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NATURE 



[February 5, 1920 



case it should be held by a dul}- qualified person of 

 skill and experience in astronomy not necessarily a 

 member of the University. The income of the fund 

 is about 300Z. 



A further offer is made by the family of the late 

 Dr. E. G. Fearnsides to endow an E. G. Fearnsides 

 scholarship to further clinical research amonj; the 

 orj,'anic diseases of the nervous system. The scholar- 

 ship would be held by Cambridge men for two years 

 between the ends of their fourth and eleventh years. 

 The award is biennial, and the income 50Z. a year. 



Mr. H. M. Fox, Mr. F. Debenham, and Mr. 

 C. N. H. Lock have been elected fellows of Gonville 

 and Caius College for research work in zoology, 

 geology, and mathematics respectively. 



London. — Dr. Samuel Smiles has been appointed 

 to the Daniell chair of chemistry tenable at King's 

 College in succession to Prof. A. W. Crossley. Last 

 year Dr. Smiles was appointed professor of organic 

 chemistry at Armstrong College, Newcastle, and since 

 1913 he has been senior honorary secretary to the 

 Chemical Society. 



Dr. H. E. Roaf has been appointed to the Uni- 

 versity chair of physiology tenable at the London 

 Hospital Medical College. From 1902 to 1905 Dr. 

 Roaf held the Johnston Colonial fellowship in the 

 University of Liverpool, where he has also been 

 assistant lecturer on, and senior demonstrator of, 

 physiology and histology and lecturer on chemical 

 physiology. Since 191 1 he has been lecturer on 

 physiology at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School. 

 For three years during the war he was in charge of 

 the pathological laboratories at Cairo. 



Prof. T. Swale Vincent has been appointed to the 

 University chair of physiology tenable at the Middle- 

 sex Hospital Medical School. Prof. Vincent was 

 formerly demonstrator of physiology in the University 

 of Birmingham and Sharpey scholar and assistant 

 professor of physiology at University College, London. 

 Since 1904 he has been professor of physiology and 

 biochemistry in the University of Manitoba. 



The cordial thanks of the Senate have been voted 

 to the general committee formed to promote the 

 institution of degrees in commerce and the organisa- 

 tion of commercial education in the Citv of London 

 and throughout the Empire for a gift of 50,000!. to 

 be devoted to the extension of the buildings of the 

 London School of Economics upon land provided for 

 this purpose at a nominal rent by the London County 

 Council. 



A resolution was adopted by the Senate on 

 January 28 expressing appreciation of the generosity 

 of Messrs. S. B. and J. B. Joel in presenting 20,000/. 

 for the endowment of a University chair of physics 

 tenable at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. 

 Steps are being taken immediately for the appoint- 

 ment of the first incumbent of 'this professorship, 

 which will bear the name of the donors. 



The Franks studentship in archaeology is open to a 

 student qualified to undertake research' or to prepare 

 for the same. It is for the period of a year, and of 

 the value of 50/. Full particulars are obtainable from 

 the Academic Registrar of the University of London, 

 South Kensington, and applications for' the student- 

 ship must be received by, at latest, the first post of 

 March 2. 



The following doctorates have been conferred : 



D.Li7. .- Mr. R. E. M. Wheeler, an internal student, 

 of University College, for a thesis entitled "Com- 

 parative Notes on Rhenish Pottery of the Roman 

 Period." D.Sc. (Engineering): Mr. Marcel Tol- 

 kow.sky, an internal student, of the Imperial College, 

 NO. 2623, VOL. 104] 



City and Guilds College, for a thesis entitled " Dia- 

 mond Grinding, Abrading, and Polishing." 



Manchester. — Mr. Frank Watts has been appointed 

 lecturer in psychology in the University. Mr. Watts 

 is the author of the recently published book, "Echo 

 Personalities," a study of the contributions of abnormal 

 psychology towards the solution of some problems of 

 normal education. 



Oxford. — On February 3 Convocation resolved 

 that Mr. E. S. Goodrich should be constituted pro- 

 fessor of comparative embryology for so long as he 

 holds the appointment of Aldricliian demonstrator in 

 comparative anatomy. The resolution was proposed 

 by the Rev. G. B. Cronshaw, Queen's College, and 

 supported by Prof. Gilbert C. Bourne, Linacre pro- 

 fessor of zoology and comparative anatomy. 



The amended statute making the stud\- of the 

 Greek language optional for all students will come 

 before Congregation on February 10. .\t a later date 

 not yet fixed it will be submitted to Convocation, 

 Opposition may be expected, as in many quarters it 

 is not considered desirable that candidates for honours 

 in such schools as that of " Literae Humaniores " 

 should be exempted from the study of Greek. H 

 Prof. Gilbert Murray's amendment, exempting all 

 science men, mathematicians, and passmen, had been 

 carried, it is probable that no ooposition would have 

 been offered to the statute on the part of the advo- 

 cates of Greek. 



CoMMDR. C. H-AWKES has been appointed to succeed 

 Prof. R. L. W'eighton in the chair of engineering at 

 .Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



Dr. T. F. Sibly, at present professor of geology at 

 .\rmstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has been 

 appointetl jirincipal of the University College of 

 Swansea. 



Sir Archibald Garrod will deliver the Schorstein 

 memorial lecture at the London Hospital Medical 

 College on Friday, February 20, at 4 o'clock. The 

 subject will be " Diagnosis of Disease of the Pan- 

 creas." 



The Women's Medical Association of New York 

 City is offering the Mary Putnam Jacobi fellowship 

 of about 200/. for post-graduate study in any country 

 to any woman physician for work in any branch of 

 medical science. Particulars are obtainable from Dr. 

 Murrell, 86 Porchester Terrace, W.2. 



The lectures for teachers on- recent developments 

 in science arranged by the London County Council 

 include a lecture on ".Aviation" to be given bv Mr. 

 F. Handley Page at King's College, Strand, W.C.2, 

 on Saturday, February 28, at 11 a.m. The chair will 

 be taken by Sir Arthur Duckham, K.C.B. 



.V REUNION dinner of Old Centralians — tl^e first to 

 be held for six years — will take place on Saturday, 

 February 21, at the Waldorf Hotel, Aldwych, W.C.'2, 

 tickets for which may be obtained from Mr. G. W. 

 Tripp, Lyndhurst, Hayes Road, Bromley, Kent. We 

 understand that Prof. .Armstrong, Sir .Alfred Keogh, 

 and Prof. Unwin have accepted invitations to be 

 present. 



-A CORRESPONDENT informs us that the New South 

 Wales Parliament, in the session that closed in 

 December last, pas.sed an Act granting the University 

 of Sydney a sum of 300,000!. for building purposes, 

 the grant to consist of six annual instalments of 

 50,000/. The grant is in addition to the statutory 

 endowment, and is called for by the rapid growth of 

 all the departments of the University. It will allow 

 the l^niversity to devote the whole of the McCaughey 

 bequest to the extension of the present resources in 



