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NATURE 



[May i, 1913 



THE SIR JOHN CASS TECHNICAL 

 INSTITUTE, 



JEWRY STREET, ALDGATE, E.C. 



Principal — Charles A. Keane, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.I.C. 



DEPARTMENT OF FERMENTATION INDUSTRIES. 



THE CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF HOPS. 



A Course of Five Lectures on this subject arranged for Brewers, Hop 

 Growers, Hop Merchants, and others who are interested in Hops from the 

 commercial point of view, will be given by 



Mr. A. CHASTON CHAPMAN, F.I.C. 



The Course will include a full description of the mire important chemical 

 constituents of the hop andarevi-w of the pres:nt s:ate of our knowledge in 

 regard to their precise technological significance. An attempt will be made 

 to indicate to the grower and merchant the nature of the brewer's require- 

 ments, and to the brewer the considerations which should exercise the 

 greatest influence upon his judgment when buying. 



The Lectures will beheld on Tuesday afternoons at 5.30 p.m., commencing 

 TUESDAY, May 20, 1913. 



Detailed Syllabus of the Course may be had upon application at the 

 Office of the Institute, or by letter to the Principal. 



COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE WEST 

 RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. 



EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 

 SUMMER VACATION COURSE AT BINGLEY. 



A Residential Vacation Course for Teachers in Secondary, Technical, 

 and Elementary Schools will be held at the Training College, Bingley, in 

 August next, and will be open to all Teachers on payment of a fee. 



The following subjects will be included in the Programme :— General 

 Course on Education ; Teaching of History ; Teaching of Practical Arith- 

 metic ; Teaching of Handwork ; Organised Games, Rhythmic Move- 

 ments and Dancing ; Teaching of Reading, including the Art of Story- 

 telling : Teaching of English; Teaching in Infant Schools. Lectures on 

 Domestic Subjects and Physiology. Special Courses will be held in Ex- 

 perimental Science; Needlecraft ; Nature Study; Methods of Teaching 

 Drawing; Physical Instruction. 



There will also be Evening Lectures, as well as functions of a social 

 character. Teachers will be accommodated in the Halls of Residence, a 

 separate bed-sitting room being provided for each, and there will be every 

 opportunity for recreation and out-door games in the grounds of the 

 College and on the surrounding moors. 



The Handbook giving full particulars may be obtained eratis and post 

 free from the Education Department (Secondary Branch). County Hall, 

 Wakefield. 



INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



Foumded 1877. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1885. 



An INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION will commence on 

 TUESDAY. JULY 1, ion. 



FINAL EXAMINATIONS in (a) Mineral Chemistry, (A) Metallurgical 

 Chemistry, (.) Physical Chemistry, (rf) Organic Chemistry, and (e) The 

 Chemistry of Food and Drugs. &c, will commence on MONDAY, 

 JUNE 30, or on MONDAY, JULY 7, 1913. 



The List of Candidates will be closed on TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913. 



Forms of application and further particulars can be obtained from the 

 Registrar, Institute of Chemistry, so Bloomsbury Square. London. W.C. 



The Regulations for the Admission of Students, Associates, and Fellows, 

 Gratis. Examination Paners : Annual Sets, 6d. each. 



■■A List of Official Chemical Appointments." Fourth Edition, 2s. 

 (post free, 25. 3</.). 



APPOI NTM E NTS R EGIST ER.— A Register of Fellows and Associates 

 of the Institute of Chen. istry who are seeking appointments is kept at the 

 Offices of the Institute. Applications for the services of professional chemists 

 should be forwarded to the Registrar. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



A Course of Three Lectures on " The British Ordovician and its 

 Faunas ' will be delivered by Miss GERTRUDE L. Elles, D.Sc, at Bed- 

 ford College, Baker Street, W., at 5 p.m , on Thursdays, May 8, 15, and 

 22, 1913. Admission free, without ticket. 



P. J. HARTOG, Academic Registrar. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



An Advanced Course of Eight Lectures on 'Surface Tension and 

 Physiological Processes " will be delivered by Profess ,r A B. Macallum, 

 Sc.D., F.R.S. (of the University of Toronto), in the Physiological Labora- 

 tory of the University ol London, South Kensington, S.W., on Tuesdays 

 at«5 p.m., beginning May 13, 1913. Admission free, without ticket. 



P. J. HARTOG, Academic Registrar. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



CHADWTCK LECTURES. 

 A Course of Three Lectures on " Infant Welfare will be delivered by 

 Professor Karl Pearson, F.R.S., at the London School of Ec 

 Clare Market, W.C, at 8 p.m., on May 16, 23, and 30, 1913. Ad 

 free, without ticket. 



P. J. HARTOG, Academic Regi 



COUNTY OF LONDON. 



The London County Council will be prepaied to award for the session 

 1013-14. a limited number of free places at the Imperial College of Science 

 and Technology, South Kensington, S.W. Free studentships do not 

 entitle the holders to any maintenance grants, but cover all ordinary tuition 

 fees. 



Candidates for these free places are required to show that they are 

 qualified to enter upon the fourth year of the course of study selected, as 

 the course of study will be in the nature of a post-graduate course. Candi- 

 dates must be ordinarily resident within the area of the administrative 

 County of London. It is possible that in special cases the free places may 

 be extended to two or more j-ears. 



Further particulars and application forms (T.2/26S) may be obtained 

 from the Education Officer. L.C.C. Education Offices, Victoria Embank- 

 ment, W.C. Application forms must be returned not later than Saturday, 

 May 24, 1913. 



Ed 



Offic 



LAURENCE GOMME, 

 Clerk of the London County Council. 



Victoria Embankment, W.C, 

 April 28, 1913. 



UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



GRAHAM SCHOLARSHIP IN PATHOLOGY. 



The Senate of the University of London invite applications for the 

 GRAHAM SCHOLARSHIP in PATHOLOGY, value £200 per annum, 

 for two years, founded under the will of the late Dr. Charles Graham, to 

 enable a " young man to continue his pathological researches and at the 

 same time to secure his services to the School of Advanced Medical Studies 

 connected with University College Hospital as a Teacher under the 

 direction of the " Director of Research appointed under the Graham 

 Bequest. 



Applications, addressed to the Principal, University of London, South 

 Kensington, S. W.. must be accompanied by the names of not more than 

 three references, one at least of which should be the name of some Professor, 

 Lecturer or Teacher of the University or College in which the candidate 

 has conducted bis studies in Pathology, must state the research upon which 

 the applicant proposes to work, and must be received not later than May 31, 

 191 3. Applications should be marked outside "Graham Scholarship." 



HENRY A. MIERS, Principal. 



CHEMICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH FUND. 



A Meeting of the Research Fund Committee will be held in June 

 next. Applications for Grants, to be made on forms which can be 

 obtained from the Assistant Secretary, must be received on, or before, 

 Monday, June 2nd, 1913. 



All persons who received grants in June, 1912, or in June of any 

 previous year, whose accounts have not been declared closed by the 

 Council, are reminded that reports must be in the hands of the Hon. 

 Secretaries not later than Monday, June 2nd. 



The Council wish to draw attention to the fact that the income 

 arising from the donation of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is 

 more or less especially devoted to the encouragement of research in 

 inorganic and metallurgical chemistry. Futhermore, that the income 

 due to the sum accruing from the Perkin Memorial Fund is applied 

 to investigations relating to problems connected with the coal-tar and 

 allied industries. 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



MACKINNON RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS. 



There are two Studentships each of the value of £.50. One of them is 

 awarded for research in the group of the Physical sciences, including 

 Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy and Physics ; the other is 

 awarded for research in the group of the Biological Sciences, including 

 Anatomy, Botany, Paleontology, Pathology, Physiology and Zoology. 



The Studentships are awarded annually for one year, but are renewable 

 for a second year. Under exceptional circumstances they may be renewed 

 for a third year. The Studentships are restricted to British subjects. 



The present holders of the Studentships are candidates for reappoint* 

 ment. The appointment will date from October 1. 



Applications must be received not later than June 1. Fuither particulars 

 and forms of application can be obtained from the Assistant SecriiTaky 

 of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W. 



BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC, 



LONDON, S.W. 



S. G. RAWSON, D.Sc. 



Term to award, 



n, tenable for 



Principal 



The Governing Body will proceed during the Su 

 for next Session, the following Scholarships : — 



(t) One Morgan Scholarship of the value of ^60 per ; 

 one year, for post-graduate or research students. 



(2) Two Edwin Tate Scholarships of the value of £30 and ^20 per 

 annum respectively, each tenable for three years, in Engineering or 

 Science. 



(3) One May Edward Tate Scholarship of the value of £30 per annum, 

 tenable for three years, in the Domestic Science or Physical Training 

 Department for Women. 



Forms of entry, date of examinations, and all other particulars may be 

 1 obtained upon application to the Secretary. 



