NATURE 



[March 6, 19 13 



IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 

 AND TECHNOLOGY, 



SOUTH KENSINGTON. 



Conducted by — 

 Professor E. \V. MacBride, D.Sc, 

 LL.D , F.R.S. 



Special Courses of Advanced Lectures with practical work will b 

 delivered in the Department of Zoology commencing in April next, a 

 follows : — 



feci— 

 Experimental Embryology... 

 Entomology — 



1. Advanced Entomology ... I Pro f e5sor H. MaxwELL-Lefroy, 



2 . Economic ,. ... ) M.A.. F.L.S. 

 Ihe Protozoa and the other more 



important groups of the Protista Mr. Clifford Dobell, MA. 

 Lectures Free. Fee for practical work for each Course, £2. 

 For further information and for admission to the above Courses, apply 

 to the Secretary of the College. 



UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. 



FACULTY OF MEDICINE. 



(Including the Dental, Pharmaceutical and 



Public Health Departments.) 



The SUMMER SESSION will commence on Tuesday, April 15, when 

 the registration of Students will begin at 0.30 a m. Lectures and Practical 

 Work will begin on Wednesday, ihe r6th. The Courses of Instruction, 

 which are open to Men and Women Students, also meet the requirements 

 of other Universities and Examining Bodies. 



Clinical Instruction. — In association with the University there are 

 Hospilals containing over icoo beds. 'Ihe Royal Infirmary, which is in 

 close vicinity to ihe University, contains 492 beds, and offers unrivalled 

 opportunities for Clinical Study. The Dental Hospital is also adjacent 10 

 the University, and provides every modern requirement for the teaching of 

 Denlistry. 



There are Halls of Residence both for Men and Women Student*. 



Prospectuses, giving full information as to Courses of Study, Examin- 

 ations, Xc, will be forwarded on application to the Registrar. 



BEDFORD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN 



(UNIVERSITY OF LONDON), 

 YORK PLACE, BAKER STREET, LONDON, W. 

 REID TRUSTEES' SCHOLARSHIP. 

 One SCHOLARSHIP, value £60 a year for three years, is offered by 

 the Truslees on the result of ihe College Entrance Scholarship Examination 

 to be held in June next. The scholar will be required to come into residence 

 at the College in the October following the award Funher particulars on 

 application to the Hon. Secretary to ihe Keid Trust, Bedford College. 

 COLLEGE ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS. 

 Three ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS, one in Arts and two in 

 Science, will be offered for competition in June next, viz. : — 

 REID IN ARTS, value £50 a year for three years. 

 PFEIFFER IN SCIENCE, value £50 a year for three years. 

 HENRY TATE IN SCIENCE, value £50 a year for three years. 

 Full particulars on application to the Principal. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



Notice is hereby eiven that the Senate is about to proceed to elect 

 TWO EXAMINERS in EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY for the 

 year 1913-14, for Examinations above the Matriculation in the Faculties of 

 Arts and Science. Full particulars of the remuneration can be obiained on 

 application to the Principal. Candidates must send in their names to the 

 Piincipal, with any attestation of their qualifications they may think 

 desirable, on or before Tuesday, April 1. (It is particulaily desired by the 

 Senate that no application of any kind be made to its individual members). 

 If testimonials are submitted, three copies at least of each should be sent; 

 original testimonials should not be forwarded in any case. 



University of London, By Order of the Senate, 



South Kensington, S.W., HENRY A. MIERS, 



March, 1913. Principal. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



ROGERS PRIZE, 1914. 

 Under the will of the late Dr. Nathaniel Rogers, the Senate offer 

 from time to time a Prize of ^roo, open for COMPETITION to all 

 MEMBERS of the MEDICAL PROFESSION in the United Kingdom 

 for the best essay or dissertati n on softie medical or surgical subject to be 

 chosen by the University. 'J he PRIZE will be next OFFERED for 

 award in 1914, and the subject named is 



"THE NATURE OF PYREXIA AND ITS RELATION TO 



MICRO-ORGANISMS." 



Copies of the Regulations including information regarding the date on 



which essays must be received, and any further information that may be 



required, may be obtained on application to the Academic Registrar, 



University of London, South Kensington, S. W. 



HENRY A. MIERS, Principal. 

 University of London, South Kensington, S.W. 



INDIAN PUBLIC WORKS AND STATE 

 RAILWAY DEPARTMENTS. 



The Secretary of State for India in Council will, in the summer of ror;. 

 make about 2} appointments of Assislant Engineers to the permanent estab- 

 lishment of Ihe Indian Public Worts and State Railway Departments. 



Candidates must be British subjects and mu-t, without exception on any 

 ground, ha\e attained the age of 21 years, and not have attained the age 

 of 24 years, on the 1st July, 1913. They must have obtained one of certain 

 recoenised University degrees, or other af proximately equivalent diploma 

 or dislinction in Engineering, or have passed the Associate Membership 

 Examination of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 



A printed Form of Application, together with information regarding ihe 

 conditions of appointmei t, mav be obtained from the Seoetary, Public 

 Works Deparlment, India Office, London, S.W., to whom applications 

 must be forwarded so as to reach him not later ihan ihe rst May, 1913. 

 T. W. HOLDERNESS, 



Under Secretary of State. 



India Office, London, 



January, ,9,3. 



EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. 



MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. 



The posi of ASSISTANT to the Professor of Biology and Parasitology 

 (Professor Arthur Looss) at the School of Medicine, Cairo, is vacant. Pay 

 ,6400 a jear, cortract for two yeai s ; passage money out and back under 

 conditions stated in contract. The Assistant will be expected to devote 

 his whole time to teaching or 10 research in the Laboratory. The form of 

 contract may be seen on application to the Director, Egyptian Educa- 

 tional Mission in England, 36 Victoiia Streer, Westminsier, London, S.W. 



Applicants must have had experience in the teaching of Biology. 



Applications, together with copies of testimonials (which will not be 

 returned), mu't leave London at latest by ihe mail of Friday, Match 14. 



Every applicant musr send in statements as to (n) his age, 11 bis 

 education and deg ees, (c) his previous experience as a leacher of Biology. 

 The selected candidae must pass as a first. class life before the Egyptian 

 Government Medical Board in London, and must be prepared to arrive in 

 Cairo within a month of appointment. 



Applications to be addressed to " The Director, Egyptian Government 

 School of Medicine, Cairo." 



KENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 



TUNBRIDGE WELLS & SOUTHBOROUGH HIGHER 



EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE. 

 COUNTY SCHOOL for GIRLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS. 



WANTED, in SEPTEMBER, (1) a fully qualified SCIENCE MIS- 

 TRESS capable of organising the entire Science work in the School ; (2) a 

 HISTORY MISTRESS wdo cou'd give help wilh English and Junior 

 Arithmetic. Initial salary foreach appointment /9o-^i2o, according to 

 qualifications and experience, rising by £7 10s. Der annum lor the first two 

 years, and subsequently by £j 10 a maximum of ,£150, with Ihe possibility 

 of further increments. Forms of application and scale of salaries may be 

 obtained from Dr. J. Lister, Technical Institute, Tunbridge Wells. 

 Applications should be returned to Miss E. M. Hughes, County School 

 (or Girls, Tunbridge Wells, as soon as possible. Canvassing will be con- 

 sidered a disqualification. 



By Order of the Committee, 



FRAS. W. CROOK, Secretary, 



Kent Education Committee. 

 Caxton House, Westminster, S.W. 

 February 25, 1913. 



KENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 



TONBRIDGE LOCAL HIGHER EDUCATION 



SUB-COMMITTEE. 



COUNTY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, TONBRIDGE. 



WANTED in SEPTEMBER next, an ASSISTANT MISTRESS to 

 teach Home Science. Preference will be given to those candidates who can 

 offer Geography as a subsidiary subject, or who can undertake Secretarial 

 work. Initial salary j£no to ,£r2o, according to qual.fications and experi- 

 ence, rising by £,7 ios. 1 er annum for the first two yeais and subsequently 

 by £5 to a maximum of £150, wilh the possibility of further increments. 

 Forms of application and scale of salaries may be obtained from Mr. T. 

 Newsome, Technical Institute, Tonbridge. Applications should be sent to 

 the Head Mistress, Miss J. Taylor, County School for Girls, Tonbridge, 

 on or before March 20, 1913. Canvassing will be considered a disqualifica- 



Caxton House, Westn 



By Order of the Committee, 



FRAS. W. CROOK, Secretary. 



INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 

 AGRICULTURE. 



The International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, invites appl 

 for a vacant post on the English Scientific Staff of the Bureau of Agri 

 tural Intelligence and Plant- Diseases. Salary, L.190 (4800 lire) per ann 

 payable monthly. Second Class Fare. Vacation, 35 days. Candid 

 must have taken a good Agricultural degree, and possess a thorough kn 

 ledge of French. 



Selected candidate to enter on his duties at the earliest possible date. 



Application*, accompanied by copies of testimonials, snould be sen 

 the Secretary General of the International Institute of Agricult 



