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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXX. No. 780 



The Chemists' Club of New York has inau- 

 gurated a plan for bringing together the pro- 

 fessors of chemistry of the various universi- 

 ties with their former students at the smokers 

 of the club. Saturday evening, November 27, 

 was designated as Harvard Night, to which 

 the professors of that university and the mem- 

 bers of the New York Harvard Club were in- 

 vited as guests. Professors Richards, Torrey 

 and Baxter outlined the lines of investigation 

 being conducted in their respective depart- 

 ments. It is hoped that in future meetings 

 the chemists of New York will have oppor- 

 tunities for coming into contact with the work 

 of the various other colleges in a similar 

 fashion. The finance committee was able to 

 announce subscriptions amounting to up- 

 wards of $200,000 to the Chemists' Building 

 Company. 



The ninth annual meeting of the American 

 Philosophical Association will be held at Yale 

 University, New Haven, Conn., on December 

 27, 28 and 29. The subject selected for dis- 

 cussion is: The problem of time in its rela- 

 tion to present tendencies in philosophy. 

 Stop-over at New Haven will be allowed to 

 persons holding tickets reading via that point 

 to Boston to attend the meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence and the American Psychological Associa- 

 tion. Tickets must be deposited at station 

 office at New Haven not later than December 

 29, and must be withdrawn from deposit in 

 time to reach Boston not later than December 

 30. 



The Sullivant Moss Society will meet in 

 affiliation with the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science at Boston on 

 Thursday, December 30, at 2.30 p.m. in the 

 hall of the Boston Natural History Society, 

 Berkeley Street. An informal meeting will be 

 held during the morning hours to view ex- 

 hibits and make acquaintance. The program 

 meeting in the afternoon is open to all and 

 will be followed by a general discussion. For 

 further particulars address Mrs. Annie Mor- 

 rill Smith, 78 Orange Street, Brooklyn, New 

 York, in whose care all manuscripts, etc., 

 should be sent. Titles and abstracts of papers 



should be sent in at once to secure place on 

 the program. 



The Standard for November 22, says Na- 

 ture, contains a full list of the House of Lords, 

 classified according to their qualifications. 

 There are only two names — those of Baron 

 Eayleigh and Baron Lister — under the head- 

 ing " Scientists," while " Educationists " are 

 only represented by Baron Ashcombe, member 

 of council of Selwyn College ; Baron Killanin, 

 member of senate of Eoyal University of Ire- 

 land, and the Earl of Stamford, formerly 

 professor of classics and philosophy at Cod- 

 rington College, Barbados. There are thirty- 

 five railway directors, thirty-five bankers and 

 thirty-nine so-called " captains of industry " 

 on the list, and a column and a half under 

 " Military and Naval Services." 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The Duke family have made a further gift 

 of $500,000 to Trinity College, Durham, N. C, 

 for the establishment of a medical department. 



Mrs. Helen Hartley Jenkins has given a 

 considerable sum to endow a fund at Teachers 

 College, Columbia University, providing for a 

 department to instruct trained nurses, who 

 are expected to give instruction on the care 

 of the sick, sanitation, etc. 



According to figures available in the office 

 of the auditor, the University of Chicago 

 holds investments representing permanent en- 

 dowment that aggregate $14,870,903.01. In 

 addition, its buildings and grounds devoted 

 entirely to university use represent $8,917,- 

 708.10 ; equipment, scientific apparatus, furni- 

 ture, etc., being put at $1,916,314.49 additional. 

 These figures do not include the funds destined 

 for the erection of the Harper Memorial Li- 

 brary, estimated in round figures to cost $900,- 

 000, on which work will probably begin next 

 year, nor the cost of the classical building, the 

 construction of which is in contemplation, and 

 on which about $250,000 will be expended. 



The University of Brussels has received 

 gifts amounting to $1,300,000. 



Emeritus Professor Thoji.\s Purdie has 

 offered to the University of St. Andrews the 



