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ment of 1881. Tlie fund from the sale of 

 tMs land had grown to be $780,556.25 at the 

 end of the fiscal year 1906. This fund must 

 be kept intact and only its income apportioned 

 for the benefit of the state institutions. One 

 half of the interest, which now amounts to 

 $62,145, goes to the common school fund and 

 the balance to state institutions pro rata on 

 the basis of the cost of maintenance. This 

 brings into the university fund $16,542.92. 



Owing to the contributions which have been 

 made for the reendowment of Oxford Univer- 

 sity having reached a total of more than 

 £100,000, the second munificent donation of 

 £10,000 promised by Mr. W. W. Astor has 

 now been received by Lord Gurzon of Kedles- 

 ton, the chairman of the fund. 



The report of the Cambridge University 

 museums and lecture-rooms syndicate records 

 a gift of £500, made by Mr. Frank Smart, for 

 additional fittings in the museum of botany. 

 The library in the department of physiology 

 has been increased by many books formerly 

 in the possession of Sir Michael Foster; the 

 library of the medical school has also received 

 many additions, including a large number of 

 pamphlets and books presented by Sir T. 

 Clifford Allbutt. 



Prepaeations are being made to celebrate 

 the four hundredth anniversary of the found- 

 ing of the University of Madrid, which oc- 

 curred October 18, 1508. 



Dr. David Franklin Houston has resigned 

 the presidency of the University of Texas, 

 which he has held for the past three years, 

 to accept the chancellorship of Washington 

 University, St. Louis, vacant by the retire- 

 ment of Dr. W. S. Chapin. Dr. Sidney 

 E. Mezes, professor of philosophy at Texas 

 since 1894 and for the past five years dean 

 of the university faculty, was on July 6 

 elected president of the University of Texas 

 by the board of regents. 



Mr. Frank Leveeett, geologist of the 

 United States Geological Survey, has been 

 appointed assistant professor of glacial geol- 

 ogy at the University of Michigan. He will 

 devote only a portion of his time to university 

 work, retaining his position on the survey. 



Mr. E. 0. Allen, A.M. (University of Wis- 

 consin), lately in charge of the Badger mines 

 of the Cobalt District, has been appointed 

 instructor in economic geology. 



The vacancy caused by the resignation of 

 Dr. L. J. Cole, at the Rhode Island Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, has been filled by 

 the appointment of Philip B. Hadley, Ph.D., 

 of Brown University, as chief of the division 

 of biology. The following appointments at 

 the station have been made: J. Swett Irish, 

 B.Sc, of the University of Maine, assistant 

 in biology, and A. L. Whiting, B.Sc, of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, assistant 

 in agronomy. 



The trustees of the Thomas S. Clarkson 

 Memorial School of Technology have ap- 

 pointed to the chair of chemistry Mr. L. 

 Kimball Eussell, S.B. (Mass. Inst.), A.M. 

 (Columbia). To the newly established chair 

 of physics the trustees have appointed Mr. E. 

 B. Wheeler, B.S. (Missouri), candidate for 

 the doctorate of philosophy, Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 



Dr. John Cameron has been appointed lec- 

 turer on anatomy in the Medical School of the 

 Middlesex Hospital, London. 



Dr. WiJLFiNG, of Kiel, has been called to 

 the chair of mineralogy and geology at Heidel- 

 berg, vacant by the retirement of Professor 

 Eosenbusch. 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE 

 A CONTINUOUS CALORIMETER 



To THE Editor of Science: In the issue of 

 Science of May 15 appeared a special article 

 by H. T. Barnes, of McGill University, en- 

 titled, " A Simple Continuous Calorimeter for 

 Students' Use." Permit me to call the atten- 

 tion of your readers to the description of 

 similar apparatus appearing in " Electricity 

 and Magnetism," by Francis E. Nipher, pub- 

 lished by John L. Poland Book and Stationery 

 Co., St. Louis, 1895. 



JEhe experiment as therein described has 

 been for fifteen years in the hands of students 

 at Washington University. 



LiNDLEY Pyle 



Washington Univeesitt 



