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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. VII. No. 175. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



DOCTORATE FELLOWSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY 

 OF CHICAGO. 



The Senate of the University of Chicago, 

 acting upon the recommendation of the Gradu- 

 ate Faculties, has proposed, for the considera- 

 tion of the Trustees, the following plan for 

 more advanced fellowships : 



For the purpose of encouraging research as 

 distinguished from the purpose of encouraging 

 less advanced students to secure training to 

 qualify them for research, the University offers 

 Doctorate Fellowships upon the following con- 

 ditions : 



1. Candidates shall have received the degree 

 of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of 

 Chicago. 



2. Candidates must specify in detail the line 

 of investigation which they wish to pursue, and 

 they must obtain the unanimous endorsement 

 of the officers of the department or depart- 

 ments within which the proposed work falls. 



3. Incumbents are espeoted to devote at 

 least nine months of each year exclusively to 

 their research work at the University. They 

 may, however, by special permission, carry on 

 excavation, exploration or consultation of orig- 

 inal material wherever the problems under in- 

 vestigation may demand. 



4. Doctorate Fellows are expected to prepare 

 the results of their researches for publication. 

 This work is accepted in lieu of all teaching or 

 other service to the University during occu- 

 pancy of the Doctorate Fellowship. 



5. In cases of exceptional ability, students of 

 independent means who have received the de- 

 gree of Doctor of Philosophy may be made 

 Honorary Doctorate Fellows without income 

 from the University. With this exception, 

 their relationship to the University will be the 

 same as that of regular Doctorate Fellows. 



6. The income of each Doctorate Fellowship 

 is seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per 

 year. Appointments are made annually, but 

 incumbents are eligible to reappointment for a 

 total term not exceeding five years. 



7. It is assumed that Doctorate Fellows need 

 no formal instruction, but that they may pursue 

 their researches independently. They are, 



therefore, exempt from payment of the regular 

 tuition fees. They are required, however, to 

 pay the special laboratory fees and to pay for 

 the material used in their researches. 



GENERAL. 



A FELLOWSHIP in architecture of the value of 

 $2,000 has just been established in Cornell Uni- 

 versity. 



Among the recent appointments at the Uni- 

 versity of New Mexico at Albuquerque are the 

 following in science : Professor E. P. Childs, 

 formerly of Denison University, assumes charge 

 of physics and chemistry ; Professor John 

 Weinzirl, late of the Wisconsin Experiment 

 Station, is director of the bacteriological labora- 

 tory and assistant professor of biology ; Mr. F. 

 S. Maltby, late of Johns Hopkins, is assistant 

 in the bacteriological laboratory, and Mr. E. 

 G. Coghill, of Brown, is laboratory assistant in 

 biology. A rather unique plan for a summer 

 school in geology and mining has been adopted. 

 A field class will spend two months in the study 

 of the exceedingly interesting area containing 

 the Magdalena mountains, doing careful topo- 

 graphical and geological work and com- 

 pleting a geological map of the region. A 

 practical study of faults in their influence 

 on the various mining problems will be 

 made, and also practical observation of the 

 routine work of a smelter and concentration 

 plant in all the details. The party is under the 

 immediate direction of President Herrick, of the 

 University, who has minutely studied the 

 region. A few students of geology and mining 

 engineering can be accommodated if properly 

 introduced. The only fee is ten dollars for 

 entrance and only half a dozen can be accom- 

 modated from outside the Territory. Collec- 

 tions in botany, zoology and paleontology will 

 be made. 



The New York University has given out the 

 program of its fourth summer session for teach- 

 ers and college graduates. Thirty courses are 

 offered in eight different departments. The 

 session will be held at University Heights, New 

 York City, July 5th-August 19th. 



At the Cornell University Summer School 



