August 27, 1909] 



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sites of the superior vertebrates ; one to Dr. 

 Charles Nicolle for his works on infantile 

 kala-azar, and one to Professor J. Bergonie 

 and Dr. L. Tribondeau, of Bordeaux, for their 

 work on Eontgen rays and fulguration. In 

 the same competition three second prizes of 

 $300 (1,500 francs) each were awarded, one to 

 Professor H. True and Dr. P. Chavernac, of 

 Montpellier for their work on ocular hygiene 

 and ophthalmologic inspection of schools ; one 

 to MM. C. Porcher and C. Hervieux for their 

 " Investigations on Indol and Some of its 

 Derivatives " ; and one to M. Moussu, professor 

 at the National Veterinary School of Alfort, 

 for his " Investigations on the Tuberculosis of 

 Cattle." The Godard prize ($200) was 

 awarded to Dr. Pousson, professor at the Col- 

 lege of Medicine of Bordeaux, for his " Surg- 

 ery of Nephritis." The Bellion prize ($280) 

 was awarded to Dr. C. Nicolas, resident physi- 

 cian of Lifu, New Caledonia, for his work, 

 " Public and Private Hygiene of the Kanakas 

 of the Loyalty Islands." The Breant prize 

 ($20,000), offered for a cure for Asiatic chol- 

 era, was not awarded; but out of the accumu- 

 lated interest of this fund the academy 

 awarded a prize of $800 to W. M. Haffkine for 

 his work on vaccination and bubonic plague, 

 and a second prize of $200 to Dr. Louis Renon, 

 physician of the hospital of Paris, for his 

 work entitled " Practical Treatment of Pul- 

 monary Tuberculosis." 



Professor Armin O. Leuschner, director of 

 the Students' Observatory of the University of 

 California, has returned from abroad where he 

 spent his sabbatical leave of absence. 



M. Darboux, the eminent mathematician, 

 permanent secretary of the Paris Academy of 

 Sciences, has been appointed the official dele- 

 gate to represent France at the approaching 

 Hudson-Pulton celebration. 



At the recent celebration at Leipzig, Presi- 

 dent J. G. Sehurman, of Cornell University, 

 made the address on behalf of American uni- 

 versities. 



VNITERSITY A.VZ) EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



The council of the city of Cincinnati has 

 appropriated the sum of $576,000 to erect 

 three new buildings for the University of 

 Cincinnati. 



By the will of Cornelius C. Cuyler, the New 

 York banker and a trustee of Princeton Uni- 

 versity, $100,000 is bequeathed to Princeton 

 University. The residue of the estate, which 

 is said to be very large, will go to the univer- 

 sity after the death of Mrs. Cuyler. 



Mr. Thomas Shevlin has given $60,000 to 

 the University of Minnesota. Of this sum 

 $10,000 will be used to enlarge Alice Shevlin 

 Hall and $50,000 to endow five scholarships. 



Ground has been broken for the new wing 

 to the engineering building at the University 

 of Wisconsin. It is to raise the present half- 

 height third story of the west end of the 

 building to a full story, with a half-height 

 fourth story above for drafting rooms. Ulti- 

 mately a similar wing will be built at the east 

 end of the building. The ground dimensions 

 of the wing are 40 X ''0 feet, and the material 

 is the same pressed brick as the main build- 

 ing, with Bedford stone trimming and slate 

 roof. 



The new medical college of the University 

 of Cincinnati — the Ohio-Miami Medical Col- 

 lege — will open its first session in the old uni- 

 versity bxiilding on the McMicken Homestead, 

 which has been completely equipped for the 

 purpose. Dr. P. G. "Woolley, of the Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska, has been appointed professor 

 of pathology, and Dr. William B. Wheriy, of 

 the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Ser- 

 vice, assistant professor of bacteriology. 



At the University of Chicago associate pro- 

 fessors have been appointed from among as- 

 sistant professors as follows : Carl Kinsley, 

 physics; Charles B. Child, zoology; Anton J. 

 Carlson, physiology, and H. Gideon Wells, 

 pathology. 



Dr. E. B. Bryan, president of Franklin 

 CoUege, in Indiana, has been elected presi- 

 dent of Colgate University, at Hamilton, N. Y. 



Dr. R. K. McClung, for the past two years 

 in charge of the physics department of Mount 

 Allison University, Saekville, N. B., and pre- 

 viously on the physics staff of McGill Uni- 

 versity, has accepted an appointment to the 

 lectureship of physics in the University of 

 Manitoba, Winnipeg. 



