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July 28, 1923 



and the title of emeritus professor on Prof. W. D. 

 Halliburton, on his retirement from the chair of 

 physiology at King's College, which he has held 

 since 1890. 



The degree of D.Sc. [Chemistry) was conferred 

 on Mr. Jnanendranath Mukhopadhyay (University 

 College) for a thesis entitled The Adsorption of 

 Ions and the Precipitation of Suspensoids by Elec- 

 trolytes." 



St. Andrews. — The Senatus Academicus will, on 

 the occasion of the installation of Mr. Rudyard 

 Kipling as rector of the University, on October 10, 

 confer the honorary degree of LL.D. on Sir James G. 

 Frazer, author of the " Golden Bough," and on Sir 

 John Bland-Sutton. 



Twenty-five years ago the Medical School of the 

 University was re-organised, and Dr. A. M Stalker 

 was appointed the first professor of medicine under the 

 new conditions. The successful development of the 

 School owes much to Prof. Stalker's great abilities, to 

 his personality, and to his veneration for the Uni- 

 versity of his adoption. Prof. Stalker having inti- 

 mated his resignation of the chair of medicine, the 

 Senatus Academicus recorded a special minute ex- 

 pressing appreciation of his loyal service. 



The University Court has decided to proceed with 

 a scheme for building additional storeys to the exist- 

 ing teaching laboratories for physics and chemistry 

 and connecting the two by a central building. 



The University of Wales has conferred the honorary 

 degree of D.Sc. upon Sir Charles Sherrington. 



The following awards tenable at the Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology, South Kensing- 

 ton, during the year 1923-24 have been made: — By 

 the governing body of the College : (a) The Henry 

 George Plimmer Fellowship in Pathology to Mr. 

 H. R. Hewer, for research on " The Role of Stimuli 

 received by the Eye in the Colour Changes of Am- 

 phibia and Nerve Supply of the Pituitary," value 

 about 300/. ; and (6) The Gas Light and Coke Com- 

 pany's Research Fellowship, just established by the 

 Company for the purpose of encouraging experi- 

 mental research in relation to carbonisation, gaseous 

 fuels and combustion, to Mr. F. R. Weston, for " The 

 Spectroscopic Investigation of the Flames of Carbon 

 Monoxide and Hydrogen and matters cognate there- 

 to," value 175/., together with an allowance towards 

 the expense of the research. By the Trustees of the 

 Beit Fellowships for Scientific Research : Research 

 fellowships to Mr. H. W. Buston, for a continuation 

 of his work on the " Nitrogenous Metabolism in 

 Plants," and to Mr. O. M. B. Bulman, for research on 

 " Stratigraphical Geology : The Fauna of the Shine- 

 ton Shales," value 250/. per annum each. 



The coming of age of the Manchester Municipal 

 College of Technology was celebrated on July 5 and 6 

 by a soiree each evening in the College buildings. 

 The guests were received on the first evening by 

 Viscount Burnham, the Lord ]\Iayor of ^Manchester, 

 and Alderman West. After the reception Viscount 

 Burnham addressed the gathering and congratulated 

 the city of Manchester on having an institution which, 

 while forming a Faculty of the University, was in 

 touch also with the industries of the district. He 

 spoke of the constantly increasing need for the 

 application of science to industry, and of the import- 

 ance of selecting appropriate occupations for young 

 people starting work. He saw in the College an 

 efficient instrument for achieving these purposes. 



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Among other distinguished people, Vi.scount Burnham 

 wassupported by the Vice-Chancellorof the University, 

 Mr. Mouat Jones, principal of the College, and Mr. 

 J. H. Reynolds, wno was the first principal of the 

 College. The guests were each presented with an 

 illustrated pamphlet, " An Historical Account of the 

 Origin and Development of the Municipal College of 

 Technology, Manchester," written by Mr. Reynolds. 

 The whole of this striking souvenir was produced in 

 the Printing and Photographic Technology Depart- 

 ment of the College. 



As a mark of appreciation of Sir Michael Sadler's 

 stimulating work for the University of I^eds during 

 the twelve years in which he has held the office of 

 Vice-Chancellor, it has been decided to establish a 

 memorial in the University in the form of his portrait 

 and a fund for a.ssisting necessitous students. Sub- 

 scriptions — restricted to 5/. in an individual gift — 

 are invited for these purposes. In Yorkshire, and 

 to past and present members of the University, the 

 results of Sir Michael Sadler's devoted work for the 

 development of the University are richly manifest, 

 and the response to the appeal is sure to be ready 

 and generous. There are in addition many who 

 hold Sir Michael in the highest esteem, on account 

 not only of his labours as Vice-Chancellor but also 

 for his untiring activities on behalf of educational 

 freedom and growth in institutions of all grades. 

 He has been the uncrowned leader of education in 

 England — indeed, in the Empire — for a generation, 

 and the opportunity of expressing regard for what 

 he has done will be widely welcomed. Contributions 

 should be made payable to the Treasurer of the 

 Sadler Fund and sent to the University, Leeds. 



The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Bill to 

 give effect to recommendations in the report of the 

 Royal Commission of 1919-22 was read a third 

 time in the House of Commons on Friday, July 20. 

 The Bill provides that there shall be two bodies of 

 Commissioners, one for each University, and directs 

 them to make statutes and regulations in general 

 accordance with the recommendations of the Royal 

 Commission, but with such modifications as may 

 appear expedient. The Universities are given the 

 power independently of the colleges to prescribe 

 what contribution should be made by the colleges 

 for university purposes. The provisions of the Act 

 of 1877 are modified, so that trusts less than sixty years 

 old can be altered with the consent of the trustees. 

 The Marquis of Bath, in moving the second reading, 

 remarked that if it were necessary to reduce the 

 amounts of the grants recommended by the Royal 

 Commission, cuts would have to be made pro- 

 portionately from the amounts for general purposes, 

 for libraries, for women's colleges, and for extra- 

 mural boards. On the motion for the third reading, 

 Mr. J. R. M. Butler proposed an amendment amount- 

 ing to a direct instruction to the Commissioners to 

 take action by giving women full membership at 

 once of the University of Cambridge. It was pointed 

 out by the president of the Board of Education that 

 it made a very considerable difference whether having 

 appointed a number of distinguished men to control 

 the working of a university they resolved that the 

 House of Commons should limit their discretion. 

 The amendment was rejected by 150 votes to 124. 

 An amendment providing that, in making any 

 statutes or regulations, the Commissioners should 

 have regard to the need of facilitating the admission 

 of poorer students to the Universities and colleges, 

 was agreed to. The list of Commissioners includes 

 the names of Sir A. E. Garrod, Sir T. L. Heath, 

 Sir R. T. Glazebrook, and Sir H. K. Anderson. 



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