December 17, 1914] 



NATURE 



439 



non-ferrous metals, iron and steel, and alloys, and 

 their treatment for engineering purposes. These 

 courses are followed by a final science examination in 

 which special distinction may be obtained in particular 

 subjects. The degree is to be of an honours standard, 

 and will qualify for subsequent admission to the 

 doctorate, on the production of original work of dis- 

 tinction. The Ordinance will be duly submitted for 

 the approval of his Majesty in Council. The joint 

 resources of the chemical departments of the Univer- 

 sity and the Technical College will make it possible 

 to provide for a complete scheme of instruction and 

 training in preparation for the degree, which will be 

 a valuable qualification for the chemical industries. 

 The step taken by the University is particularly oppor- 

 tune in present circumstances. 



Dr. T. H, Havelock, F.R.S,, has been appointed to 

 the recently created chair of applied mathematics and 

 mathematical physics in Armstrong College, New- 

 castle-on-Tyne, in the University of Durham. 



Sir Robert G. C. Mowbray, Bart., Prime Warden 

 of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, will dis- 

 tribute the prizes at the Sir John Cass Technical Insti- 

 tute on the evening of Wednesday, January 13, 1915, 

 and on the same occasion will open the new metallurgy 

 laboraton,' for the mechanical testing of metals and 

 alloys, presented to the institute by the Goldsmiths' 

 Company. 



The annual meeting of the Mathematical .Associa- 

 tion will be held on January 9, 1915, at 2.30 p.m., at 

 the London Day Training College, Southampton Row, 

 London, W.C. The president, Sir George Greenhill, 

 will give an address on mathematics in artillery 

 science, and Dr. W. P. Milne will speak on the teach- 

 ing of modern analysis, Mr. \. Lodge on circles of 

 curvature, and Mr. R. C. Fawdr}- on practical work 

 in connection with mathematics. 



The Cambridge University Calendar for the year 

 1914-15 has now been published. The last issue of the 

 "Calendar " had reached unwieldy dimensions; it con- 

 tained 1547 pages. The size of the present issue is 

 1064 pages, and this reduction has been effected in 

 two ways, namely, by transferring some Tripos Lists to 

 "The Historical Register," and retaining only the lists 

 for the preceding ten years, and by treating "The 

 Student's Handbook" as a companion volume and 

 omitting from the calendar the information about 

 examinations which the former book already contains. 



The annual meeting of the Geographical Association 

 is to be held on January 7, 1915, in the Jehangier 

 Hall, University of London, South Kensington. At 

 the morning session, which will begin at 10.30, a lec- 

 ture .will be delivered by Mr. P. M. Roxby on some 

 aspects of the geography of China, and a discussion 

 on the value of surveying in teaching geography will 

 be opened by Messrs. Ernest Young and J. .A. White. 

 In the afternoon at 2.30 Mr. Hilaire Belloc will give 

 the presidential address, and afterwards a discussion 

 on the place of map tests in examinations will be 

 opened by Dr. J. F. Unstead and the Rev. W. J. 

 Barton. 



In the recently published report of the United 

 States Bureau of Education for the year ending June 

 30, 1913, some interesting statistics are provided 

 relating to the 596 -American institutions of higher 

 education from which the bureau receives reports. 

 The total sum received in gifts and bequests, exclud- 

 ing grants by the United States, different States, and 

 municipalities, reported for the year was 4,930,392?., 

 showing a decrease of 26,226^. Of this amount 

 895,316/. was for increase of plant, 825,980/. for 



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current expenses, and 3,209,096/. for endowment. 

 Forty-five institutions reported gifts above 20,000/. 

 Among the institutions most generously treated, the 

 following may be mentioned : Harvard University, 

 419,090/.; Columbia University 284,361/.; Yale Uni- 

 versity, 283,787/.; University of Chicago, 261,586/.; 

 University of California, 249,192/. ; Trinity College, 

 N.C., 240,639/. ; and Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, 214,322/. The income of the 596 institu- 

 tions was during the year from State and municipal 

 grants, 3,809,965/.; from invested funds, 3,313,962/.; 

 and from fees for tuition and other educational ser- 

 vices, 4,183,835/. 



The council of the London (Royal Free Hospital) 

 School of Medicine for Women has made a public 

 appeal for the sum of 25,000/. to pay for additional 

 buildings urgently needed, and their equipment. The 

 school was the first women's medical school in the 

 kingdom, and since it was opened in 1874 it has been 

 continuously successful. Of the thousand or so 

 ; women now on the medical register more than six 

 i hundred are former students of the school. Por its 

 j work in the past and to secure provision of sufficient 

 j numbers of medical women in the future, more lec- 

 ture-rooms are essential, as well as additional labora- 

 tory accommodation and new research rooms. .A site 

 has been secured and plans have been prepared and 

 approved, but funds are needed to pay for the build- 

 ings shortly to be commenced. It is hoped that in 

 spite of the many demands made upon national 

 generosity at the present time, there are yet sufficient 

 people interested in the work and medical education 

 of women to provide the 25,000/. required. Donations 

 or promises should be sent to the London (Royal Free 

 Hospital) School of Medicine for Women, 8 Hunter 

 Street, W.C, addressed to the hon. treasurer, Mr. 

 M. J. Henderson. 



.Alderman- Sir J.ames Henderson, of Belfast, occu- 

 pied the position of chairman of the Library- and 

 Technical Instruction Committee, Belfast, from the 

 inception of the committee until the date of his death 

 in May of the present year, and to his memory- a 

 I portrait in oils was unveiled in the Municipal Tech- 

 nical Institute, Belfast, on Wednesday, December 9. 

 Sir James Henderson was identified in a verj^ intimate 

 manner with the remarkable progress which technical 

 instruction has made in the city of Belfast, and the 

 development of the corporation education scheme 

 owed much to his unceasing efforts. The portrait 

 was presented by the principal, staff, and students of 

 the institute. It is to be hung in the librar\- of the 

 institute, where — as was said by the principal of the 

 institute in his explanatory remarks at the ceremony 

 — it will be a reminder not only to the present genera- 

 tion, but also to future generations, of teachers and 

 students of the magnificent work that was done by 

 the first chairman of the Technical Instruction Com- 

 mittee and of the splendid contribution Sir James had 

 made to the great cause of technical instruction in 

 Ireland. The Lord Mayor of Belfast (Councillor 

 Crawford McCullagh), who unveiled the portrait, 

 made reference to the many civic activities of the late 

 chairman of the Technical Instruction Committee, 

 adding that the Municipal Technical Institute would 

 in itself be a lasting monument to the fine public 

 spirit and enthusiasm of him who was depicted in the 

 portrait. At the conclusion of the proceedings a 

 booklet, containing a reproduction of the portrait, and 

 also an address given by the principal at the meeting 

 of the staff and students at which the memorial was 

 decided upon, was distributed to the members of the 

 audience. The portrait, which is an admirable, like- 

 ness, was painted by Mr. W. G. Mackenzie. 



