June 6, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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by more than a hundred million persons. It 

 is propesed to estabish a Hispano-American 

 Hospital, to arrange scientific tours and to 

 make summaries of all medical papers written 

 in Spanish available for members. The ob- 

 jects of the Umfia are to make its members 

 known to each other, to establish relations, 

 social and scientific, with the doctors of every 

 country where Spanish is spoken; to establish 

 an information bureau for Spanish or Por- 

 tuguese doctors who go to Paris to pursue 

 clinical work and research; to arrange courses 

 of instruction, lectures, meetings, festivities 

 and congresses, and to organize means of 

 assistance to foreigners of Spanish-American 

 origin settled in Paris who may be in need 

 of help. 



We learn from Nature that the famous pre- 

 historic camp, known as Maiden Castle, near 

 Dorchester, has been, at the suggestion of 

 King George, purchased by the Duchy of 

 Cornwall, and will now be carefully preserved. 

 The camp dates from Celtic times, and formed 

 a shelter for cattle during tribal raids rather 

 than a military fortress. Water was supplied 

 from a neolithic dew-pond on the summit of 

 the plateau, and the palisading kept at bay 

 wolves and other enemies, while the cattle were 

 left in charge of a few women and children. 

 The cunningly arranged entrances to the camp 

 supply a remarkable example of primitive 

 methods of defence. 



VNIVEESITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 Tbe special state appropriation bills for the 

 University of California, as signed by the gov- 

 ernor, provide amounts as follows : support and 

 maintenance of the university, $400,000; 

 agriculture (support and maintenance of all 

 branches), $700,000; New North Hall, $400,- 

 000; impairment of income, $62,000; replace- 

 ment of buildings and equipment at Lick Ob- 

 servatory, $50,000; university extension, $50,- 

 000; Los Angeles medical department (sup- 

 port), $20,000; Los Angeles medical depart- 

 m-ent (new buildings), $25,000; Seripps In- 

 stitution for Biological Eesearch, $15,000; 



printing, $12,000; one dormitory at Davis, 

 $40,000; dining hall at Davis, $10,000; class- 

 room and library buildings at Davis, $65,000; 

 small buildings at Davis, $20,000; 200 acres 

 for experiment station in southern California, 

 $60,000; laboratory building for experiment 

 station in southern California, $100,000; resi- 

 dence, barns, etc., for experiment station in 

 southern California, $25,000; total special ap- 

 propriations, $2,054,000. To these appropri- 

 ations there must be added the state univer- 

 sity fund to be automatically appropriated 

 during the coming two years for the support 

 and maintenance of the university amounting 

 in total to $1,802,978. The grand total ap- 

 propriated by the state of California for the 

 University of California for the next biennium 

 is therefore $3,856,978. 



Tale University will receive $475,000 from 

 the estate of Dr. Francis Bacon, who died last 

 year. The sum will be available for almost 

 immediate use. 



Mrs. Mart Emery has contributed $125,000 

 to the Ohio-Miami Medical College of the 

 University of Cincinnati for the endowment 

 of a chair of pathology. A sum of about $80,- 

 000 from the estate of Dr. Prancis Brunning 

 has also been received by the university, the 

 income of which will be used for the endow- 

 ment of a second chair. 



The general faculty of Oberlin College has 

 voted to recommend to the trustees that this 

 year all honorary degrees be omitted at com- 

 mencement. 



Mr. Kerr Duncan Macmillan", assistant 

 professor of church history in the Princeton 

 Theological Seminary, has been elected to the 

 presidency of Wells College. 



Dr. James H. Woods has been promoted to 

 be professor of philosophy at Harvard Uni- 

 versity. 



Dr. Charles Augustus Tuttle, professor 

 of political economy and political science at 

 Wabash College, Cravirfordsville, Ind., has 

 been elected professor of economics and so- 

 cial science at Wesleyan University. 



