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amount set by the committee is $1,000,000, a 

 large part of whicli is to be devoted to endow- 

 ment of the institution after it is built. The 

 memorial to Dr. Jacobi, which will be for chil- 

 dren only, will probably be erected as an annex 

 to the Jewish Memorial Hospital, but will be 

 non-sectarian in character. The committee de- 

 sires to endow as many free beds in the hos- 

 pital as possible as a tribute to Dr. Jacobi's 

 labors among the poor of the city. 



Captain Herbert C. Graves, hydrographer 

 in charge of coastal surveys of the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey, died suddenly in London on 

 July 26, at the age of forty-nine. He had been 

 abroad since June 12 as a representative of 

 the United States at the International Hydro- 

 graphic Conference, and was also one of the 

 delegates from the American Section of the 

 proposed International Geophysical Union, 

 which met in Brussels in July. 



Sir BovERTOisr Eedwood, distinguished for 

 his contributions to the study of petroleum, 

 died in London on June 4, at the age of sev- 

 enty-three years. 



The death is announced of Mr. A. W. Ward, 

 since 1889 professor of physics at Canning 

 College, Lucknow, India. 



Dr. Jose G. Herandez, one of the most prom- 

 inent physicians of Venezuela, and knovra. for 

 his scientific work, was killed at Caracas on 

 June 30, in an automobile accident. A period 

 of public mourning has been declared. 



It is stated in Nature that the meeting of 

 the International Eesearch Council, which 

 was opened at Brussels on July 18 in the 

 presence of the King of the Belgians, con- 

 cluded its labors on July 28. Much successful 

 work was accomplished. The statutes of the 

 International Council were finally agreed to, 

 and unions embracing the whole subject of 

 astronomy and the various sections of geo- 

 physics were formed. In other branches of 

 pure and applied science proposals for the 

 formation of international associations were 

 discussed and formulated. These will have 

 to be submitted to the authorities concerned 

 in the different countries before they can be 

 formally adopted. A resolution inviting the 

 cooperation of nations that had remained 



neutral during the war was adopted unan- 

 imously. Brussels was selected as the legal 

 domicile of the International Eesearch Coun- 

 cil. Its triennial meetings will be held in 

 that city, and gifts or legacies will be admin- 

 istered according to Belgian law. But the 

 associations dealing with special subjects wiU 

 probably follow the established custom of hold- 

 ing their conferences successively in different 

 countries. The secretariat of the council wiU 

 be at Burlington House, where the Eoyal So- 

 ciety has placed a room at the disposal of the 

 general secretary. 



M. Basile Zaharoff has made a gift of 

 500,000 francs to the Paris Museum of Nat- 

 ural History to be used in its restoration, en- 

 largement and improvement. 



Chemists and assistants on the staff of the 

 Health Department of New York City have 

 joined the Union of Technical Men affiliated 

 with the American Federation of Labor. 



The University of California has received 

 the Malcolm P. Anderson collection of scien- 

 tific specimens of mammals and birds the gift 

 of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Anderson, of Alameda. 

 Mr. Anderson, recently deceased, was a nat- 

 uralist who carried on field work in Asia for 

 many years in the interests of the British 

 Museum. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



It is announced that Tale University will re- 

 ceive approximately $18,000,000, about $3,000,- 

 000 in excess of the expectation of the univer- 

 sity corjwration, from the estate of John W. 

 Sterling. 



Edward E. Searles, of San Francisco, has 

 given stock valued at $1,500,000 to the Uni- 

 versity of California for its unrestricted use. 



Dr. T. M. Putnam, professor of mathematics 

 and dean of the undergraduate division in the 

 University of California, has been appointed 

 acting dean of the college of letters and science 

 in the place of the late Professor H. Morse 

 Stephens. 



E. B. Brossard, Ph.D., has been appointed 

 head of the department of farm management. 



