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ability as that for the precipitation of negativelv 

 charged suspensoids, but also agrees extremely well 

 with the most trustworthy experimental results on 

 electro-endosmose. 



On the whole, it may be said that the discussion 

 centred around the physical properties of colloids 

 rather than around their industrial applications, which 

 arc complex. Advancement in our knowledge of 

 colloids can be made onlv bv simplifying experimental 

 conditions as much as possible, and thence building up 

 step by step to the more complex cases. The full 

 report of the discussion will be oublished in du.- 

 murse by the Department of Scientific and Industrial 

 Research, and should be read bv all those who 

 ari' interested in this fascinating subject. 



University and Educational Intelligence. 



Bristol.— .\t Congregation held on October 22 the 

 honorary degree of M..>\. was conferred on Mr. .\verv 

 Adams, who has held the office of secretary to the 

 Bristol Education Committee for thirtv-thre'e years; 

 Nfr. G. H. Burkhardt, head of the' North Wilts 

 ^e^ondarv School and Technical Institution; and Mr 

 \V. A. Knight, head of Sexev's School at Bruton. 

 Somerset. 



Cambridcf.— The trustees of the Capt. Scott 

 Memorial Polar Research Trust have offered the 

 Lniversity a sum of 6oooJ. towards the provision of 

 a suitable wing or annexe to a proposed new school 

 of geography, the special wing to serve as a Polar 

 research institute. There is a prospect of financial 

 help towards the maintenance and upkeep of the 

 institute from the same source. The institute is to 

 act as a centre both for information on Polar matters 

 and for the working up of results, and it is to include 

 1 I olar library, a museum of Polar eauipment, a eol- 

 ation of biolocical and geological specimens, and a 

 • r of rooms for research work. Cambridge Univer- 

 -iiv IS chosen for the site of the institute as a centre 

 which has alreadv proved itself friendlv to such 

 research ; it contains a nucleus of Polar men able 

 to use and take a keen interest in the department, 

 and IS likely to continue to produce men equipped 

 with the necessary knowledge and spirit for further 

 work in Polar regions. An appeal will shortly be 

 issued for funds to endow the larger building required 

 for geographical studies. ^ 



A committee at Cambridge has collected a fund to 

 commemor.'jfe Sir fames Frnzer's ereat sen'ices to 

 learning. Tt is proposed to endow a Frazer lecture- 

 »hip in social anthropoloev. the lecture to be civen 

 annuaflv in rotation at Oxford. Cambridge, Glasgow 

 and Liverpool. *" ' 



It is proposed to make Dr. Duckworth, of le^us 

 < ollege. re.ider in human anatomy. Dr. T. I. I'A. 

 Mromwirh. of St. John's College, has been re-appointed 

 1 niversitv lecturer in mathematics. Prof. t. T. 

 Wdson has been elected a fellow of St. lohn 's College. 



The vote on the proposed statute admittinr^ women 

 to membership of the University has been fixed for 

 December 8. 



Major David Daviks, M.P., has given 12,500*. to 

 found a chair of tuberculosis at the Welsh National 

 Medical School, University of Wales. 



I"oi;r free lectures on • I'our Great Geometers" 

 (.Vichimedes, Galileo, Newton, and Clerk Maxwell) 

 are announced for delivery bv Mr. W D. Eggar at 

 Gresham Colle<'e, Basingh/ill Street, E.C 2, on 



vember 16-19. The lecture hour is 6 o'clock. 



liiK sum of 425,o<K./. has been slated bv Mr. 

 n. A. L. Fisher, President of the Board of Educa- 



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tion, in reply to a question in Parliament, to be the 

 price which the Duke of Bedford and his trustees 

 have agreed to accept for the Bloomsburv site offered 

 by the Government to the Senate of the Lniversity 

 of London. 



Notice is given by the L'nivcrsitv of London of 

 the award in 192 1 of the lool. Rogers prize, the sub- 

 ject for which is " Hvfierthyroidism and its Surgical 

 Treatment." Copies of the regulations governing the 

 competition and information as to the date on which 

 the essays must be received can be obtained from 

 the .Academic Registrar, University of London, South 

 Kensington, S.W.7. 



ViscOLXT Halda.ne will deliver an address entitled 

 "The Nationalisation of Universities" at a reufiion 

 of old students of the Royal College of Science on 

 Tuesday next, November 9. at the Imperial College 

 L'nion, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, 

 London, .S.\V.7. The president of the Old Students' 

 .Association, Sir Richard Gregory, will take the chair 

 at 8 p.m. The address will be followed by discussion. 



The prospectus of the courses to be held at the 

 .Municipal College of Technology, Manchester, during, 

 the year 1920-21 has been issued. Full-time courses 

 extending over three years, which lead to certificates 

 and degrees, are provided in mechanical, electrical, 

 and sanitary engineering, and in the chemical and 

 textile industries. .Another feature of the college is 

 the provision of part-time day courses for engineers" 

 and other apprentices whose employers allow them to 

 devote one whole day per week to study. Part-time 

 evening courses which extend over five years are also 

 given for the purpose of training men for responsible 

 posts in industrial affairs. Research and advanced 

 study receive attention, and students are prepared in 



fart-time classes for degrees at Manchester and 

 .ondon in natural and technological sciences. A new 

 degree of Doctor of Philosophy has been instituted 

 with the object of encouraging research ; candidates 

 for this degree must be graduates of a university who 

 have pursued an approved course of advanced study or 

 research in Manchester University for a period of at 

 least two years, of which not more than one year may 

 be spent in another approved institution. Details of 

 the full-time courses are given, but for particulars of 

 the part-time classes application should be made to 

 the Regintrar for the prospectus of the department 

 concerned. 



On September 29 the cxerulive of the Engineering 

 Training .Association met, by authority of the council 

 of that body, to consider the transference of the work 

 of the association to the Federation of British Indus- 

 tries or to the Eneineering and National Em- 

 plovers' Federations. Representatives of these different 

 bodies were present, and outlined the motives which 

 induced their respective organisations to make the 

 offer. Mr. Richmond, on behalf of the Engineering 

 and National Employers' Federations, stated that the 

 chief reason for his society's offer was the increasing 

 frequency and the greater importance of tr.iining 

 questions which occur in the agenda of the federa- 

 lion's conferences with Labour. Until now they had 

 been satisfied with the work of the Engineering 

 Training .Association, but thev felt that as the latter 

 body was about to cease to be an independent unit 

 they were in the best position to carry on its work 

 without interfering with that of other organisations. 

 Mr. Prescott, speaking for the Federation of British 

 Industries, said that they were prepannl to carry on 

 the work of the Engineering Training .Association if 

 thev were asked to do so, or to stand aside if they felt 

 satisfied that the work would l>e done properfv by 

 someone else The co-ordination of industrial educa- 



