ii6 



NA TURE 



I^JUI.Y 21. 1923 



Nature." This Conference was held in Paris on 

 May 31- June 2 last, and at the request of the Society 

 for the Promotion of Nature Reserves it was attended 

 by Lord Ullswater, Mr. E. G. B. Meade Waldo, and 

 Mr. Percy R. Lowe (British Museum, Natural History). 



The Conference was presided over by M. Mangin, 

 director of the National Museum of Natural History 

 in Paris, and was divided into five sections : (i.) fauna, 

 (ii.) flora, (iii.) geological, (iv.) sites and landscapes, 

 (v.) general. 



At the sittings of the various sections papers were 

 read in French by many members upon a great 

 variety of topics. Most of the speakers dealt with 

 the subject matter of the Conference so far as it 

 affected their own country or their own special part 

 of it, and few treated the subject from a general point 

 of view. The paper read by the Swiss delegate was 

 a striking exception to this rule, while M. Burdet's 

 lecture, illustrated with slides, which dealt with the 

 Nature reserves of Holland, was a very useful and 

 practical contribution to the Conference. 



It was felt by the representatives of the Royal 

 Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves that in 

 any similar future conference a series of resolutions, 

 not too many in number, should be prepared and 

 circulated some weeks before the Conference, so that 

 there might be ample opportunity for their discussion, 

 emendation, adoption, or rejection. Such resolutions 

 should deal with the subject matter from a general 

 point of view, and should indicate the best method 

 of establishing Nature reserves, whether by State 

 legislation or private enterprise ; in what manner 

 such reserves might be best administered ; how funds 

 might be obtained for the purpose ; how the rights 

 of individuals in the lands in question are to be 

 protected, modified, or abolished ; how the selection 

 of the proposed public parks or nature reserves is to 

 be determined ; and in what manner subordinate 

 questions arising therefrom are to be answered. 



University and Educational Intelligence. 



Glasgow. — Prof. Andrew Gray has intimated his 

 desire to retire from the chair of natural philosophy 

 on September 30 next, on grounds of health. Prof. 

 Gray has occupied the chair since 1899, when he 

 succeeded Lord Kelvin. During his tenure of office 

 the fine institute of Natural Philosophy, which was 

 designed and erected under his direction, has been 

 added to the numerous new scientific buildings of 

 the University. Some 11 00 students a year are 

 accommodated in its spacious laboratories and class- 

 rooms. 



Cambridge. ^ — -In connexion with the recent inter- 

 national conference of chemists in Cambridge honorary 

 doctorates in science were conferred upon a number 

 of distinguished foreign chemists. In introducing 

 them to the LTniversity the Public Orator spoke as 

 follows ; 



Multa nobis antiquitas tradidit quibus adhuc nititur 

 humana vita ; multa recentiores reppererunt et 

 quotidie nova profert usus. Quantas omnium muta- 

 tiones induxerit vapor domitus et quasi freno sub- 

 ditus, quantas explorata res chemica, nulli non est 

 notum. Inter se ergo consociati sunt illi qui, sive 

 ipso veritatis amore, sive commercii causa promovendi 

 chemica tractant, et quotannis concilium convocant. 

 Hoc anno patriam nostram petierunt et inter urbes 

 Britannicas Cantabrigiam. Multarum gentium legatos 

 praesentes videre laetamur ; abesse adhuc dolemus 

 nonnullarum. Universitas nostra voluit e tanta 



frequentia quosdam titulo doctoris decorare, quo 

 patefactum sit omnibus quanto honore et haec studia 

 et qui eis se dederint universos habeamus. 



Mmum vobis praesento Albinum Haller. Quid- 

 quid enim in scientiis apud Francos agitur, in 

 Academiam suam Scientiarum conferunt ; hoc in 

 circulo conveniunt omnes qui haec studia pro- 

 sequuntur ; huic quasi senatui curiaeque quotannis 

 praeficitur vir egregius. Quern ergo fraternitas sua 

 honore tali dignata sit, ilium et nos honorare volumus. 



Sequitur Wilder Dwight Bancroft et studiis et 

 affinitate nobis conjunctus, qui alter Ulixes multorum 

 providus, novam Ithacam novLs artibus illuminavit. 



Itidem provenit Ernestus Julius Cohen, quern 

 in Academia sua Rheno-Trajectina, ut Ovidium 

 alterum 



in nova fort animus mutatas dicere formas 

 corpora. 



Francus et alius insequitur, apud Parisios in 

 CoUegio Francorum professor, Carolus Moureu, 

 non ille rerum contemptor minutissimarum sed 

 inquisitor acerrimus. 



Hodie, dum procul horrificis tonat Aetna minis, 

 non usitato salutamus Italum, Rafaelem Nasini, 

 quem nobis misit urbs Etrusca, Vergilio nota, 

 Alphaeae ab origine Pisae. Hie explorandos sibi 

 Volcani delegit vapores, 



qualis sese halitus atris 

 faucibus effundens supera ad convexa volarit, 



necnon et Albunea qualem 



exhalet opaca mephitim. 



Helvetius quoque adest, iam senior, Universitatis 

 Genevensis professor, Amatus Pictet, qui bases 

 rerum inspexit, ad investigandum curiosus quae 

 vacuum per inane fieri possint. 



Gandavensis item Academiae professor advenit, 

 cuius si velitis opera recognoscere sunt qui possint 

 oratione fiuentiore vobis exponere ; constat tamen 

 illorum qui talia tractant nullum Frederico Swarts 

 antecellere. 



Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas ! 



Credo equidem, sed non omnibus omnia concessere 

 Parcae. Arcadiara nactus sum, Musarum anti- 

 quiorum aedituus indignus, contempto in fano 

 ministrare laetus. Vos quorum est prodigia tractare 

 e terra Cham exorta, quaeso miiii ignoscite, si 

 linguarum nescius singularum Latine vos gaudere 

 iubeam universos. . 



Liverpool.— Following on the death of his widow, 

 the estate of the late Prof. Campbell Brown has been 

 handed over to the university under the conditions 

 stated in his will. These provide that : (i) A 

 Campbell Brown chair of industrial chemistn,' shall 

 be established with an endowment of 1200/., the first 

 professor to specialise in oils, fats, and waxes. In the 

 first instance the salary shall be 1000/. per annum. 

 (2) The income of a sum of 5000/. shall be placed at 

 the disposal of the professor for the upkeep of his 

 department. (3) A Campbell Brown fellowship, value 

 150/. per annum, for senior and honours chemistry 

 students, not necessarily trained in Liverpool, shall 

 be established ; and (4) The balance of the bequest 

 shall be invested and accumulated until sufficient 

 income accrues to enable entrance scholarships of 

 the value of 80/. per annum, tenable for three or four 

 years, to be offered. 



London. — The following doctorates have been 



awarded : Ph.D. [Science) : Mr. L. Hall (Battersea 



. Polytechnic) for a thesis entitled " The Study of 



NO. 2803, VOL. 112] 



