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SCIENCE. 



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shows increased purchases, the per cent, of in- 

 crease ranging from 7.7 in Louisiana to 65.2 in 

 Missouri. In the States of greatest consump- 

 tion the increase is especially marked, that in 

 Alabama being 41.9, in Georgia 25.2, North 

 Carolina 36.6, and South Carolina 33.8 per cent. 

 During the year there were 425 mills in opera- 

 tion, as compared with 402 in 1896-97. 



The Board of Health of New York City has 

 obtained a conviction in the Courts for violating 

 the law forbidding the burning of soft coal, a 

 fine of $25.00 being imposed. 



A COEEESPONDENT writes to the London Times: 

 " As it is just 100 years since Pestalozzi began at 

 Stanz, on the Lake of Lucerne, the work among 

 the orphan children which so deeply influenced 

 the aims and methods of elementary education 

 in German -speaking Europe and indirectly in 

 Great Britain and America, it is intended to cele- 

 brate the centenary by a public meeting, which 

 will be held, by permission of the Council, in the 

 large hall of the College of Preceptors, Blooms- 

 bury-sqnare, on Wednesday, January 4th, at 8 

 p. m. Though many of Pestalozzi's hopes have 

 been unfulfilled and modern psychology is far 

 from confirming some of his attempted general- 

 izations, his labors at Stanz will always form one 

 of the most inspiring chapters in educational his- 

 tory. His work there emphasized the fact that 

 religious influences are essential to all educa- 

 tion which aims at strengthening the will and 

 at elevating character, and that no educational 

 instrument is so powerful as the self-devotion 

 of the teacher. Sir Joshua Fitch will preside 

 at the meeting, at which short addresses will 

 be given by Professor Wilhelm Rein, of the 

 University of Jena ; Lady Isabel Margesson ; 

 Miss Herford (Manchester), and Messrs. A. 

 Sonnenschein, R. L. Morant, E. Cooke and 

 others." 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The sum of £115,000 has been subscribed 

 towards establishing a university at Birming- 

 ham. 



The late Henry Clark Warren, of Boston, an 

 accomplished Oriental scholar, has left to Har- 

 vard University a large sum principally for the 

 Sanscrit department, but including $10,000 for 

 the Peabody Museum of American archaeology 



and ethnology and $10,000 for the Dental 

 School. The Sanscrit department is to have 

 $15,000 for the endowment of the Harvard 

 Oriental Series, and the balance, which is said 

 to be large, is to be used for the benefit of the 

 department. 



Haevard University receives $5,000 by the 

 will of the late Susan B. Lyman, Dedham, 

 Mass., and $10,000 by the will of the late Mrs. 

 Mary Ann P. Weld, of Boston, the latter sum 

 being for the purpose of founding a Christopher 

 Minot Weld Scholarship, which is to be awarded 

 each year to some worthy student. 



The Teachers College of Columbia University 

 has received an anonymous gift of $10,000. 



Columbia University has established sixty- 

 three benefactors' scholarships and twenty-two 

 faculty scholarships, in order to place the re- 

 mission of tuition fees hitherto made on a more 

 permanent basis. 



The appropriation of the State for the Uni- 

 versity of Georgia has this year been reduced 

 by $14,000. The appropriation for the schools 

 has also been greatly reduced. 



Wb have received the calendar of the Tokyo 

 Imperial University for 1897-98, which is 

 printed in English. There were 2,239 students 

 in the University, distributed as follows : Uni- 

 versity, 177 ; the College of Law, 744 ; College 

 of Medicine, 313 ; College of Engineering, 386 ; 

 College of Literature, 279 ; College of Science, 

 105 ; College of Agriculture, 235. There are 

 90 professors and 41 assistant professors. The 

 library now contains about 223,000 volumes. 

 The Journal of the College of Science, estab- 

 lished in 1887 and now in its tenth volume, has 

 published many important contributions, which 

 are written in English or in German. 



At Harvard University, Dr. R. W. Willson has 

 been appointed assistant professor of astronomy, 

 and Dr. C. R. Sanger, assistant professor of 

 chemistry. 



Me. L. B. Wilson has been appointed 

 demonstrator in pathology and bacteriology in 

 the University of Minnesota. 



Dr. Wilhelm Thieemann, of the Technical 

 Institute at Hanover, has been made professor. 



