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NATURE 



[July 15, 1920 



degree of interest to pomologists which justifies 

 reproduction in a journal more likely to come under 

 their notice than those in which they originally ap- 

 peared. It is improbable, moreover, that with research 

 bearing on fruit culture in active progress at such 

 centres as Woburn, Long Ashton, and East Mailing, 

 as well as at Cambridge and the John Innes Institu- 

 tion at Merton, there will be any dearth of material 

 on the scientific side for future numbers. 



In addition to the articles mentioned, others of 

 particular interest which have already appeared in 

 the journal are those on " Black Currant Varieties," 

 by R. G. Hatton; "Seedling Apples," by the editor 

 and Edward Laxton ; " Insect Visitors to Fruit 

 Blossom," bv C. H. Hooper; and "The Recognition 

 of Fruits," by H. E. Durham. 



Provided that the policy already adopted of the 

 inclusion of reviews and short summaries of recent 

 pomological research as well as of original papers 

 is maintained, those whose interests are mainly 

 centred on fruit culture should find this journal of 

 much service in keeping them in touch with the 

 advance of knowledg;-e in the subject — a matter which 

 has not been easy hitherto owing to the diversity of 

 the publications in which such work has appeared. 



University and Educational Intelligence. 



Birmingham. — At a Degree Congregation held on 

 July 10 the Vice-Chancellor (Sir Gilbert Barling, 

 Bart.) conferred the following degrees : — Doctor of 

 Science : Frederick Challenger, Arthur Hubert Cox, 

 Harold Ashley Daynes, and John Leslie Haughton. 

 Doctor of Medicine : Gladys Mary Cooksey. Philo- 

 sophiae Doctor (a degree new to this University) : 

 William Hulse, Frederick Joseph Meggitt, and 

 Leonard Johnston Wills. M.Sc (Official) : William 

 Cramp, Arthur Robert Ling, Gilbert Thomas Morgan, 

 Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, and Richard Henry 

 Yapp. M.Sc. (Ordinary): F. H. Clews, H. J. 

 Collins, H. G. Evans, A. E. Goddard, F. B. Jenkins, 

 L. J. Lambourn, E. W. Mason, K. N. Moss, A. H. 

 Naylor, N. A. Nicholls, D. S. Newey, A. J. Nichol- 

 son, G. N. Scott, H. J. Thompson, E. Tyler, and 

 W. R. A. Weatherhead. Master of Surgery : B. T. 

 Rose. 



In addition to these, 107 candidates were admitted 

 to the degree of B.Sc. and 16 to the degree of M.B. 



The honorary degree of Master of Music was con- 

 ferred on Sir Thomas Beecham and Francis Donald 

 Tovey. 



Bristol.- — The resignation of Prof. F. Francis as 

 dean of the faculty of science is announced. Prof. 

 A. M. Tyndall is to succeed him in the office, with 

 Mr. P. Eraser as deputy dean. 



Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, on relinquishing his chair, 

 has been appointed emeritus professor of psychology 

 and ethics. 



Dr. C. D. Broad has been appointed to the chair 

 of philosophy. 



Cambridge.- — Dr. T. M. Lowry, C.B.E., has been 

 elected professor of physical chemistry in the Uni- 

 versity. This is a first appointment to. a newly 

 created chair. 



Liverpool.— Dr. W. Mason has been appointed 

 professor of engineering (strength of materials), Mr. 

 C. O. Bannister professor of metallurgy, and Mr. 

 W. H. Gilmour professor of dental surgery. 



London. — ^The King has been pleased to approve 

 the appointment of Mr. Ernest Barker, fellow and 



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tutor of New College, Oxford, to the office of Prin- 

 cipal of King's College in succession to the late Dr. 

 R. M. Burrows. 



Applications are invited for the William Julius 

 Mickle fellowship, which is awarded annually to 

 the man or woman who, being resident in London 

 and a graduate of the University, has, in the opinion 

 of the Senate, done most to advance medical art or 

 science within the preceding five years and shown 

 conspicuous merit. The fellowship is of the value of 

 at least 200Z. Applications must reach the Principal 

 Officer of the University by, at latest, the first post 

 on October i next. 



Manchester. — The King, on the recommendation 

 of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lan- 

 caster, has contributed 100 guineas to the appeal fund. 



The Manchester correspondent of the 'Times an- 

 nounces that Mr. Maxwell Garnett, Principal of the 

 College of Technology, has resigned, and* is asking 

 to be relieved of his duties at the end of the summer 

 vacation. He adds: — "There has for some time 

 past been acute controversy between the Principal 

 and the Education Committee regarding the former's 

 policy of raising the educational status of the college, 

 which constitutes the Department of Technology in 

 Manchester University. The Education Comm'ittee 

 recently decided to limit the number of degree students 

 and to admit a certain number of senior technical- 

 school boys as whole-time students. In communi- 

 cating this decisipn to candidates for admission to the 

 degree courses, Mr. Garnett suggested the possibility 

 of its reversal by the City Council. The Education 

 Committee published its censure of this letter, and 

 both the policy of the committee, which was repre- 

 sented in the debate as an emergency policy for a 

 single vear, and the censure were endorsed by the Citv 

 Council last week. " Under Mr. Garnett's guidance the 

 educational work of the college has developed greatly, 

 the number of matriculated students being now more 

 than six times greater than it was when he became 

 Principal eight years ago. The demand for graduates 

 from the college is far greater than the supply, and 

 there has been a ready response to the appeal for 

 funds for the purpose of extending its highest work. 



Mr. W. M. Gumming, hitherto of the British Dye- 

 stuffs Corporation, Ltd., has been appointed senior 

 lecturer in organic chemistry at the Royal Technical 

 College, Glasgow. 



Two Frecheville research fellowships, each of the 

 yearly value of 30oi., tenable for one year, and pos- 

 sibly for a second year, are being offered by the 

 Imperial College of Science and Technology, South 

 Kensington. The fellowships are intended to aid in 

 carrying out any investigation or research connected 

 with mining, mining geology, metallurgy, or the 

 technology of oil considered by the selection com- 

 mittee to be of sufficient use or promise. Applications, 

 in writing, giving- particulars of the proposed inves- 

 tigations of candidates, should be made to the Secre- 

 tary of the College by, at latest, August 31 next. 



The following bequests, among others, were made 

 by the late Mr. T. W. Backhouse, whose death was 

 reported in Nature of May 13 (p. 335) : — 50L to the 

 British Association ; 700Z. to his trustees upon trust, 

 to apply the same as they in their absolute discretion 

 may consider expedient towards the carrying on of 

 the' scientific calculations based upon observations and 

 notes made by him in astronomy, meteorology, or 

 other branches of science, and towards the pu'blica- 



