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NA TURE 



[November 9, 1905 



cannot afford to keep him at college, pays his way either 

 bv working during the long vacation in all sorts of manual 

 employment or by rendering what we should regard as 

 menial services to his felluw-students during term time, 

 much like the old " servitors " at Oxford and Cambridge. 

 Nor does this create any social barrier. At one university 

 visited by some of my Mosely colleagues they were waited 

 upon during the college dinner by some very intelligent 

 looking young fellows, and found on inquiry that these 

 were students. Somewhat surprised at this, one of the 

 party asked if this would not tell against them socially. 

 " Not in the least," was the answer. " That man over 

 there is president of one of the chief debating societies ; 

 that other is one of our best athletes and much looked 

 up to." It is the same in the women's colleges. At 

 Vassar one girl keeps a bicycle cleaning shop ; they act 

 as room-tidiers, clean shoes, &c. In Canada I was in- 

 formed that at Queen's University, Kingston, no less than 

 70 per cent, of the men students earn their fees and 

 maintenance for the coming session by working through 

 the summer on farms, on the railway, in mines, river 

 steamboats, &c. The fact is, the Transatlantic youth is 

 rather proud of being able to earn his own living ; it makes 

 him feel himself more of a man, and it is not at all 

 uncommon for the son of rich parents to take work in 

 this way for the sense of independence it brings. It is a 

 fine spirit, and makes one blush when one thinks how very 

 different a reception such conduct would probably meet 

 with over here. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Oxford. — The committee for the supervision of instruc- 

 tion in geography has appointed Dr. A. J. Herbertson, 

 director of the school of geography, for the remainder of 

 the term of five years for which the grants to the school 

 of geography have been voted. A syllabus of the examin- 

 ation for the diploma in this subject has been issued, which 

 includes regional geography, climatology and oceanography, 

 geomorphology, historical geography, and surveying. 



The delegates of the common university fund have elected 

 Mr. G. W. Smith, New College, to the biological scholar- 

 ship at Naples for the year 1905-6. 



Mr. M. H. Godby has been elected to a Dixon research 

 scholarship in chemistry at Christ Church. 



Cambridge. — An interesting insight into the way the 

 university is governed is given by the following figures. 

 A careful analysis <>i 1 lie poll-book of the recent vote on 

 " compulsory " Greek gives the following results : — (1) Of 

 tin residents, 288 voted in favour of the recommendation 

 that Greek should no longer be compulsory in the previous 

 examination; 240 voted against the recommendation — 

 majority of residents in favour of the recommendation, 48. 

 (2) Of the total number of members of the senate who 

 voted, residents and non-residents included, 1591 were lay- 

 men, 102 1 were clergymen. Of the laymen, 923 voted in 

 favour of the recommendation; 668 voted against it — 

 majority of laymen in favour of the recommendation, 255. 

 Of the clergymen, 132 voted in favour of the recommend- 

 ation ; 889 voted against it — majority of clergymen against 

 the recommendation, 757. 



The report on the proposed diploma of forestry was dis- 

 cussed on Thursday, November 2. Among the speakers 

 were the professor of geology, the professor of botany, the 

 secretary of the financial board, and the master of Gonville 

 and Caius College. The proposal was warmly welcomed. 



The State medicine syndicate reports that last year 

 seventy-one candidates presented themselves for the diploma 

 in public health, and that twenty-four candidates entered 

 for the diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene, sixteen 

 of whom were successful. 



The following have been nominated examiners for the 

 natural science tripos in 1006: — in physics, Mr. R. T. 

 Glazebrook and Mr. ('. T. K. Wilson; in chemistry, Mr. 

 H. O. Jones, and Mr. II. B. Baker, Oxford; in mineralogy, 

 Prof. Lewis, and Mr. II. I.. Bowman. Oxford; in geology 

 Mr. P. Lake and Dr. F. A. Bather; in botany, Mr. A. C. 



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Seward, and Mr. A. G. Tanslev, of University College, 

 London; in zoology, Mr. A. Sedgwick, and Prof. MacBride, 

 of Montreal ; in physiology, Mr. W. M. Fletcher, and Prof. 

 T. t.. Brodie, of the Brown Institute; in human anatomy, 

 Dr. Barclay Smith, and Dr. A. Robinson, of Birmingham 

 University. 



The Vice-Chancellor announces that Sir Archibald Geikie 

 will, on behalf of the board of geographical studies, deliver 

 a public lecture in the Sedgwick Museum on November 21, 

 at 5 p.m., on " The Evolution of a Landscape." On the 

 evening of the same day, and at the same place. Dr. C. 

 Hose, of Sarawak, will lecture on Borneo. 



111.- next combined examination for sixty-two entrance 

 scholarships and various exhibitions at Pembroke, Gonville 

 and Caius, King's, Jesus, Christ's, St. John's, and 

 Emmanuel colleges will be held on Tuesday, December 5, 

 and following days, commencing at 9 a.m. on 

 December 5. Mathematics, classics, and natural sciences 

 will be the subjects of examination at all the above-men- 

 tioned colleges. Scholarships and exhibitions will also be 

 offered for history, for modern languages, and for Hebrew 

 at some of the colleges. A candidate for a scholarship or 

 exhibition at any of the seven colleges must not be more 

 than nineteen years of age on October 1, 1905. Forms of 

 application for admission to the examination at the re- 

 spective colleges may be obtained as follows : — Pembroke 

 College, Mr. W. S. Hadley ; Gonville and Caius College, 

 the Master; King's College, Mr. W. H. Macaulay ; Jesus 

 College, Mr. A. Gray; Christ's College, Rev. J. W. 

 Cartmeil ; St. John's College, Dr. Donald MacAlister, Dr. 

 J. R. Tanner, Mr. E. E. Sikes ; Emmanuel College, the 

 Master ; from any of whom further information respecting 

 the scholarships and other matters connected with the 

 several colleges may be obtained. The forms of appli- 

 cation must be sent in on or before Tuesday, November 28. 



Mr. F. S. Pinkerton has been appointed professor of 

 applied mathematics at the University College oi South 

 Wales, Cardiff. 



Bv the will of Mr. J. E. Williams, of Chester, who died 

 on July 15, a legacy of 10,000!. is bequeathed to the 

 University of Wales, the income to be used in founding 

 new scholarships and prizes in his name, to be held upon 

 certain terms and conditions. In the event of the University 

 of Wales not accepting the legacy within six months, the 

 same is to be paid to the trustees of the University College 

 of North Wales at Bangor upon the same conditions. He 

 also bequeathed 10,000/. to the University College of North 

 Wales at Bangor upon the same conditions, and 2000/. for 

 tile building fund of this college. 



At the last meeting of the council of the University of 

 Birmingham, the Vice-Chancellor (Alderman C. '■. Beale) 

 in the chair, the Chancellor (Mr. Chamberlain) announced 

 that a friend of the university, who desired to remain 

 anonymous, had promised a donation of 50,000/., the 

 amount to be applied towards the completion of the new 

 buildings at Bournbrook. The council desired tin Chan- 

 cellor to convey its best thanks to the generous donor for 

 his munificent gift. This is the fourth amount of 50,000/. 

 already contributed to the university endowment fund, the 

 other sums having been received from Mr. Andrew 

 Carnegie, Sir James Timmins Chance, and an anonymous 

 donor. The total fund is about 450,000/., to which must 



be added annual contributions from the City Council (1 / 



per annum), and 500/. each from the couim councils ol 

 Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The council has already 

 approved of expenditure upon the site and buildings 

 amounting to about 280,000/., in addition to upwards ol 

 80,000/. on equipment. It is hoped that a formal opening 

 of the new buildings may be possible in about eighteen 

 months' time. 



Tin Board of Education has issued the following list 

 of candidates successful in this year's competition for the 

 Whitworth scholarships and exhibitions: — (1) Scholarships, 

 125/. a year each (tenable for three years) : H. Topham, 

 Grantham; C. W. Price, Devonport ; W. F. Paffett, Ports- 

 mouth; R. W. Bailev, Goodmaves (Essex). (2) Exhibi- 

 tions, 50/. (tenable for one year): W. While. Southsea : 



