October 13, 192 1] 



NATURE 



229 



University and Educational Intelligence. 



Cambridge. — The vote on the admission of women 

 to the University will be taken on Thursday, Octo- 

 ber 20. The point at issue this time is as follows : — 

 Grace I., which is accepted by the women's colleges as 

 a solution and is supported by them, admits women 

 to membership of the University with full privileges 

 L except for a vote on the Senate, the governing body 

 of the University. On the other hand, it grants to 

 the women the right to elect two assessors to sit on 

 the Council of the Senate without votes — a measure 

 that may be of more immediate assistance to them 

 than the vote which the University refused to them 

 last December. Women become eligible for Univer- 

 sity offices, studentships, and prizes. On the other 

 hand, their numbers are limited. An opportunity for 

 independent development of men's and women's 

 education is offered which may prove very valuable 

 in the future, and their discipline is also differentiated 

 from the men's. One very important condition at- 

 tached to Grace I. is that men's and women's col- 

 leges shall be, and shall remain, distinct. 



The alternative, Grace II., offers only titular degrees 

 — a solution which might have been satisfactory in 

 1897, but is not acceptable at the present day. 

 The carrying of Grace I., which embodies the con- 

 clusions of a body formed from all parties except 

 the extremists on either side, offers the only hope of 

 an agreed solution of this long-standing controversy 

 from within the University proper. 



Col. Sir Gerald Lennox-Conyngham, Mr. D. C. 

 Henry, and Mr. C. D. Ellis have been elected fellows 

 of Trinity College. The first-named has also been 

 elected praelector of geodesy at Trinity College, and 

 to him will be entrusted the task of building up a 

 school of geodesy in Cambridge. Once again in 

 starting a new scientific school Trinity College has 

 wisely and generously made the University its debtor. 

 Previous instances of a similar kind are the late Sir 

 Michael Foster and Prof. F. G. Hopkins. 



Leeds. — Sir Edward Allen Brotherton, Bart., has 

 given 2o,oooZ. to the University for the development 

 of bacteriological study and research, more particu- 

 larly in the interests of public health. This is the 

 largest individual gift yet received by the University 

 of Leeds. 



London. — Some interesting public lectures are an- 

 nounced to be delivered at King's College, London, 

 during the coming term. The department of history 

 and geography has arranged for a course of lecture's 

 on the British Empire, which includes the following : 

 — "Geological and Geographical Physical Basis," by 

 Prof. W. T. Gordon, on October 26; "Fauna," by 

 Prof. A. Dendy, on November 2; "Flora," by Prof. 

 R. R. Gates, on November 9; and "Anthropology," 

 by Prof. G. Elliot Smith, on November 16. In each 

 case the lecture-hour is at 5.15 p.m. 



Dr. Frances M. G. Micklethwait has resigned the 

 post of principal of the Horticultural College, Swanley, 

 to which she was appointed in January last 

 year. 



An election to Beit memorial fellowships for 

 medical research will take place on or before January 

 I next. Applications must be received before Octo- 

 ber 31. Forms of application and all information may 

 be obtained by letter only addressed to the Honorary 

 Secretary, Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical 

 Research, 35 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, W.i. 



NO. 271 1, VOL. I08I 



I A Teachers Conference under the auspices of the 



j League of Nations Union will be held on Saturday, 



; October 22, in the Hall of Reading University College. 



; The opening address on education and international 



j co-operation will be given by Prof. Gilbert Murray at 



j II a.m. Communications should be sent to Mr. J. 



I Eppstein, secretary of the conference, 40, Redlands 



I Road, Reading. 



At the next dinner of the Groupe Inter-Universitaire 

 I Franco-Britannique, to be held on Tuesday, Novem- 

 ber I, at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, 

 Kingsway, W.C.2, the chair will be taken by M. 

 Raymond Poincare, past-President of the French 

 Republic and former Rector of the University of 

 Glasgow, who will speak on "The Utility of Inter- 

 Allied Intellectual Relationship." Applications for 

 J tickets should be made as early as possible, and in any 

 : case not later than Thursday, October 20, to Mr. H. 

 ! Sloog (hon. secretary), 51 Anson Road, N.W.2. The 

 j association was formed in June, 1918. for the purpose 

 i of promoting friendly intercourse between British and 

 [ French university men and persons prominent in the 

 i worlds of art, literature, science, commerce, and 

 I industry in either country. The membership has since 

 I been extended to university men of all Allied and 

 ' associated nations. 



The Meteorological Magazine for September gives 



j a provisional programme of lectures and classes for 



I the 1921-22 session in the School of Meteorology, 



I Imperial College of Science and Technology. Sir 



[ Napier Shaw gives a course of four lectures on 



j "Fog" on Mondays of the first term at 3.30 p.m., 



i which commenced on October 10, followed bv a course 



of three lectures on "The Winds above Clouds" on 



I Mondays of the first term at 3.30 p.m., beginning 



' November 7. He will also deliver a course of ten 



{ lectures on "The Structure of the Atmosphere and 



the Meteorology of the Globe " on Fridays of the 



second term at 3 p.m., beginning January '20, 1922. 



Dr. C. Chree gives a course of four lectures on 



"Teri'estrial Magnetism" on Mondays of the first 



term at 3.30 p.m., beginning November 28; while 



Capt. D. Brunt gives a general course on " Phvsical 



and Dynamical Meteorology " on Thursdays of the 



first and second terms at 2.30 p.m., beginning 



October 13, 192 1. Particulars of these courses may 



be obtained from the Meteorological Office, South 



Kensington. 



The Royal Technical College, Glasgow, has recently 

 issued a calendar for the session 1921-22 giving details 

 of the various courses of instruction available at the 

 college. Full-time courses have been arranged which 

 lead to the diploma and associateshio of th^ r/^I1f>rtA 

 in civil, mechanical, electrical, and mining engineer- 

 ing, chemistry, and metallurgy. For the diploma a 

 three-year course must be taken, while for the asso- 

 ciateship a fourth year's study is necessary, and in 

 the case of chemistry or metallurgy a thesis on some 

 subject of experimental research must be submitted. 

 The diploma courses are in most cases suitable for 

 students taking the B.Sc. examinations of Glasgow 

 University. Evening courses in the various subjects 

 will also be available for students who have completed 

 a two years' continuation course and to others who 

 can show evidence of equivalent status. Courses in 

 engineering for apprentices have been arranged as 

 part of a scheme of co-ooeration with some seventy 

 engineering firms In and round Glasgow, wherebv 

 selected apprentices attend winter courses at the col- 

 lege and the intervening summers In works. Many 

 of these firms recognise the time spent at the college 

 as part of the period of apprenticeship. 



