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vatory if within two weeks $200,000 can be 

 collected for the erection of a new observatory 

 and for other purposes. The Trustees have 

 adopted the following resolutions : 



"Whereas, The Board of Trustees of the 

 Western University has received a communi- 

 cation from Professor James E. Keeler, Direc- 

 tor of the Allegheny Observatory, announcing 

 his election to the Directorship of the Lick Ob- 

 servatory, it is 



^^ Resolved, That we place upon record our 

 mingled feelings of pride and regret ; pride be- 

 cause he has been chosen to fill the highest 

 position in the astronomical world, because the 

 choice has fallen upon one whom we love and 

 honor as a friend, and whose career was begun 

 in connection with this institution, and who 

 during his more recent connection with it as 

 its Director has shed upon it the luster of brill- 

 iant scientific discoveries ; regret because this 

 election, so honorable to him, if accepted, will 

 terminate the relations which have been to us 

 a source of profound satisfaction and pleasure. 



"Resolved, That the intimation which he 

 gives to us, that if we shall secure within the 

 next two weeks the sum of money necessary to 

 place our observatory in a position which will 

 make it worthy of its past illustrious history, 

 and of the great community in which it is lo- 

 cated, he will remain with us, fills us with 

 hope, and we pledge ourselves to endeavor by 

 all the means at our command to secure this 

 result. 



" Resolved, That to this end we call upon all 

 those in this community who have civic pride 

 and an interest in the promotion and advance- 

 ment of knowledge to aid us^in this effort to se- 

 cure the sum of $200,000, which, in the judg- 

 ment of this Board, is. necessary in order to 

 build and equip a new observatory and to pro- 

 vide a sum sufficient to complete the endow- 

 ment of the chair of astronomy. 



" Resolved, That we record with grateful ap- 

 preciation the kind response that has already 

 been made by our fellow-citizens, who have 

 thus far subscribed to this cause the sum of 

 $137,000. 



" Be it further Resolved, That a committee, 

 consisting of the President of the Board, Dr. 

 John Krockar White ; Mr. John A. Brashear, 



Chairman of the Observatory Committee, and 

 the Chancellor, Dr. W. J. Holland, be appointed 

 to present to the public, through the columns 

 of the press, the urgent need which exists for 

 immediate action, and to appeal to all liberally 

 disposed persons to aid us by their contribu- 

 tions, whether large or small, so that the high 

 standing of the Allegheny Observatory, which 

 has heretofore occupied the foremost place 

 among like institutions in this country, may be 

 still maintained, and that it may be restored to 

 the rank which it deserves to hold, but which 

 it has in part lost through its meager endow- 

 ment, and through the encroachment of manu- 

 facturing, industries in its immediate neighbor- 

 hood." 



GENERAL. 



The British Association for the Advancement 

 of Science will be invited to meet at Bradford 

 in 1900. 



The German Zoological Society will hold its 

 eighth annual session at Heidelberg from the 

 first to the third of June under the presidency 

 of Professor T. E. Schulze. In addition to 

 papers and demonstrations, reports will be pre- 

 sented from the editor of Das Thierreich and 

 from the delegate to the International Commis- 

 sion on Nomenclature. Professor J. W. Spen- 

 gel (Giessen) has been elected Secretary of the 

 Society. 



The twelfth annual meeting of the German 

 Anatomical Society will be held at Kiel from 

 the 17th to the 20th of April. 



The Scientific Alliance of New York gave a 

 dinner at the Hotel Savoy on March 16th, with 

 about 170 guests in attendance. Mr. Charles 

 .F. Cox, President of the Council of the Alli- 

 ance, presided. The scientific program was 

 as follows : 

 Science as a 3foral Force : Chakcelloe H. M. Mac- 



Ceacken. 

 Science in Education : Hon. Seth Low. 

 Science, the Nation's Safeguard: Peofessoe Simost 



Newcomb. 

 The City's Debt to Science : Peofessoe J. J. Steven- 

 son. 

 Science and Commerce : Hon. Wm. E. Dodge. 

 The Interest of Sister Cities in the Science of Neio York : 

 Peofessoe Geo. F. Baekee. 



