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NATURE 



[January 6, 192 1 



gineering Foundation for the promotion of research in 

 science and engineering. 



A COURSE of ten lectures will be given at the Horni- 

 man Museum by Mr. F. Balfour-Browne on " Insects 

 in Relation to Agriculture and Disease," beginning on 

 Saturday, January 15. The course is primarily for 

 teachers, but other persons will be admitted so far as 

 accommodation permits ; admission will be by ticket, 

 which can be obtained from the curator at the 

 museum. There will also be a series of ten free lec- 

 tures on Saturday afternoons, starting on January 15, 

 which will be of a simple, popular nature ; two lec- 

 tures each will be given by Mr. F. Balfour-Browne, 

 Mr. E. Lovett, Dr. W. A. Cunnington, and Miss 

 M. A. Murray, and two further lectures by Mr. H. N. 

 Milligan and Mr. A. R. Wright. 



An election to a research studentship will take place 

 at Trinity College, Cambridge, during July next and 

 in each following year. The studentship will be 

 open to graduates of universities other than Cam- 

 bridge or to men who can show evidence of excep- 

 tional qualifications for research who are not 

 members of the University of Cambridge. .\ candidate 

 must obtain permission from the Board of Research 

 Studies to enter the University as a research student, 

 and will be expected to proceed to the new research 

 degree of Ph.D. which has been established. The 

 value of the studentship will varv according to the 

 student's pecuniary circumstances, but will not exceed 

 200/. per annum, and the studentship will be tenable 

 until the student is of standing to proceed to the 

 degree of Ph.D. Applications should reach the Senior 

 Tutor, Trinity College, Cambridge, not later than 

 July 25. 



The British Lampblown Scientific Glassware Manu- 

 facturers' Association, Ltd., has arranged a series of 

 lectures on glass in connection with the lampblown 

 glass industry. Prof. W. E. S. Turner will deal with 

 the manufacture and the properties of glass tubing 

 and rods (three lectures) ; Mr. English will deliver 

 three lectures on the manipulation of glass and the 

 graduation of apparatus ; Mr. Higgins will give three 

 on thermometry and thermometer testing ; Mr. Stott 

 will deal with volumetric glassware (two lectures) ; 

 and Mr. Davis will jjiw the concluding lecture on 

 technical points in the manufacture of bench-blown 

 chemical glassware. The lectures will be delivered 

 at the Northampton Polytechnic Institute, one every 

 week ; they commenced on Wednesday, January 5. 

 Members of the association can attend the course 

 free; others \vill be charged 2.';. 6d. per lecture, or 

 lox. 6d. for the whole course. Further information 

 can be obtained from Mr. W. H. Ashfield, British 

 Lampblown Scientific Glassware Manufacturers' .Asso- 

 ciation, Ltd., 2-3 Duke Street, St. James, S.W.i. 



Some interesting figures showing the salaries during 

 iq2o of university and college officials in the United 

 States are published in Bulletin No. 20 (1020) of the 

 Bureau of Education. Data from 401 institutions 

 have been collected, and, 'so far as possible, only 

 salaries which recompense full-time service are given. 

 Names are omitted, but the institutions dealt with 

 are numbered and grouped in geographical divisions. 

 In the detailed statements the president's salary is 

 given, and succeeding columns show the number and 

 salaries of the various deans, professors, associate and 

 assistant professors, instructors, and assistants who 

 are employed bv the various institutions. Summaries 

 are also provided of the various salaries which are 

 allotted to the different posts, and these again are 

 drawn together in two tables which show the maxi- 

 mum, minimum, average, and most frequent salaries 



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attached to different offices in public and private in- 

 stitutions. The average salary for every post is higher 

 in the former than in the latter type of establishment, 

 due in part, no doubt, to the large number of small 

 schools included in this class. 



.After a break corresponding to two academic year ~, 

 statistics are again available showing the number ■ • 

 doctorates in science which have been conferred in 

 American universities (Science, November 19). In 

 the year 1919-20, 328 such degrees were conferred by 

 31 institutions, as compared with 332 doctorates .[ 

 28 institutions for the year 1915-16, showing thai 

 normal conditions have been practically regained. .As 

 in previous years, the Eastern universities have con- 

 ferred the greater number of degrees; Chicago Uni- 

 versity continues to head the list with 59, and this 

 year Cornell University follows with 35 doctorates. 

 Interesting figures are also given which show the dis- 

 tribution of the degrees among the various depart- 

 ments of science schools for the years 1912-16 and 

 1919-20. Chemistry continues to claim the greatest 

 number ; last year 96 doctorates were conferred in 

 that subject — a total which is 19 short of the number 

 given in 19 16. Comparing the numbers for degrees 

 in other sciences for the same two years, it is noi. - 

 worthy that those conferred for physics and math. - 

 matics have decreased by 14 and 15 respectively, whil. 

 the numbers for botany, zoology, and psychology W.w- 

 increased, the latter from 19 to 40. The increase i< 

 interesting because from the numbers given in 

 previous years attention to that subject appeared to bi- 

 declining steadily. No doctorates were conferred 

 specifically for palaeontology, mineralogy, metallurgy, 

 or meteorology. The article concludes with the fii >t 

 instalment of a list giving the names of the recipien!> 

 of the doctorates during 1919-20, together with the 

 titles of their theses. 



The second term at University College, London, 

 begins on Tuesday, January 11. During the 

 term a number of public and other courses of 

 lectures will be given, full particulars of which can 

 be obtained from the Secretary, University College, 

 London, W.C.i. The attention of readers of Nature 

 may be directed to the following : — Public Lectures : 

 " The Navigation of .Aircraft by .Astronomical Ob- 

 servations," by Prof. L. N. G. Filon, on Friday, 

 January 14; "Greek Medicine," by Dr. Charles .Singer, 

 on Friday, January 28; "Basque Customs," bv Prof. 

 J. E. G. de Montmorency, on Thursday, February 24; 

 "The History of Plant Delineation," by Dr. Charles 

 Singer and Dr. .Agnes Arber, a course of four weeklv 

 lectures commencing on March 2; and "The British 

 Museum in War-time," bv Sir Frederic Kenvon. on 

 Friday, March 4. The following courses of lectures 

 will also commence on the dates indicated : — " Fine 

 Art .Anatomy," by Prof. G. Elliot Smith, on Monday, 

 lanuary 10: "History of Mathematics up to the 

 Ei£?hteenth Century." by Mr. T. L. Wren, on Tues- 

 day. January 11; "General History and Development 

 of Science." bv Dr. A. Wolf (continued from ist 

 term), on Wednesday, January 12; "Measurements of. 

 Stresses in Materials and Structures," bv Prof. E. G. 

 Coker, on Monday. January 17; "Mathematical 

 Theory of Relativity," bv Dr. G. B. Jefferv (continued 

 from ist term), on Monday. January 17; "History of 

 the Bloloeiral and Medical Sciences from Early Times 

 to the Eighteenth Century," bv Dr. Charles Singer 

 (continued from ist term), on Tuesday, January- 18; 

 "Tlie Present St.nte of our Knowledge of the Science 

 of National Eusrenics," by Prof. Karl Pearson, on 

 Wednesday, Tanuarv to ; " Soectrosroov, General and 

 .\pniipd."bv Dr. S. Judd Lewis, on Friday. Tanuarv 21: 

 and " Develooment of Medicine in Modern Times, 

 by Dr. Charles Singer, on Tuesday, March 8. 



