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at the disposal of the National Research Q)uncilof the United States of America 

 a special Ramsay Fellowship of the value of £'^$0, and Dr. Charles S. Piggot, 

 of Baltimore, has been elected to the Fellowship. He will begin work at 

 University College in October. 



Dr. Ann C. Davies, of Royal HoUoway College, has been awarded the 

 Ellen Richards Research Grant of $1,000 from the American Association 

 to aid Scientific Research by Women, The money has to be spent on the 

 continuation of the research for which it is granted. 



A great many donations and bequests for scientific, medical, and educational 

 purposes have been announced during the last few months, mostly, of course, 

 in the United States. Sir Jesse Boot has now given altogether ;^i8o,ooo 

 towards the cost and upkeep of the new buildings for University College, 

 Nottingham, while another anonymous donor has given ^^loo.ooo. These 

 donations will make it possible to remove the whole of the academic work 

 of the College to the new site, and, in addition, will provide the adminis- 

 trative accommodation required for the proposed East Midland University 

 when it is established. Highfields Park, in which the new buildings are 

 situated, was a gift to the city from Sir Jesse Boot. Queen's University, 

 Belfast, received ^50,000 from the estate of the late Mr. H. Musgrave, of 

 Belfast, and the University of Glasgow ;^io,ooo from Sir William Lx^rimer. 

 Prince Albert of Monaco bequeathed 1,000,000 francs to the Paris Academy 

 of Science. The dispute over the will of the late Mr. Amos F. Eno has now 

 been settled. Columbia University receives $4,000,000 from the estate, 

 and the American Museum of Natural History $272,000. This Museum 

 has also received $1,000,000 from Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., and $250,000 

 from Mr. G. F. Baker, a New York banker. 



During the last few years there has been a tendency in the United States 

 to attach considerable weight to the results of psychological tests when 

 selecting candidates for various posts, notably in the army during the war. 

 It is now announced that the entrance examination for Princeton University 

 will include tests of this kind. During a short experimental period candidates 

 will be required to undergo them, but not necessarily to pass ; later on, if 

 the results are satisfactory, it is proposed to make success in these tests as 

 essential as it now is in the written examination. 



The unveiling of the medallion of the late Sir Norman Lockyer at the 

 Observatory which he established in 1912 on Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, now 

 known as the Norman Lockyer Observatory, was performed on July 22 by 

 Sir Frank Dyson in the presence of a large number of distinguished guests. 

 The medallion, executed by Sir Hamo Thorneycroft, forms a striking portrait 

 of the astronomer. It was presented by Lt.-Col. F. K. McLean, who assisted 

 very materially in the original foundation of the Observatory, which is now 

 under the direction of Major W, J. S. Lockyer. A leaflet issued in connection 

 with the ceremony draws attention to the large number of important observa- 

 tories in the United States founded and maintained by private donations. 

 These include the Yerkes, Mount Wilson, Harvard College, Lick, Lowell, 

 and Dudley Observatories erected and equipped at an aggregate cost of 

 about ;/^75o,ooo. With such generous assistance it is not surprising that 

 America now takes the lead in modern astronomical work. There are a 

 number of small private observatories in this country, but no large, well- 

 equipped observatory established and endowed by private people interested 

 in the advancement of celestial science. 



At the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Physics held on May 

 23 Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M., was elected President of the Institute for the 

 year commencing on October i, 1922. In the course of his Presidential 

 Address Sir J. J. Thomson, after dealing with the project to establish a Journal 

 of Scientific Instruments, spoke of the present depression in industry, but he 

 made the reassuring statement that out of 67 students who graduated with 



