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men already in the service of institu- 

 tions that did not have pensions, as 

 tney get an annuity for which they 

 have not paid. And, of course, Mr. 

 Carnegie's liberal gift provides addi- 

 tional income to institutions for higher 

 education. Hence it is favored by uni- 

 versity presidents and from this point 

 of view is not unwelcome to professors. 

 But the present writer regards the in- 

 crease in the course of ten years of the 

 annual appropriations for ten of the 



! western universities from $1,689,000 to 

 ; $4,577,000 — equivalent to an increase 

 in endowment of some $75,000,000 — 

 j as immeasurably more significant than 

 ! the extension of Mr. Carnegie's pension 

 ! scheme to these universities. 



THE VEGETATION OF THE 

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We have published several articles 

 on the scientific and engineering prob- 

 lems arising from the overflow of the 



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