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of 50 a year. The only accommodation for the latter 

 is a room in the basement of the medical school, where 

 he takes classes in practical work. Physical anthro- 

 pology is associated more directly with the department 

 of human anatomy, and is represented by another 

 lecturer at 50 a year. The collection of skulls brought 

 together by Professor Macalister affords unrivalled 

 material for demonstrations; and, as two recent 

 volumes from the pen of Dr. Duckworth show, good 

 use is made of the material. The University has 

 recently recognized the importance of anthropology 

 by adopting a scheme for granting degrees for research 

 in this subject. 



The growing importance of the architect's profes- 

 sion, and the widespread recognition of the fact that 

 the young architect must have a preliminary scientific 

 training, point to the desirability of establishing a 

 school of architecture at Cambridge, resting on the one 

 hand on the engineering school, and on the other on 

 the Slade professorship of fine arts, and the school 

 of archaeology. The school might be organized on 

 lines similar to those of the medical school ; and the 

 young architect would pass his early years of pro- 

 fessional study on thoroughly practical lines, in the 

 midst of admirable examples of almost all the different 

 styles. 



In 1877 Cambridge led the way in that difficult 

 science called sometimes physiological psychology, 

 sometimes experimental psychology, and sometimes 

 psychophysics. In that year the present professor of 

 mental philosophy and logic, and Dr. Venn, made a 

 vigorous effort to establish a psychophysical labora- 

 tory. They unfortunately failed ; had they succeeded, 

 Cambridge would have possessed the first laboratory 

 of this kind in the world. In 1878 Wundt opened his 

 laboratory at Leipzig ; and there are now some seven 

 psychophysical laboratories in German}^ two in 



