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NATURE 



[September 2, 19 15 



at the Paris Observatory, for the publication of the 

 photographic and systematic chart of the moon. 



2000 francs to Paul Vayssifere, to assist him in 

 the continuation of his researches on cochineal insects. 



3000 francs to M. de Zeltner, as a contribution to 

 an expedition he proposes to make in the Sudanese 

 Sahara, more particularly in the Air massif. 



2500 francs to L. Bordas, to aid in his investiga- 

 tions relating to insects which attack forest trees, and 

 more especially of those species now causing ^•reat 

 damage in the woods of the Central Plateau and the 

 west of France. 



3000 francs to Joseph Bouget, for realising his 

 cultural experiments on a larger scale, with reference 

 to the afforestation and improvement of pastures in 

 the Pyrenees. 



3000 francs to Henry Devaux, for the continuation 

 of his researches on the cultivation of plants in arid 

 or semi-desert regions. 



2000 francs to Victor Piraud, to enable him to con- 

 tinue his studies on the fauna of torrents and Alpine 

 lakes, particularly at high altitudes. 



2000 francs to M. Tiffeneau, for the continuation 

 of his studies on the phenomena of molecular transposi- 

 tion in organic chemistry. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Cambridge. — The following awards at Newnham 

 College have been made :■ — An associates' fellowship 

 of lool. for three years, tenable from October, 1915, 

 to Miss Ruth Holden, who proposes to continue her 

 work in fossil botany; a Mary Ewart travelling 

 scholarship of 300Z., divided between Miss H. J. Hartle 

 and Miss M. N. L. Taylor; the Mary Ewart scholar- 

 ship of lool. for three years to Miss K. M. Tillyard; the 

 Marion Kennedy studentship of lool. to Miss E. E. H. 

 Welsford; the Gilchrist studentship of looZ. to Miss 

 C. Stoney; a Bathurst studentship of 75^. to Miss 

 M. W. Jepps ; the Harkness studentship of 70Z. to 

 Miss E. W. Gardner; the Arthur Hugh Clough 

 scholarship to Miss P. M. Sargent. 



Leeds. — The William Walker scholarship, of the 

 annual value of 90Z., for the scientific study of leather 

 with a view to its subsequent application to industrial 

 development, and the William Walker exhibition for 

 instruction in the technology of coal and its by- 

 products, are announced. The endowments have been 

 founded in memory of the late William Walker, of 

 Whitehaven, by his widow and two sons, who have 

 placed 4500Z. in trust for the purpose. 



The Institution of Naval Architects' scholarship, 

 value looZ. per annum, and, subject to the regulations 

 governing the same, tenable for three years, has been 

 awarded to T. S. D. Collins. 



Mr. G. H. Shull, of the staff of the Station for 

 Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbour, Long 

 Island, has been appointed professor of botany and 

 genetics at Princeton University, Princeton, New 

 Jersey. 



The issue of the Lancet for August 28 is the 

 "Students' Number," devoted almost entirely to in- 

 formation respecting the medical examining bodies 

 and the courses of instruction given in the various 

 medical schools and colleges of the United Kingdom. 



The following appointments to the Indian Educa- 

 tional Service have been made by the Secretary of 

 State for India : — Mr. Harold Tinker, professor at 

 the Training College, Allahabad; Mr. G. H. Geach, 

 principal of the Training College, Peshawar; Mr. W. 

 Saunders, professor of chemistry In the Civil Engineer- 



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ing College, Sibpur, Bengal ; Miss E. E. Spencc r, 

 inspectress of schools In the United Provinces. 



.\n examination in biological chemistry, bacterIok)i;\ , 

 fermentation, and enzyme action will be held in con- 

 nection with the Institute of Chemistry, beginning nn 

 October 18. The list of candidates will close on St p- 

 tember 14. An examination in chemical technology 

 will be held in October, but the actual date will be 

 announced later. Notification from intending candi- 

 dates must be received by September 14. 



We are Informed that Mr. E. Lovett, who has 

 formed a collection of children's toys, playthings, and 

 games, has presented the collection to the Borough 

 Council of Stepney, and that it is to be exhibited at 

 the Whitechapel Museum. It will be arranged in ten 

 sections, viz., locomotion and transport, dolls, animals, 

 habitations, farming and agriculture, mining, manu- 

 factures and commerce, the household, playthings, 

 games, sundries, i.e. toys and games of antiquity ; 

 toys made of natural objects, such as shell, bone, 

 stone, nuts, etc. 



The Department of Agriculture and Technical In- 

 struction for Ireland has Issued a number of pamphlets 

 In preparation for the work of the coming academic 

 year. These include the " Programme for Technical 

 Schools and Classes," In which it Is pointed out that 

 the regulations for technical schools and classes which 

 were in operation during the session 19 14-15 will con- 

 tinue In force during the session 1915-16. The " Pro- 

 gramme of Experimental Science, Drawing, Manual 

 Instruction, and Domestic Economy for Day Secondary 

 Schools" has undergone no alteration, and the work 

 next year will follow on the lines previously laid 

 down. The " Special Course In Experimental Science : 

 Physiology and Hygiene " has been revised. 



The Education Committee of the Staffordshire 

 County Council has issued its " Directory for Higher 

 Education, 1915-16." The directory contains the regu- 

 lations of the committee and details of schemes in 

 operation throughout the administrative count}'. 

 Owing to the necessity of publication before the com- 

 mencement of the new session it has not been possible 

 to make final arrangements with regard to some of 

 the classes, and, as the directory points out, some 

 readjustments and alterations may be necessary later. 

 One or two typical Instances of the thoroughness 

 with which the committee has provided for the needs 

 of the county in higher education may be given. On 

 account of differences of character between the North 

 and South Staffordshire coalfields, and for other 

 reasons, separate schemes of Instruction In mining 

 have been worked out for the two districts. Such 

 instruction in the North Staffordshire coalfield Is pro- 

 vided by the County Education Committee and the 

 Education Committee of Stoke-on-Trent working in 

 co-operation. The principal centre at which instruc- 

 tion Is given is the Central School of Science and 

 Technology, Stoke-on-Trent. This is a specialised 

 school adapted to the needs of potting and mining, 

 the principal industries of the district, and equipped 

 for the study of the technolocry of these industries 

 up to the most advanced grade. In South Stafford- 

 shire a general scheme of instruction in mining is 

 designed to extend over six years, and classes in 

 connection with It are held at several centres. At the 

 new County Metallurgical and Engineering Institute, 

 Wednesbury, theoretical and practical classes are held, 

 in metallurgy, iron and steel manufacture, and sub- 

 jects related to engineering. Other branches of tech- 

 nological science In which special facilities have been 

 provided are : — Potterv and porcelain manufacture, 

 ijoot and shoe manufacture, silk manufacture, and 

 horticultural and smaller agricultural industries. 



