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are being made to secure in cooperation with 

 the Canadian government, magnetic observa- 

 tions on the eighteen-months' cruise of the 

 Canadian steamer Arctic (formerly the 

 Gauss), among the Arctic Islands north of 

 the Magnetic North Pole. Mr. W. E. W. 

 Jackson has been detailed by the minister of 

 marine and fisheries, to duty on the Arctic. 

 Magnetic, meteorological, electric and tidal 

 observations will be attempted. Dr. Bauer 

 recently visited the Arctic at Quebec, com- 

 manded by Captain J. E. Bemier, and ar- 

 ranged with him and Professor Stupart at 

 Toronto regarding the magnetic and electric 

 instruments and accessories to be supplied by 

 the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and 

 as to the methods of work to be followed. 



The London Times states that Mr. C. Ken- 

 rick Gibbons has presented to the Zoological 

 Gardens a large number of the small fresh- 

 water fish from Barbados known as " millions " 

 (Girardinus poecilloides) . These little fish, 

 which have been placed in a tank in the tor- 

 toise house, are of special interest because of 

 their supposed action in preventing malaria. 

 Malaria is very much less common in Bar- 

 bados than in other West Indian islands, and 

 it has been suggested that this freedom is due 

 to the presence of enormous quantities of the 

 "millions" in the fresh-water pools. The 

 little fish are very voracious, and destroy large 

 numbers of the larvse of mosquitoes that spread 

 malaria. The males are about half an inch 

 long, with brilliant iridescent colors, and 

 large black spots on the sides. The females 

 are considerably larger and less highly colored. 

 It is understood that experiments are going 

 to be made with the introduction of these 

 fish into tropical countries where malaria is 

 prevalent. 



There is, it appears, in Great Britain a 

 National Canine Defense League, which 

 claims that 1,250 medical men have signed a 

 petition in favor of a bill now before Parlia- 

 ment exempting dogs from vivisection, and 

 further that 388 members have given their 

 written promise to support the measure. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The College of Agriculture and Mechanic 

 Arts, of Hawaii, was established by act of the 

 legislature last March. The new college will 

 be located at Honolulu. A site for the campus 

 and buildings has been secured in Manoa 

 Valley, commanding a fine view of the ocean. 

 Professor John W. Gilmore, of the Penn- 

 sylvania State College, has been chosen 

 president. The college will open on Septem- 

 ber 4. 



On August 15, fire destroyed the main 

 building of the large barn of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, at Amherst. Two 

 valuable Holstein and Jersey bulls and eleven 

 calves, together with a large quantity of hay 

 and farm machinery, were also burned. The 

 loss is estimated at about $40,000. 



Two upper floors of Curtis Hall, used as 

 dormitories, at Tufts College, were destroyed 

 by a fire of unknown origin on the 16th in- 

 stant, with damage of $5,000. 



Professor Otto Prank, of Giessen, has 

 been elected professor of physiology, at 

 Munich, to succeed the late Professor Carl 

 von Voit. 



Dr. Nagel, of Berlin, has become professor 

 of physiology at Rostock. 



Dr. Curt Hensel, professor of mathematics 

 at Marburg, has been called to Leipzig. 



TBE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL 

 The Official Eegister of Harvard University 

 in its issue of this week contains the first de- 

 tailed announcement of the Graduate School 

 of Business Administration which will be 

 opened to students on October 1, under the 

 direction of Dean Edwin F. Gay. The unique 

 feature of the school, both in Harvard experi- 

 ence and in the educational world, is that the 

 new school starts with the requirement of a 

 college degree for admission. Upon that 

 foundation of liberal education it rests a 

 severe two years' course, partly prescribed and 

 partly elective, leading to the degree of Master 

 in Business Administration and representing 

 work in the following special fields : Banking 

 and finance, accounting and auditing, insur- 



