NATURE 



[April 24, 19 13 



THE EUGENICS EDUCATION 

 SOCIETY. 



THE GROUNDWORK OF EUGENICS. 



SUMMER TERM. 



HEREDITY. 

 (Including Evolution, Genetics, and Heredity in Man.) 

 A Course of TWELVE LECTURES by 



R. C. PUNNETT, F.R.S. 

 (Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics in the University of Cambridge), 



on TUESDAYS, =.10 p.m., from APRIL 15 to JULY 8, at the 

 IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, SOUTH KENSINGTON. 

 The Course will deal primarily with the facts of Heredity, though somi 

 attention will be devoted to the various theories which have been held a 

 different limes. , , , .. 



The Lectures will also deal with some of the problems associated witl 

 the terms evolution, variation, and mutation. 



Illustrated specimens will be provided, as far_as possible 



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SOUTH-WESTERN POLYTECHNIC 

 INSTITUTE, 



CHELSEA. 



WHITSUNTIDE VACATION COURSE 



MARINE BIOLOGY 



will be conducted by J. T. Cunningham, M.A., at the 

 Institute of the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth. 

 The Course will include Dredging at Sea and Laboratory 

 Work. 



For particulars apply Secretary, 



SIDNEY SKINNER, M.A., 

 Principal. 

 (Telephone: 899 Western.) 



IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 

 AND TECHNOLOGY, 



S. KENSINGTON. 



The following Advanced Course of Lectures with practical work will be 

 given, ccmmencing May 14 next : — 



Subject. Conducted by 



Radio-Activity. Professor the Hon. R.J. Strutt, M A., F.R.S. 

 For further particulars and for admission to the Course, application 

 should be made to the Secretary. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



A Course of Six Lectures on "The Activiiies of Plants in Relation to 

 Light" will be delivered by Mr. Harold W. T. Wager, F.R.S., at 

 Bedford College, Baker Street, W., at 4 p.m., on Mondays, April 28, 

 May s, tOi 26, June 2 and 0, 1913. Admission free, without t:cket. 



P. J. HARTOG, Academic Registrar. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



iider applications for grants from 

 ally for the purpose of assisting 



than the first post on May 15, 

 :s of not more than two persons 



The Senate will shortly proceed to c 

 the Dixon Fund, which is allocated ar 

 scientific investigations. 



Applications must be received not 1. 

 1913, and must be accompanied by the 1 

 to whom reference may be made. 



Further particulars may be obtained from the Academic Registrar, 

 University of London, South Kensington, S.W. 



HENRY A. MIERS, Principal. 



SOMERVILLE COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP. 



An election will be held this summer toa RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 

 of the annual value of ,£120 for three years. Candidates must send their 

 names, three references, and a statement of their proposed research before 

 May 20 to Miss H. L. Lorimer, Somerville College. The Fellowship U 

 open to all women who (i) have resided two years in Oxford and obtained 

 Honours in some University Examination by October 1 next, or (ii) have 

 taken Honours at Cambridge or Trinity College, Dublin. 



Further conditions can be learnt on application to Miss Lorimer. 



SUPERINTENDENT WANTED foT 



Scottish Zoological Garden, Edinburgh, with practical knowledge of 

 animal management. Salary £150. Apply, stating full particulars with 

 copy testimonials, to Secretary, Zoological Society of Scotland, 

 7 Howe Street, Edinburgh. 



BIRKBECK COLLEGE, 



BREAMS BUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, E.C. 



Principal: G. Armitage-Smilh, M.A., D.Lit. 



COURSES OF STUDY (Day and Evening) for the Degrees of the 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON in the 



FACULTIES OF SCIENCE & ARTS 



(PASS AND HONOURS) 



under RECOGNISED TEACHERS of the University. 



SCIENCE.— Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics (Pure and 



Applied). Botany, Zoology, Geology and Mineralogy. 



ARTS.— Latin, Greek, English, French, German, Italian, 



History, Geography, Logic, Economics, Mathematics (Pure 



and Applied). 



Evening Courses for the Degrees in Economics and Law. 



„.„„„,, rrrrtrcf Day: Science. £17 10s. ; Arts, £10 10s. 

 SESSIONAL FEES j £.,;.„,„„ . Sc i ence , Arts, or Economics, £5 5S. 



POST-GRADUATE AND RESEARCH WORK. 



Particulars on application to the Secretary. 



MISS M. S. GRATTON (Tripos, Cambridge) 



coaches in Science and Mathematics.— 12 Lupus Street, S.W. 



UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. 



Applications are invited for the POST of LECTURER in Mathematics. 

 Conditions are : five years' ag-eement, £400 per annum, and quarters or 

 i;roo house allowance. £100 passage money. The successful candidate 

 will he required to be in Hong Kong by September 8. The work will be 

 chiefly with students of the Engineering Faculty. University Degree and 

 a good knowledge of applied mathematics is essential. 



Applications are also invited fcr the POS I' of LECTURER in Streng.h 

 of Materials. Engineering Degree essential. Commencing salaiy £350, 

 five years' agreement. Quarters or ,£rco house allowance. £100 passage 

 money. 



Applications, wilh copies of three recent testimonials, to be made to the 

 undersigned, care of British Engineers' Association, Caxton House, 

 Westminster, S.W , on or before May 20. M 117 



C. A. M. SMITH, 

 Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. 



WESTMINSTER TRAINING COLLEGE. 



LECTURESHIPS IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 



Owing to the appointment of Dr. T. M. Lowry to the post of Professor 

 of Chemi-try at Gu\'s Hospital, there will be a vacancy in the above 

 College in September next in the LECTURESHIP in CHEMISTRY, 

 Commencing salary ,£250 per annum (non-resident). 



There will al-o be a vacancy in September in the LECTURESHIP in 

 PHYSICS and APPLIED MATHEMATICS. Commencing salary 

 ^150. Residence optional. 



Candidates for the above posts should be Graduates in Honours in 

 Chemistry or Physics of a British or German University. 



Further particulars and forms of applicati <n (which must be returned not 

 later than May 10) can be obtained of the Principal, 130 Horseferry 

 Road, Westminster, London, S.W. 



INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 

 AGRICULTURE. 



The lntei national Institute of Agriculture, Rome, invites applications 

 for a vacant post on the English Scientific Staff of the Bureau of Agricul- 

 tural Intelligence and Plant Diseases. Salary, £190(4800 lire) per annum 

 payable monthly Second Class Fare. Vacation, 40 days. Candidates 

 '" "iken a good Agricultural degree and possess a thorough know- 



ledge of French 



Selected candidate to enter on his duti 

 Applications, accompanied by copies 



the Secretary General of the I 



Rome. 



t the 



irliest possible date, 

 lials, should be sent to 

 istitute of Agriculture, 



THE HORTICULTURAL COLLEGE, 



SWANLEY, KENT. 



The Governors invite applications for the post of Lecturer in Horticultural 

 Botany and Geology ; preference will be given to a candidate (woman) with 

 a knowledge "f general Biology and Field work. Applications, with three 

 recent testimonials, to be sent to the Principal, from whom all particulars 

 may be obtained, nut later than May 17. 



ENGINEERING ASSISTANT in the Civil 



and Mechanical Engineering Department of the City and Guilds 

 (Engineering) College ; maximum salary £20^. Practical training and 

 a knowledge of Surveying essential. Apply by letter in the first in- 

 stance to Professor Dalbv, F.R.S., at the College, Exhibition Road, 

 London, S.W., stating age, practical experience, and qualifications. 



B.Sc. Lond. desires Re-engagement, research 



or technical chemistry preferred.— Box 2269, c/o Nature. 



