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died. The income of this donation is to be devoted to the foundation of a " Harold 

 Row Scholarship " in zoology. 



By some six votes, the proposal that Greek should be made an optional subject 

 at Oxford was defeated last June. The narrow margin of defeat may be taken by 

 the proposers as encouraging evidence that next time they will not fail. The result 

 of this vote makes one realise that it is high time the method of government of 

 Oxford University was reorganised. It seems preposterous that a majority of 

 pass degree teachers and parsons should thus be able to hinder the advancement 

 of the University, by out-voting the better informed mirfcerity of Oxford professors 

 and science men. 



On July ii, Sir William Osier, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, was 

 presented with a book containing a collection of essays written by pupils and 

 colleagues in England and in America. The presentation was made by Sir 

 Clifford Allbutt, of Cambridge. The volumes are just about to be issued to 

 subscribers, and the English publishers are Messrs. H. K. Lewis & Co., of Gower 

 Place, W.C. 



According to reports published in the daily Press, American Prohibition Agents, 

 headed by a gentleman called Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, are now in England 

 preparing a campaign aimed at making this country "dry." Apart from the 

 fact that we regard missionary interference in this matter as unnecessary, we 

 must say that, during such trying times as the present, any further tendency to 

 unrest must be discouraged. Elsewhere in this journal we have reviewed a book 

 by an American, in which it is stated that one out of every six men in America is 

 defective in some way, while out of 20,000,000 children, 14,000,000 are handicapped 

 by some kind of physical defect. We are also aware that American cities are not 

 without vice; we conclude that Mr. Johnson might be better employed in America. 

 Such a great authority as Sir William Osier has stated that the present is not the 

 time to launch an anti-drink campaign in this country, however necessary later on. 



We understand that Prof. E. B. Wilson, of Columbia University, is at present 

 working on a new book on Cytology. 



Prof. Graham Kerr's part in the Textbook of Embryology has just come out. 

 It is certainly a fine work, and we must congratulate Prof. Kerr and ourselves on 

 the advent of such an excellent book in the English language. 



Two members of Manchester University Zoological Staff have left Manchester 

 to take up work at the Rothamstead Experimental Station, Harpenden. They 

 are Dr. A. D. Imms and Dr. Ward Cutler. We notice a very interesting paper 

 by the latter on Ditrichomonas, in the latest number of the Quarterly Journal oj 

 Microscopical Science. Dr. Ward Cutler has used the very latest technique, with 

 fruitful results. 



The British Scientific Products Exhibition was held at the Central Hall, West- 

 minster, during the period July 3 — August 5, the King and Queen honouring it by 

 their presence on July 22. At the time of writing no details were available as to 

 the measure of success attained ; when we visited it the attendance was by no 

 means large. It is probable that visitors not possessing considerable scientific 

 knowledge would find it distinctly unintelligible. The demonstrators in charge 

 of the exhibits, with few exceptions, did not seem over-anxious to explain their 

 apparatus, and in many instances no one appeared to be available for this purpose. 

 Science will not be popularised by inviting the public to pay to inspect a museum 

 of mysteries, even though they do constitute the latest and most amazing 

 achievements of mankind. Space does not permit of a detailed account of the 

 various exhibits. That of the Air Ministry was, in the absence of the necessary 



