of our Water Powers and their Effect on the Progress 
of Canada." Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, representing 
Section IV., spoke on the destruction of trees by 
insects in Canada and modern methods of fighting 
them. 
The following officers were elected :—President, Sir 
Adolphe B. Routhier; vice-president, E. F. Burton; 
hon. secretary, Duncan C. Scott; hon. treasurer, C. 
Gordon Hewitt; hon. librarian, D. B. Dowling. Three 
new fellows were elected on the scientific sections :— 
Section IIJ., F. B. Allan and F. M. G. Johnson; 
Section IV., Sir Thomas G. Roddick. 
UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE. 
CAMBRIDGE.—It has been decided by the Council of 
the Senate to allow terms and leave to postpone 
examinations to all undergraduates who are prevented 
from residing by the requ'rements of military service 
at the present time. There is no reason for supposing 
that the University will not reassemble as usual for 
the Michaelmas term. 
Lonpon.—The Vice-Chancellor has written to the 
Times to say that the Senate is anxious to do all in 
its power to render it easy for members of the Univer- 
sity, and especially for cadets of the Officers’ Training 
Corps, to offer their services to the Government. To 
this end, in the first place, all fees paid in for ex- 
aminations which a student 1s for the above reason 
unable to take will be remitted. In the second place 
the Senate will take each and every step possible to 
prevent students who are serving their country from 
being in any way prejudiced in their university career, 
and will willingly make any special arrangements 
that may be possible for the same purpose. 
Emergency first-aid and nursing classes have been 
arranged to be held daily, under the direction of Sir 
John Collie, who will lecture on first aid. Dr. Chris- 
tine Murrell will lecture on nursing. The courses 
began on Monday last. Particulars are obtainable 
from Miss Claire Gaudet, care of the University Ex- 
tension Registrar, University of London, South 
Kensington. 
Oxrorb.—The Vice-Chancellor has sent a letter to 
the daily Press with reference to the measures likely 
to be taken by the University in order to relieve under- 
graduates from any disabilities which might arise under 
statutes relating to them, in consequence of their 
absence on military service. He says :—‘‘(1) At the 
time of the war in South Africa a general decree was 
passed allowing men who owing to their absence 
would have passed the time-limit for entering the 
honour schools to have an extension of time. I pro- 
pose to introduce a similar decree when the term 
begins. (2) Other undergraduates were allowed to 
count the terms which had elapsed during their 
absence as if they had been in residence. These cases 
were provided for by a separate decree for each in- 
dividual. J should propose that this procedure should 
be repeated. (3) The case of candidates for scholar- 
ships who may, owing to their absence, be unable 
before the age of nineteen io come up for examination 
is much more difficult, and can only be dealt with by 
cooperation amongst the colleges.” The Vice-Chan- 
cellor further states that he sees no reason why term 
should not proceed as usual. 
Ir is stated in the Lancet that several citizens of 
Toronto have agreed to contribute sums amounting to 
15,000 dollars for five years in order that research work 
may be engaged in at the University of Toronto. 
It also states that Dr. D. A. Campbell, of Halifax, 
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[AuGUST 20, 1914 
! Nova Scotia, has promised 60,000 dollars to endow a 
chair of anatomy at Dalhousie University, Halifax, in 
memory of his son, the late Dr. George Campbell. 
THE prospectus for the session 1914-15 of courses 
and regulations for degrees in arts and science in the 
University of Leeds has been received. We notice 
that, in common with other of the more modern Eng- 
lish universities, the degree of bachelor of science may 
be taken in applied as well as in pure science. In his 
final course the candidate for a degree may select from 
the following branches of applied science : mechanical, 
civil, electrical, mining, or gas engineering; agricul- 
ture; and applied chemistry. Applied chemistry in- 
cludes two branches, namely, colour chemistry and 
dyeing, and the chemistry of leather manufacture. 
The university also awards diplomas in applied science 
and technology, and offers facilities to persons desir- 
ing to pursue original research in the University 
laboratories. 
Tue Staffordshire County Council Education Com- 
mittee has issued its directory for higher education, 
IQI4-15, containing the regulations of the committee 
and details of schemes in operation throughout the 
county. The arrangements outlined are very com- 
plete, covering many branches of pure science and 
technology, and it is possible to refer to one or two 
departments only. Instruction in mining is provided 
by means of lecturers, whose whole time is devoted to 
the work, and their assistants. For this purpose the 
county is divided into two portions, comprising the 
North Staffordshire Coalfields and the South Statford- 
shire Coalfields respectively. Theoretical and prac- 
tical classes in metallurgy and iron and steel manu- 
facture are conducted in accordance with the regula- 
tions of the Board of Education and the City and 
Guilds of London Institute. The principal centre in 
South Staffordshire is Wednesbury, where it is hoped 
the new County Metallurgical and Engineering 
Institute will be opened this autumn. Lectures and 
| laboratory classes in subjects related to engineering 
will be conducted at the new institute. The course 
will include instruction in mathematics, physics, 
applied mechanics, theory of heat engines, and so on, 
with the necessary workshop practice. Among other 
subjects in which instruction is to be provided in 
various parts of the county may be mentioned : pottery 
and porcelain manufacture, silk manufacture, agri- 
culture, horticulture and hygiene, home-nursing, and 
first aid. The system of scholarships of which par- 
ticulars are given seems well designed to ensure that 
every student should have the opportunity of carrying 
his education as far as his powers make possible. 
SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 
LONDON. 
Geological Society, June 24.—Dr. A. Smith Wood- 
ward, president, in the chair.—V. C. Illing: The 
paradoxidian fauna of a part of the Stockingford 
Shales. This communication deals mainly with a 
small subdivision of the Stockingford Shales occurring 
at the base of the Oldbury division. The beds have 
been termed the Abbey Shales, and are about roo ft. 
thick, consisting mainly of blue laminated shales, 
although glauconitic sandy horizons occur at frequent 
intervals. This small subdivision passes down into 
the Purley Shales, while it is separated from the 
| overlying shales (which are probably of Lower 
Maentwrog age) by a calcareous conglomerate lying 
upon an eroded surface of the underlying blue shales, 
although the irregularity of the eroded surface does 
not appear to be great in the somewhat poor exposures. 
The beds have been examined in a series of trenches 
