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course have officiated, being the occupant of the oldest scientific 

 chair in the University : 



Adest Jacobus Marcus Baldwin, Academiae de Princeton 

 Graduatus, vir Psychologiae peritissimus. Cujus laudes ut 

 brevissime complectar, primo Psychologiae Professor in Aca- 

 demia de Toronto creatus Psychologiae Experimentalis labora- 

 torium, quod solum adhuc in Academiis Britannicis exstat, 

 instituit, mox ad suam almam matrem reversus in Academia de 

 Princeton Psychologiae Professor factus est. Libri etiam lucu- 

 lentissimi auctor est de ortu et incremento intellegentiae cum in 

 infantibus turn in genere hominum universe, quem summa laude 

 a viris doctis ubique ornatum Academia Havniensis numismate 

 aureo donavit : idem ephemeridis praestantissimae apud 

 Americanos res psychologicas tractantis diu editor, nunc grande 

 Philosophiae et Psychologiae Abecedarium sub prelo nostro 

 cxcudendum curat. Quo in labore doctissimi cujusque in hoc 

 genere scriptoris opera utitur cum in America turn in Europa, 

 quo in numero Praelector noster VVildianus dux est et fere 

 signifer. Valde, nisi fallor, Academiae nostrae auram redolebit 

 hoc volumen tot Oxoniensium sive sub nostro caelo, sive sub 

 externo degentium, opera diligentia doctrina exquisita ornatum. 



(^uod vero primus Scientiae Doctor in Academia nostra 

 creatus tantam in Psychologia laudem adeptus sit, felicissime 

 profecto accidit, cum adhuc frigere apud nos hujus doctrinae 

 studium externis videatur. Utinam hunc talem virum plurimi 

 ejusdem laureae avidi longo ordine secuturi sint. 



Illam vero insignem benevolentiam praetermittere non possum 

 Academiae de Princeton, quae plurimos, qui in hac nostra 

 Academia laude summa floreant ac floruerint, gradibus honoris 

 causi conferendis libentissime auxerit. Cujus liberalitatis non 

 immemor maximo cum gaudio ego hunc virum doctissimum, 

 Academiae suae vivum exemplar, vobis ornandum trado. 



The speech delivered by Prof. Love on the occasion of the 

 presentation of Prof. C. F. Chandler, of Columbia College, for 

 the degree of D.Sc. honoris causa, was as follows : — 



Adest Carolus Fredericus Chandler, chemire professor apud 

 Americanos, cuius fama extra fines patri^ suse iam dudum 

 pervagata est. Hie apud suos litteris humanioribus primo 

 imbutus, dein chemiiie deditus doctrine amplioris appetens ad 

 Germanorum fontes accessit. Ibi doctissimi cuiusque viri, cum 

 in.Berolinensi Academia, tum in Gottingensi discipulus, Philo- 

 sophice Doctor et Magister Artium apud Gottingenses creatus 

 est. Ex hoc curriculo ad solum suum reversus in Academia de 

 Schenectady primo vicarius erat Professoris optimi, Caroli Joy, 

 dein hoc summo viro ad Academiam de Columbia avocato, ipse 

 Professor factus septem annos de omni chemise genere, de agris 

 K-etificandis, de metallorum ratione, de geologia magnum 

 discipulorum gregem praeclare docebat. Ita laudem insignem 

 adeptus ipse Columbiam arcessitus, ubi scholse metallorum novo 

 exemplo instituendse imprimis auctor erat, tres et triginta annos 

 in omni rerum administratione florebat. Per hoc grande 

 mortalis sevi spatium omne genus chemia; felicissime tractavit : 

 idem rude iam donatus a laboribus officiosis nondum recessit sed 

 iuniorum studia adhuc informat. Neque hoc loco silendum 

 arbitror quod huius precibus commoti fratres Havermeyeri, Novi 

 Eboraci cives ornatissimi, aulam pulcherrimam, chemite sedem, 

 ?edificaverunt : Musrei etiam rebus omnibus, quse ad chemiam 

 pertinent, refertissimi ipse auctor est et conditor. Sex et 

 viginti abhinc annos magna chemicorum frequentia ad Doctoris 

 Priestly sepulchrum confluente, ut chemise inventorem rite 

 salutarent et post centesimum iam annum scientise suze natalem 

 diem celebrarent, ipse conventus Prceses erat : Societas autem 

 chemicorum Americanorum, quse ex illo coetu orta est, hunc bis 

 Prsesidem soepe vicePrsesidem et curatorem habuit. Sodalicii 

 etiam chemicorum, qui Novi Eboraci degunt, Prseses est : 

 hortorum etiam publicorum peritissimus Curator. Idem 

 civitatis sure personam gerens maximo medicorum conventui 

 liavnise interfuit, qui ab omni terrarum orbe missi de valetudine 

 civium conservanda qusererent. 



Dies mehercule me deficeret si doctissimi viri tot labores 

 enumerare conarer. Ilium consulunt populares sui de porcorum 

 fibra unaquaque in qui^stum convertenda, de silvis rei navalis 

 causa conservandis, de veneno si quod in vino vel in cervisia 

 delitescat detrahendo, de argentariorum chartulis imperviis aquse 

 et madori reddendis, de oleo e vivis fontibus scaturiente pur- 

 gando, de plateis igneo vapore noctu illuminandis, de mercibus 

 linteis candore eximio nivem superantibus, de omni re quse ad 

 utilitates, oblectamenta, lucrum denique civium pertinet. 



Ut omittam honoresquos Academia Gottingensis iuveni dedit, 



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Doctor Medicinne ab Academia Novi Eboraci, Litterarum etiam 

 Doctor ab Academia sua Columbiensi factus est : neque solum 

 domi clarus est, sed ubicunque terrarum viri docti, chemise 

 dediti, inveniuntur, hunc sodaliciis et societatibus suis libentis- 

 sime adsciverunt. Restat ut Academia nostra hoc summo viro 

 in gremium suum accepto suas laudes augeat. 



At a meeting of the Council of the Birmingham University, 

 held on Tuesday, the following letter, received from Lord 

 Calthorpe by Mr. Chamberlain, was read :— " Dear Mr. 

 Chamberlain, — My son and myself beg to offer to the University 

 of Birmingham about twenty-five acres of land on the Bourne- 

 brook side of the Edgbastonestateasa site for the new scientific 

 department of teaching and research which it is proposed to 

 establish. There will of necessity be certain conditions, but these 

 will occasion no difficulty.— Yours very truly, Calthorpe." — 

 It was proposed by the Vide-Chancellor, seconded by Sir James 

 Smith, and unanimously resolved : — " That this Council desires 

 to express to Lord Calthorpe and to the Hon. Walter Calthorpe 

 its high appreciation of their generosity in offering to present 

 twenty-five acres of land to the University of Birmingham as a 

 site for the new scientific department. In gratefully accepting 

 the offer, the Council recognises, not only the value, ot the gift, 

 but the suitability of the site, which enables it to establish 

 the new department in closer proximity to the centre of 

 the city than would have been possible under any other 

 circumstances." 



The Reports and Prospectuses of Technical Schools, which 

 come under our notice from time to time, show unmistakably 

 that increased provision is being made for practical work in science, 

 and that teachers who have had the advantage of instruction in 

 well-equipped laboratories are in charge of the work. The 

 Municipal Science, Art, and Technical Schools of Plymouth is 

 a case in point. These schools were erected by public subscrip- 

 tion as a memorial of the Queen's Jubilee, and on their completion 

 were handed over by the Jubilee Memorial Committee to the town. 

 In the day school department the work is that of the Advanced 

 Section of a " School of Science," that is to say, of 'a secondary 

 school giving instruction in mathematics, mechanics, physical 

 science, English subjects, French and drawing. There is a 

 laboratory for practice in both chemistry and physics, and for 

 manual instruction in woodwork. Both day and evening classes 

 are held in many science subjects, and , pupils whose elementary 

 education is completed may take a two years' course of training 

 in such subjects as will best fit them to become chemists, archi- 

 tects, civil, mechanical, or electrical engineers, or to engage in 

 industrial work of any kind. The increase of institutions of 

 this kind will be the salvation of our national welfare. 



From the Northampton Institute, one of the youngest of the 

 London Polytechnics, we have received a prospectus of courses 

 in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and horo- 

 logical engineering which have just been introduced. The 

 syllabuses of the courses are admirable, and, with the notes 

 upon the (objects and character of the work, they indicate that Dr. 

 R. M. Walmsley, the principal, believes in the value of scientific 

 instruction. Students who desire to take up these engineering 

 courses must first show that they are capable of benefiting from 

 it by passing an entrance examination. English and elementary 

 mathematics are obligatory subjects, and we are glad to see that 

 it is not proposed to make the latter a test of ability to perform 

 mathematical gymnastics. The following extract from the pro- 

 spectus is worth quoting: — "In 'Elementary Mathematics' 

 the examination will aim at ascertaining the candidate's 

 familiarity with simple arithmetical, algebraical and geometrical 

 methods and their application so the solution of ordinary^ 

 common-sense problems. In arithmetic this will include the 

 use of decimals and abbreviated methods of calculation, with the 

 usual problems of mensuration, including the volumes and 

 surfaces of c>linders, spheres and right cones. In algebra the 

 usual course as far as simple simultaneous equations will be in- 

 cluded, but the more academic parts of the subject will not be 

 required. The geometry will include the subjects treated in 

 the first two books of Euclid, with some exercises in the accurate 

 drawing of geometrical figures." The Institute has numerous 

 laboratories and workshops for practical work in mechanics, 

 engineering, metal and woodwork, electrical engineering, 

 physics, electro-chemistry, metallurgy, and instrument making. 

 The attention given to horological theory and mechanism, and 



