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SCIENCE. 



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knowledge. The public had made such use of 

 the Parkes Museum, maintained by the Insti- 

 tute, that the Council had decided to start a 

 building fund to provide a larger building to 

 give the accommodation required for its increas- 

 ing work. The Institute possessed 2,300 mem- 

 bers and associates ; its income last year was 

 over £8,000, and its captital amounted to over 

 £12.000. It had held 200 meetings, attended 

 by 90,000 people. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Me. Andrew Carnegie has given £50,000 to 

 the proposed University of Birmingham, on the 

 understanding that scientific work be especially 

 emphasized in the University, instancing Cor- 

 nell University as the best model to be followed. 

 The committee, in thanking Mr. Carnegie for 

 this gift, state that it had always been intended 

 that special attention should be given to scien- 

 tific training and research. 



Mk. Passmore Edwards has given £10,000 

 to the new Loudon University for the teaching 

 of economics and commercial science. The 

 London Journal of Education states that the 

 commissioners of the University have decided 

 to establish departments of psychology, political 

 science and engineering. 



The will of the late Professor Marsh, leaving 

 his property to Yale University and the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences, is being contested 

 by a nephew. It is unfortunate that such con- 

 tests should be so common in the United States. 

 It is in any case fortunate that Professor Marsh 

 during his life devoted the greater part of his 

 fortune to scientific work and Yale University. 



The Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 

 have presented a scholarship to the Teachers' 

 College, Columbia University, of the value of 

 $450 a year. It will be assigned, on competitive 

 examination, to an experienced teacher of the 

 State of Georgia, and will be known as ' The 

 Georgia Federation Scholarship.' 



Last year the University of Paris was given 

 ancmymously 75,000 fr. to permit five graduates 

 to make a tour around the world. The gift has 

 been repeated this year and increased so that 

 each student will receive 16,500 fr. for the 

 journey, which is expected to last two years. 



New arrangements have been made for the 

 award of the Bowdoin prizes of Harvard Uni- 

 versity. A prize of $300 will be oflTered to 

 graduates who have been in residence within 

 three years. The subjects are to be in the lan- 

 guages next year, in philosophy, political science 

 and history the following year and in mathe- 

 matics and science in 1902. 



The American Naturalist states that The 

 Gray Herbarium of Harvard University has 

 recently purchased a collection of Compositse 

 of the late Dr. F. W. Klapp, of Hamburg. It 

 contains about 11,000 specimens and will prob- 

 ably add 60 genera, 1500 species, to the Gray 

 Herbarium, which previously contained 35,000 

 sheets of composites. 



A COLLECTION from the medical library of the 

 late Dr. William Pepper, formerly Provost of 

 the University of Pennsylvania, has been pre- 

 sented to the University by his son. 



A COURSE in commerce, diplomacy and in- 

 ternational law has been established at the 

 University of Pennsylvania. The course will 

 extend over two years. The subjects proposed 

 being as follows : First year — American diplo- 

 macy, American commercial relations, inter- 

 national trade and foreign exchange, political 

 economy, economical resources of European 

 countries, and public finance. Second year — 

 international law, European commercial rela- 

 tions, diplomatic history of Europe, government 

 of colonies and dependencies, practical economic 

 problems, economic resources of the Far East, 

 comparative constitutional law. 



Miss Lillie J. Martin has been appointed 

 acting assistant professor of psychology in Stan- 

 ford University, to replace Dr. Frank Angell 

 during a year's leave of absence in Europe. 



Miss Edith Chick has been appointed Quain 

 student in botany for three years (£100 per an- 

 num) at University College, London. 



The professorship of pathology at St. An- 

 drews, vacant by the removal of Professor Muir 

 to Glasgow, will be filled on June 21st. In- 

 formation regarding the appointment may be 

 obtained from Mr. J. E. Williams, Secretary of 

 the University. 



