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coast, being followed, further west, by those 

 of Talasea and Bariai, in which the influence 

 of New Guinea culture is much more mani- 

 fest. Owing to the exposure of the north coast 

 to the northwest monsoon during the early 

 months of the year, it was decided to begin 

 serious work on the south coast, which was 

 followed from east to west, a large number of 

 coast villages being visited, and some com- 

 munication opened with the very primitive 

 dwellers in the back country. The observa- 

 tions permit the definition of several distinct 

 culture regions on this coast. Artificial 

 deformation of the skull was found to be 

 practised, especially between Montague Har- 

 bor and Cape Pedder. The voyage extended 

 to the New Guinea coast (where a key was 

 found to various facts in the ethnology of 

 western New Britain), and a visit was paid 

 to Sir George Eooke or Umbai Island. Re- 

 turning, a landing was effected at the mouth 

 of the Pulie Eiver, whence a trade route leads 

 across to the north coast, and this was utilized 

 for the crossing of the island by Dr. Fiilleborn 

 and two of his European companions, who 

 afterwards returned by the same route. The 

 crossing occupied seven days, and the country 

 was found to be covered with a uniform thin 

 forest, broken only by the extensive planta- 

 tions of the natives. The health of several 

 members of the expedition has unfortunately 

 suffered a good deal. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 Tale University has received from Mr. 

 WiUiam D. Sloane and Mr. Henry T. Sloane 

 the sum of $475,000 to build, equip and endow 

 a physical laboratory. This laboratory, it is 

 understood, will replace the present Sloane 

 Physical Laboratory, and will be used by the 

 academic, the scientific and the graduate de- 

 partments. Tale University has also received 

 $25,000 from Mr. Alfred G. Vanderbilt for 

 general endowment, and $15,000 from Mr. G. 

 H. Meyers for the endowment of the Forest 

 School, of which he is an alumnus. 



Columbia University has received gifts 

 amounting to about $236,000, of which $112,- 

 500 is from Mr. W. H. Charpentier, to be 



added to the J. S. Charpentier fund, and 

 $100,000 is given anonymously toward the 

 cost of Kent Hall. 



The Pratt Institute of Brooklyn has re- 

 ceived the sum of $1,750,000 from Mr. Charles 

 M. Pratt, son of the founder and now its presi- 

 dent, and from his five brothers and his sister, 

 Mrs. E. B. Dane. 



Dr. D. K. Pearsons has offered to give 

 $100,000 to Berea College, provided that the 

 sum of $400,000 is otherwise subscribed. 



Mr. N. B. Duke has made a further gift of 

 $50,000 to Trinity College at Durham, N. C. 



It is reported that the Free University of 

 Brussels has received an anonymous gift of 

 4,000,000 francs for its scientific departments. 



Dr. George E. Fisher, professor of mathe- 

 matics in the University of Pennsylvania, has 

 been appointed dean of the college. 



At the University of Nebraska, Professor 

 Robert H. Wolcott has been made professor 

 of zoology and acting dean of the College of 

 Medicine as successor of Henry B. Ward, who 

 has gone to the University of Illinois. 



Professor Gustave F. Wittiq, of the elec- 

 trical engineering department of the Univer- 

 sity of Maine, has resigned to become head of 

 the electrical engineering department of the 

 University of Alabama. 



Dr. Byron B. Brackett has been appointed 

 to the chair of electrical engineering at the 

 South Dakota State College. He has held the 

 chair of electrical engineering at the Olarkson 

 School of Technology since 1903. 



At Harvard University, Dr. Edwin Katzen- 

 ellenbogen has been appointed lecturer in ab- 

 normal psychology, W. J. Eisley, A.M., in- 

 structor in mathematics, and A. V. Kidder, 

 A.B., Austin teaching fellow in anthropology. 



Dr. H. B. Kribs has been promoted to an 

 instructorship of zoology at the University of 

 Pennsylvania and Dr. H. M. Jacobs to a sim- 

 ilar position in the place of Philip P. Calvert, 

 who is on leave of absence. In the same de- 

 partment Dr. Harold Colton has been ap- 

 pointed assistant. 



The following appointments have been 

 made in the chemical department of the 



