July 21, 1921] 



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out for incorporation in the publication of a more 

 experienced scholar, should qualify for a degree. 

 Prof. Tout, of Manchester, while a keen advocate 

 of degrees by research and of the organisation of 

 such research, warned the meeting of the dangers of 

 over-centralisation swamping the student's indi- 

 viduality and power of initiative. Dr. G. G. Coulton, 

 though agreeing that this would be a calamity, pointed 

 out that in Cambridge the thesis was a successful 

 part of the curriculum, and expressed the opinion that 

 with due care the organisation of research was wholly 

 advantageous. 



Mrs. Singer briefly described the method of her 

 Catalogue of the Early Scientific Manuscripts in the 

 British Isles, and the assistance it gave to researchers 

 in the history of science, especially to those living far 

 from great libraries. She mentioned that a group of 

 American professors was anxious to utilise the mathe- 

 matical section for a complete catalogue raisonne of 

 the mathematical texts, but that they had so far 

 failed to raise from their universities the sum neces- 

 sary for transcriptions from the manuscripts. She 

 suggested that if other American universities cared 

 to join in this work it would facilitate the raising of 

 funds. After further discussion a resolution was pro- 

 posed by Mrs. Singer, seconded by Prof. Tout, and 

 unanimously carried, expressing the hope that the 

 Institute of Historical Research would establish a 

 bureau of texts needing to be edited and of students 

 anxious to undertake such work. 



University and Educational Intelligence. 



Aberdeen. — The summer graduation ceremonv of the 

 University was held on July 14 in the Mitchell Hall of 

 Marischai College. Degrees to the number of 4 

 honorary and 145 ordinary were conferred by his 

 Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Chancellor 

 of the University. Sir George Carmichael, Chief 

 Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and 

 Prof. W. M. Bayliss received the Doctorate of 

 Laws. 



Edinburgh. — \t the graduation ceremonial on 

 July 14 the following degrees were conferred : — 

 Honorary Doctor of Laws: Mr. John Alison, Head- 

 master of George Watson's College; his Grace the 

 Duke of Atholl; the Lady Frances Balfour; Mr. 

 Ernest Barker, Principal of' King's College, London; 

 Sir John Cowan, Edinburgh ; Sir A. W. Currie, Prin- 

 cipal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University; the 

 Right Hon. Sir G. E. Foster, Minister of Trade and 

 Commerce, Canada; Dr. J. S. Haldane ; the Right 

 Hon. Sir R. S. Home, Chancellor of the Exchequer; 

 the Right Hon. T. B. Morison, Lord .Advocate; Sir 

 Nil Ratan Sircar, latelv Vice-Chancellor of the Uni- 

 versity of Calcutta ; aiid the Right Hon. Sir Robert 

 Stout, Chancellor of the University of New Zealand. 

 Doctor of Science: F. A. E. Crew— thesis, "Contribu- 

 tions to ' the Studv of Sex-determination in the 

 Anura " ; E. S. Edie— thesis, " Biochemical Re- 

 searches " ; R. J. S. M'Dowall- thesis, "A Studv of 

 the Pulmonary Circulation"; \'. E. Parke — thesis, 

 "Specific Heat of Constant Pressure of Hydrogen, 

 Nitrogen, etc."; B. B. Sarkar (Calcutta)— thesis, 

 "Relation between Thyroid and Bone-marrow"; J. 

 Waterston — thesis, "Contributions to Medical and 

 Economic Entomology"; and D. Clouston — thesis, 

 "The Improvement of Cotton Crop in Central Pro- 

 vinces and Berar, and Documents relating thereto " 

 (in absentia). Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty 

 of Science: Dr. H. Briggs (Birmingham) — thesis, 



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" Mine Rescue Apparatus and Certain Problems bear- 

 ing thereon " ; Mabel Carmichael (St. Andrews)— 

 thesis, "Electro-synthesis in the Series of Dibasic 

 Acids "; A. R. Normand— thesis, "The Boiling Points 

 of Solutions in Methvl Alcohol under Reduced Pres- 

 sure " ; H. M. Steven— thesis, "The Biologv of the 

 Chermes of Spruce and Larch, and their Relation to 

 Forestry "; and Margaret P. White— thesis, "Charac- 

 teristic Frequencies in Elements of Low Atomic 

 Weight (J Series)." 



Glasgow. — .At a recent meeting of the University 

 Court it was announced that the Bellahouston 

 Trustees of Glasgow had made a grant of 500Z. to 

 the University for the purchase of apparatus required 

 for the department of physiologv. 



An ordinance for the establishment of the ordinary, 

 as well as the honours, degree of B.Sc. in pure 

 science, under new regulations, has been approved bv 

 his Majestv in Council, and will come into operation 

 at the beginning of next session. 



Mr. A. Stevens, interim lecturer in geography during 

 the absence of Dr. Falconer, has been appointed lec- 

 turer in place of the latter, who has now resigned 

 office. 



Prof. F. O. Bower, president of the Royal Society 

 of Edinburgh, has been appointed by the Court a 

 Governor of the West of Scotland Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



The building operations for the erection of the new 

 Institute of Zoo'ogy, adjoining the Natural Philosophy 

 Institute, have been begun. The estimated cost of the 

 structure is iio.oooZ. 



The School of Pharmacy established by the Royal 

 Technical College has been recognised under the 

 aflfiliation scheme for the purposes of the ordinance for 

 the degree of B.Sc. in pharmacy. 



Manchester. — The following appointments have 

 been made : — Senior lecturer in physics, Dr. E. C. S. 

 Dickson ; senior lecturer in engineering, Mr. C. M. 

 Mason ; lecturer in engineering, Mr. Eric Jones ; 

 lecturer in systematic surgery and assistant to profes- 

 sor of systematic surgery, Mr. W. H. Hey ; lecturer 

 in clinical surgery and assistant to professor of clinical 

 surgery, Mr. Charles Roberts ; lecturer in patho'.ogy. 

 Dr. Arnold Renshaw ; lecturer in bacteriology, Mr. 

 J. H. Dible ; lecturer in morbid anatomy and histo- 

 logy, Mr. B. J. Rvrie ; and lecturer in psychology, 

 Mr. R. H. Thoules's. 



It is announced that Mr. R. A. Bartram has given 

 the sum of 10,500^. to Sunderland Technical College. 

 Of this sum 4500^ goes to the building fund for the 

 erection of a drawing office for naval architecture 

 at the college and 400/. for its equipment ; the 

 remainder, 5600/ , will be used to establish an 

 endowment fund for four scholarships in naval archi- 

 tecture. 



It has been pointed out to us with reference to the 

 statistics given on p. 555 of our issue of June 30 in 

 the article on " University Statistics of the United 

 Kingdom, 1919-20," that the University of Bristol 

 draws a considerable number of students from coun- 

 tries outside the British Empire. The number of 

 such students shown in the official returns is fourteen, 

 including three from foreign countries, but to these 

 may be added the corresponding figures thirty and 

 twelve relating to the Merchant \'enturers' Technical 

 College, as these are all members of the Faculty of 

 Engineering of the L'niversity. 



