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memorial panels, tablets, medallions, inscrip- 

 tions, etc., relating to Lincoln and his times, 

 so that students and professors at work in this 

 building, or even passing along the walks 

 about it, should be in daily and hourly remem- 

 brance of what this man and his coworkers 

 did for the American people. Quarters are 

 provided on the first floor for the classics and 

 for the philosophical group or department; 

 on the second floor, for English and modern 

 languages; and on the third floor, for the 

 social science group, comprising history, eco- 

 nomics, politics and sociology. The north and 

 south wings of the fourth floor are set apart 

 for two museums. The museum of classical 

 archeology and art comprises collections de- 

 signed to show especially the influence on our 

 American life of the fine arts of the Greeks 

 and Romans, particularly sculpture and other 

 forms of antiquities, by means of casts, pho- 

 tographs and original articles. The second 

 museum, the museum of European culture, 

 occupies the north wing of the building and 

 contains much illustrative material. The mu- 

 seum of classic art was opened on November 

 8. Professor George Henry Chase, of Har- 

 vard University, delivered the dedicatory ad- 

 dress. The mueeum of European culture was 

 opened February 6, at which time Professor 

 Kuno Franke, of Harvard University, deliv- 

 ered two addresses. 



UNIVEBSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 Japanese graduates of Harvard University 

 have subscribed a fund of $20,000 as the 

 foundation for a lectureship in the depart- 

 ment of philosophy to provide for the teach- 

 ing of Japanese and other Oriental systems of 

 philosophy. 



On March 6, the University of Illinois 

 opened a medical college in Chicago. The 

 property formerly belonging to the College of 

 Physicians was definitely presented by the 

 alumni to the university. It is valued at 

 $500,000 with an indebtedness of $245,000. 

 Twice the state legislature by a large major- 



ity has appropriated money for a medical 

 school in connection with the university. The 

 first time the bill was vetoed by the governor 

 because of lack of funds, the second time the 

 bill was thrown out on a technicality. At the 

 opening exercises addresses were given by Dr. 

 Frank BiUings, dean of Eush Medical College, 

 by Dr. A. R. Edwards, dean of Northwestern 

 University Medical School, by Dr. Arthur 

 Dean Bevan, chairman of council on Medical 

 Education, American Medical Association; 

 by President E. J. James, of the University 

 of Illinois; by Dean W. E. Quine and others. 



The plans for transforming the scientific 

 institutes at Frankfort-on-Main into a uni- 

 versity have now been sanctioned by the 

 Prussian ministry of public instruction. The 

 capital subscribed is nearly $2,000,000. 



Dr. a. R. Forsyth, F.E.S., has been ap- 

 pointed chief professor of mathematics at the 

 Imperial College of Science and Technology, 

 London. 



Mr. Augustine Henry, M.A., reader in for- 

 estry at Cambridge, has been appointed pro- 

 fessor of forestry in the Royal CoUege of 

 Science for Ireland. The chair of forestry at 

 the college has but recently been established. 



Mr. Robert B. Bourdillon, lecturer in 

 chemistry at Balliol College, Oxford, has been 

 elected to a fellowship in chemistry on the 

 teaching staff of University College. 



At Sheffield University Miss Sophia M. V. 

 Witts, M.D. (London), has been appointed to 

 the newly-instituted post of " lady tutor in 

 anatomy." 



The following appointments have been 

 made in the department of public health at 

 King's College, London : Dr. E. W. Routley, 

 medical ofiicer of health, Aldershot, to be lec- 

 turer in sanitary law and administration; 

 Colonel W. G. King, late sanitary commis- 

 sioner in the Madras Presidency, to be lec- 

 turer in applied hygiene in the tropics; Dr. 

 W. F. Roach, to be lecturer on school hygiene 

 for medical officers. 



