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dent, and General George M. Sternberg, 

 vice-president of the association. 



Lord Kelvin has been unanimously 

 elected chancellor of the University of 

 Glasgow in the room of the late Lord 

 Stair. — Professor W. Ostwald gave the 

 Faraday lecture of the Chemical So- 

 ciety at the Royal Institution, London, 

 on April 19. At the close of the lec- 

 ture he was presented with a medal 

 bearing the image of Faraday, which 

 had been specially struck for the occa- 

 sion. Cambridge University sub- 

 sequently conferred on him the degree 

 of doctor of science. — The Bruce Gold 

 Medal of the Astronomical Society of 

 the Pacific has been awarded to Sir 

 William Huggins for distinguished ser- 

 vices to astronomy. 



Dr. John M. Clarke, paleontologist 

 of the state of New York, has been ap- 

 pointed geologist and director of the 

 State Museum. — Dr. F. S. Earle, as- 

 sistant curator of the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, has resigned to accept 

 the office of director of the new agri- 



cultural station in Cuba. The station 

 will occupy a farm and buildings at 

 Santiago de la Vegas, about twelve 

 miles from Havana. The sum of 

 $75,000 has been appropriated for the 

 establishment and maintenance of the 

 station for the first year. — Among the 

 distinguished lecturers at the summer 

 session of the University of California, 

 which begins on June 27, are Professor 

 Svante A. Arrhenius, of the University 

 of Stockholm; Professor Hugo De 

 Vries, of the University of Amsterdam; 

 Sir William Ramsay, of University 

 College, London, and Professor James 

 Ward, of the University of Cambridge. 



The corporation of the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology has instructed 

 its executive committee to confer with 

 the Harvard University authorities on 

 the subject of closer relations between 

 the two institutions. — A Massachusetts 

 Zoological Society has been incorpor- 

 ated with a view to establishing a 

 Zoological Park in Boston. 



