man 

 or a good organizer, and recruit their 

 staff accordingly. The author sug- 

 gested the question whether the British 

 method of training was better or 

 worse; whether the methods could be 

 improved in the light of what was be- 

 ing done abroad. Most people, he said, 

 wovild consider the methods of Char- 

 lottenburg and Zurich too academical; 

 whilst many, though admiring the 

 American system of workshop instruc- 

 tion, think it better it should be ob- 

 tained under the practical conditions 

 of actual work. A youth who is to 

 become a leader in the future needs 

 to know the habits and thoughts of the 

 men. One thing the author consid- 

 ered certain — the American, German 

 or Swiss student starts his college 

 course with a far better education on 

 which to build. 



SCIENTIFIC ITEMS. 



Dr. Carl Gegenbauer, the eminent 

 anatomist, since 1863 professor at 

 Heidelberg, died on June 15, at the 

 age of seventy-seven years. — Dr. A. A. 

 Common, F.R.S., known for his im- 

 portant researches in astronomy, es- 

 pecially in connection with reflecting 

 telescopes, died on June 2, at the age 

 of sixty-two years. 



A COMMITTEE of eminent chemists 

 has been formed to erect a monument 

 at Heidelberg in memory of Robert 

 Bunsen. It is intended that the con- 

 tributions sliall be international ; they 

 may be sent to the treasurer, Herr A. 

 Rodrian, Heidelberg. 



The park commissioners of Chicago 

 have approved the transfer of the 

 Field Columbian Museum from Jack- 

 son Park to Grant Park, which is on 

 the lake front in the center of the 

 city. It is understood that Mr. Mar- 

 shall Field has agreed to give $5,000,- 

 000 for the construction and endow- 

 ment of the museum. — It is said that 

 the trustees of the Rush Medical Col- 

 lege, the medical department of the 

 University of Chicago, have collected 

 $1,000,000 for the institution, and that 

 this assures a gift of $6,000,000 to the 

 school by Mr. John D. Rockefeller. 



