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them n> gel in a full session's work between Januan 

 and August, 1919. Arrangements of a like kind arc in 

 plation in other facultii s. 



Oxford. On Decembei 3 thi boaoran deg 1 



was conferred on Mr. William Crooke. In pre- 

 senting Mr. Crooke, the Public Orator referred to his 

 admirable work as .1 member ol the Indian Civil 

 Service, and especially to hi* continuation ol the re- 

 search on the anthropology i>f the nativ 

 India -u ablj begun bj the late Sir Herbert Risley, 

 whose chief work Mr. Crooke had lately edited. The 

 ient of die degree, it was added, was recognised 

 as a leading authority on the important subji 



is in India g( i par- 



ticularly in the N.U. Provinces and Oudh. 



Magdalen 1 ollegi has long been honourably noted 

 For th 1 has givi n in natural .1 ii nee 



University. Iu> 1 tions bj the presi- 



llov s of 1 1 1. 1 1 soi ii tj have woi thilj 1 



\h . E. S. < 1 aig, ol 1 ni\ ' : '■ 

 , Assistant Registrar ol the University, ha 

 man} 1 well known as a succ — lul teachei 



of mathi matics and ph 1 tall . in the elec- 



trical department, 



demonstrator under Prof. Townsend. Ili- election to 

 a fellowship at Magdalen U .mid in tin 



University as a well-mei aition "I excellent 



tic work, as well as of capable and courteous 

 administration. Mr. E. G. T. Liddell, of Trinitj Col- 

 legi . ha- hen elected to a senior demyship in the sam< 

 \li . Liddell who was recenth placed in the 

 First Class in tin- final honour school (physiology), 

 ha- bi ork at the Lister 



Institute of IV ventive Medicine. 



ng of the Vssociation ol Pi 

 blasters will b 1 >ndon 



! raining Colli 1 Row , on I >ecem- 



I nui , 1919, under the presi- 



il<ne ild Ross. Th' subji 11 ol the presi- 



dent's address will be "Observations on the Results 

 ur System of Education." A lecture <<^ poison- 

 gas warfare will be given by Lt.-Col. Smithells. There 

 will bi disi the importance of restricting 



disation in universit) scholarship examinations 



and giving weight to general education, opened In 



Mr. F. S. Young; science in the general education 

 of boys, opened by Mr. W. D. Eggar and Mr. 

 ('. V. G. Civil; and courses in general science for 

 classical Sixth Forms, opened b> the Rev. S. \ 

 M< Dowall. 



I... annual meeting of the Geographical Associa- 



ill be held on Friday, January .;, and Saturday, 



Janu.ir 1. In tin afternoon of the former daj Mr. 



A. R. Hinks will give an address on war-maps ai 



graphical Society's house, Kensington 



S.W.7. A coll'. iptured maps and 



maps made b\ tin R.G.S, will be on view; and 

 there .'ill alsa be an exhibition of war maps, kindly 

 lent b\ the authorities, at the London l)a\ Training 

 College, where the remaining meetings will be held. 

 \n address will be given b) the president, Prof. 

 Grenville A. J. Cole, on the narrow seas and the 

 Arctic rout'- to Muscovy; and other subjects to be 

 brought forward are: — The historical geography of 

 West Africa, by Mr. \V. II. Barker, and when and 

 how often should we teach the geograpltj of the 

 - 1 Ul. - to our pupils, a discussion led h\ Miss 

 I). D Adam and Mr. C. B. Fawcett. 



Details of the bequests under the will of Mrs. 

 Russell Sage, whose death was announced on Novem- 

 li. 1 4. an- contained in the issue of Science for 



NO. 2564, VOL. I02] 



November 22. Mrs. Sagi was the widow of Mr. 

 Russell Sage, who died in 1906, bequeathing a for- 

 tune of about fifteen millions sterling almost entirely 



to her. I [ei w ill di-i.. ises ... an 1 state estimated at 



1. .,'100,000/.. of which more than .\ 1,000/. is to be 



distributed anion- charitable, educational, and re- 

 ligious institutions. Ii is said that sino the death of 

 her husband Mrs. Sage had given between seven and 

 eight millions sterling to various institutions and chari- 

 ties, using part of the principal, as well as tin income, 

 . Sage estate in these benefactions. Certain sums 

 given b\ Mrs. Sage in her lifetime to institutions are 

 I.. !.. deducted from the bequests under the will. 



Among the benefactions under the will ni.n he men- 

 tioned: Russell .Sag. Foundation, 1,120,000/. ; Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art and the American Museum of 

 Natural History, 160,000/. each; the New York 

 iieal Garden, New York Zoological Society, Tro\ 

 Polytechnic institute, and I nion College, Shenectady, 

 160,000/. each; Syracuse University, 320,000!.; and 

 160,000!. each to thirteen other colleges ami universities 

 in the L'nited Stat- s. Smallei bequests are madi 

 siv other educational institutions. 



At tin- annual prize distribution on December 7 of 

 tin- Northampton Polytechnic Institute, St. John Street, 

 London, E.C.I, the principal, Dr. K. Mullineux 

 Walmsley, read a full report of the many activities of 

 the institution during the session [917-18. In the 

 Engineering Day College the manufacture of high- 

 class munitions upon a commercial scale, commenced 

 on |uly 1, 1915, was continued uninterruptedly 

 during the whole session. During its existence this 

 workshop has produced 14,720 high precision gauges, 

 1,1.1 of them accurate to two ten-thousandths of 

 an inch, and 43,511 gun parts for Woolwich Arsenal 



ud which is believed to be in excess of the record 

 similar educational workshop in tin' metropolis. 

 In the Technical Optics Department the work of 

 training women students in full-time classes in lens 

 and prism grinding was vigorously prosecuted ihrough- 

 out the whole vear. This work was pressed forward, 

 with tin- result thai an almost continuous stream of 

 women workers in the industry was available for the 

 development and extension of existing optical work- 

 shops, not onlv in England, but also in Scotland and 

 Ireland. The training of disabled sailors and soldiers 

 I,, lake their place in the life of the countn was con- 

 tinued. During the session nine complete courses lot 

 training suitable nun as electrical sub-station atten- 

 dants were held, and the whole of the men trained 

 were placed out. This brought the total number of 

 such courses held since they were started in June, 

 Kill), to twentv. The number of individual students 

 who' joined the Colours during the wai was 2052, 

 including twenty-five members of the stall ; ol these 

 237 obtained commissions, 90 gave their lives in the 

 service of their country, and mo names occur on the 

 Roll of Distinction. 



Ax announcement has been published h\ tin Depart- 

 ment of Demobilisation and Resettlement of the 

 Ministry of Labour in connection with the higher 

 education and training for men who have served in 

 the Forces. In order to restore the supph of men 

 of higher scientific, professional, and business attain- 

 ments whom the nation needs for every profession 

 and industry, the Government has decided in scal- 

 able cases to provide financial assistance for ex- 

 Servke men who desire to resume suitable education 

 ami training, with a view to tlnii resettlemenl in civil 

 life, but who cannot otherwise afford to meel the 

 expenses involved. The scheme sanctioned applies 

 equalh to officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned 

 officer's, and men in tin- ranks, provided ibex are of 



