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tion to the designing and structural work of 

 the regular course, and thus be fitted to take 

 up on graduating the profession of an archi- 

 tect. In the courses of Mechanical and Elec- 

 trical Engineering a large proportion of the 

 work is identical, and students in either course 

 may in addition elect a considerable amount of 

 special work in the other course, under the ad- 

 vice of the Faculty, as a substitute for the same 

 amount of work in his own course. 



Efforts are being made to persuade Presi- 

 dent Taylor not to leave Vassar College for 

 Brown University. With this end in view a 

 meeting of the Alumni decided to try to col- 

 lect the sum of $2,000,000 for the endowment 

 of Vassar. 



It is announced that Mrs. Julia J. Irving will 

 retire from the presidency of Wellesley College 

 in June of the present year. 



Dr. BIyeon D. Green has been appointed 

 lecturer on photographic chemistry in the Uni- 

 versity of Cincinnati. A yearly course has 

 been established in the subject, including each 

 week one lecture and one afternoon of labora- 

 tory or field work. Our universities are begin- 

 ning to recognize the importance of thorough 

 and exhaustive instruction in this special 

 branch of chemistry. 



At a meeting of the electors to the profes- 

 sorship of pathology of Cambridge University, 

 held on February 11th, Mr. German Sims 

 Woodhead, M.D., Edinburgh, was chosen to 

 succeed the late Professor Kanthack. The 

 London Times states that Professor Woodhead 

 is the eldest son of Mr. Joseph Woodhead, 

 formerly M.P. for Spen Valley, and was born 

 at Huddersfield in 1855. He was educated at 

 Huddersfleld College and at the University of 

 Edinburgh. He first became a teacher in anat- 

 omy and then pathology, and carried on original 

 investigations in pathology in the Minto-house 

 School of Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, 

 the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and the labora- 

 tory of the Royal College of Physicians, Edin- 

 burgh. For upwards of eight years he has held 

 the post of Director of the Laboratories of the 

 Conjoint Board of the Royal College of Physi- 

 cians and of the Royal College of Surgeons. He 

 was Assistant Commissioner to the Royal Com- 



mission on Tuberculosis, and his report was 

 published in 1895. He has published a treatise 

 on practical pathology, and, in conjunction with 

 Dr. Arthur W. Hare, has published ' Patho- 

 logical Myrology.' He has also written on 

 bacteria and their products. He has held the 

 oflSce of President of the Royal Medical Society. 



The Balfour studentship of Cambridge Uni- 

 versity, of the annual value of £200, for original 

 research in biology, especially animal morphol- 

 ogy, has been awarded to J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 M.A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, for 

 three years from March, 1899. Grants from the 

 Balfour Fund of £50 each have been made to 

 J. S. Budgett, B.A., of Trinity College, in aid 

 of his researches on the development of Polyp- 

 tents, and to L. A. Borradaile, M.A., of Sel- 

 wyn Hostel, in aid of the expenses of his pro- 

 posed journey in company with Mr. Gardiner, 

 the Balfour student. 



An examination will be held at Merton Col- 

 lege, on June 27th and following days, for the 

 purpose of electing to three open natural sci- 

 ence scholarships, of which one will be at Mer- 

 ton College, one at New College and one at 

 Corpus Christi College. The scholarships are 

 of the value of £80 per annum, and are open 

 to all candidates, including, we believe, those 

 who are not citizens of Great Britain, whose 

 age on July 3, 1899, will not exceed 19 years. 

 The subjects of examination will be : (1) chem- 

 istry, mechanics and physics, or (2) biology. 

 An English essay, and a paper in algebra and 

 elementary geometry, will also be set to all 

 candidates. Candidates will have an opportu- 

 nity of showing a knowledge of higher mathe- 

 matics. 



Dr. Domenico Saccardo has been appointed 

 professor of botany in the University of Bo- 

 logna; Dr. Fleurens, professor of technical chem- 

 istry in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers at 

 Paris ; Dr. Natanson, of Vienna, assistant pro- 

 fessor of mathematics in the University of Cra- 

 cow, and Dr. Moritz Hoernes, assistant profes- 

 sor of prehistorical archaeology in the University 

 at Vienna. Dr. Bing has qualified as decent in 

 chemistry in the University at Bonn, and Dr. 

 Emden as decent in physics and meteorology in 

 the Technical Institute at Munich. 



