March 4, 1920] 



NATURE 



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University and Educational Intelligence. 



Belfast. — Dr. James Small, lecturer on botany in 

 eidford College, London, and in the London School 

 Pharmacy, has been appointed professor of botany 

 succession to Prof. Yapp, 

 t Cambridge. — It has already been announced that a 

 riend of Girton College has given io,oooZ., to be 

 )lied, both capital and interest, durin^f the next 

 /enty years for the encouragement of research by 

 )meq in mathematical, physical, and natural 

 fences. We now learn that a fellowship of the 

 ilue of 300/. a year is offered by the college for 

 'search in such" sciences as chemistry, electricity, 

 engineering, botany, geology, medicine, agriculture, 

 etc. The election of the fellow will take place in 

 time to permit of the award by the council being 

 made not later than June 30. Women who are 

 graduates or have taken honours in a final degree 

 examination of any university, and members of the 

 Girton College Roll, are eligible for the fellowship. 

 The fellow will be elected for three years in the first 

 instance. Applications for the fellowship must be 

 sent to the secretary of the college on or before 

 March 31. Each candidate should describe a course 

 of research and submit a dissertation or published 

 work, in addition to any other evidence she may 

 desire to furnish of her fitness to undertake the pro- 

 posed course of research. 



London. — The Senate has received two letters from 

 Viscount Haldane of Cloan, chairman of the Sir 

 Ernest Cassel Educational Trust, offering important 

 gifts in connection with the new degrees in com- 

 merce. The trustees offer an endowment of 150,000/. 

 in War Loan, producing 7500Z. a year, for the provi- 

 sion of eight, or possibly more, teaching posts in 

 banking and currency, foreign trade, accountancy and 

 business methods, transport and shipping, industrial 

 organisation, and commercial law, and propose that 

 these should include three Sir Ernest Cassel professor- 

 ships in banking and currency, foreign trade, and 

 accountancy and business methods respectively. They 

 further suggest that the teaching in all the above- 

 named subjects should be given at the London School 

 of Economics, it being understood that accommoda- 

 tion for increased teaching is to be provided in the 

 new buildings now being erected at the school, with 

 the assistance of the sum of 50,000!. recently given 

 by the General Committee for Degrees in Com- 

 merce, on the new site granted by the London County 

 Council. The trustees also offer to allot to the Uni- 

 versity an annual grant up to 3000!. a year, for five 

 years in the first instance, for the provision of addi- 

 tional instruction in the following modern languages 

 required to meet the needs of students in commerce : 

 French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Rus- 

 sian, and Arabic, together with a further surn of 

 roooZ. for the current year to meet the expenditure 

 on additional modern-language instruction incurred 

 during this year. They also place at the disposal of 

 the Universitv a sum of loooZ. a year, in the first 

 instance for five vears, for travelling scholarships for 

 the benefit of students in commerce. The offers have 

 been accepted by the Senate, and the Vice-Chancellor 

 has been asked to convev to Sir Ernest Cassel and to 

 the chairman of the Cassel Trust "the warmest 

 thanks of the Senate for these great gifts for the 

 cause of education, from which they anticipate the 

 most fruitful results." 



Dr. James Mcintosh has been appointed as from 

 March i to the University chair of pathology tenable 

 at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. During 

 the war Dr. Mcintosh carried out investigations at 

 the Royal Herbert Military Hosoital, Woolwich, on 

 cerebro-spinal fever, and at the London Hospital on 

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gas-gangrene. For the last nine months he has been 

 a full-time investigator on the staff of the Medical 

 Research Committee. Dr. Mcintosh is the author 

 of numerous reports and other articles in medical and 

 scientific journals. 



Dr. Sidney Russ has been appointed as from 

 March i to be the first incumbent of the Joel chair of 

 physics tenable at the Middlesex Hospital Medical 

 School. The work of this professorship, recently 

 established by the munificence of Messrs. S. B. and 

 J. B. Joel, will deal especially with physics in relation 

 to medicine. From 1906 to 19 10 Dr. Russ was demon- 

 strator in physics at the University of Manchester, 

 and was appointed physicist to the Middlesex Hospital 

 in 1913. He is the author of a large number of 

 articles and other papers dealing with radio-activity 

 and other aspects of medical physics. 



The following have been appointed fellows of Uni- 

 versity College : — Mr. F. J. F. Barrington, assistant 

 surgeon, Surgical Unit, University College Hospital; 

 Mr.,W. C. Clinton, assistant professor in the depart- 

 ment of electrical eng^ineering and Sub-Dean -of the 

 college faculty of engineering; Miss Ethel M. Elder- 

 ton, Galton research fellow in the department of 

 applied statistics and eugenics; Dr. T. H. C. Steven- 

 son, superintendent of statistics at the Gieneral 

 Register Office, and fellow and joint secretarv of 

 the Royal Statistical Society; and Dr. Ethel N. 

 i Thomas, lecturer in the department of botanv, and 

 keeper of the department of botany in the National 

 Museum of Wales. , , rii ; 



The dej?ree of D.Sc. (Economics) has been conferred 

 on Mr. W. Rees, an internal student, of the London 

 School of Economics, for a thesis entitled "An 

 .Agrarian Survey of South Wales and the -Mi^^ch, 



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On Wednesdav next, March 10, at 5.30 p.jn.. Lord" 

 Moulton will deliver an address at Universitv College 

 on "The Training and Functions of the Chemjcaf 

 Engineer." Prince Arthur of Connaught will preside. 



Oxford.— The King: lias been pleased to approve 

 of the appointment of Sir Archibald E. Garrod. 

 K.C.M.G.. F.R.S., to be Regius professor of medi- 

 cine in the Universitv in succession to the late Sir 

 William Osier, Bart. " 



The fellowship diploma of the Royal College of 

 Science for Ireland has been awarded to Mr. Htigh 

 Ramage and Mr. R. L. Wills. 



Mr. W. D. Eggar will deliver a course of four 

 public illustrated lectures on "Optics" at Gresham 

 College, Basinghall Street, E.C.2, at 6 o'clock, on 

 March 9, 10, 11, and 12, in place of the course 

 announced for delivery by the Gresham professor of 

 geometry, who is suffering from illness. 



The Master and fellows of Corpus Christi College, 

 Cambridge, propose to elect in July next a holder of 

 the Almeric Paget studentship in political science, 

 economics, and kindred subjects. The studentship is 

 of the value of 150J., and tenable for one year. 

 Applications should be addressed to Mr. W. Spens, 

 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, by, at latest, 

 July I. 



The next of the series of lectures for teachers on 

 " Recent Developments in Science," arranged bv the 

 Education Officer of the London Countv Council, will 

 be on "The Dve Industry." by Prof. G. T. Morgan, 

 and will be delivered at Finsburv Technical College. 

 Leonard Street, City Road, E.C.2, on Saturday, 

 March 20, at 11 a.m. The chair will be taken by Dr. 

 M. O. Forster. 



H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught will preside 

 on March 19 at a luncheon to be held at the Savoy 



