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SCIENCE 



[N. S. VoL.XXVni. No. 714 



It is announced tliat hereafter women who 

 are subjects of the German empire will be 

 admitted to the universities on the same foot- 

 ing as men. Women of other countries will 

 require the permission of the minister of 

 public instruction for matriculation. 



The governors of University College, Bris- 

 tol, have approved the draft charter for estab- 

 lishing a University of Bristol. 



According to the daily papers, the salaries 

 paid to instructors and professors at the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago wiU be increased by about 

 twenty-five per cent. An official statement of 

 the changes in the salaries will doubtless be 

 made shortly. 



Jay WiLLiAii HcDSOX, Ph.D. (Harvard), 

 has been appointed assistant professor of 

 philosophy in the University of Missouri. 



Alfred Edward Tatlok, M.A., Frothing- 

 ham professor of philosophy in McGill Uni- 

 versity, has been appointed professor of moral 

 philosophy in the University of St. Andrews, 

 in succession to Professor Bosanquet. 



Dr. Hexrt Alexasder IIiers, F.E.S., fellow 

 of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Waynflete 

 professor of mineralogy in Oxford University, 

 has been appointed principal of the University 

 of London, from October 1, upon the resig- 

 nation of Sir Arthur W. Eiicker. 



At the University of Manchester Dr. J. E. 

 Petavel, F.B.S., has been elected professor of 

 engineering: Mr. T. G. B. Osbern, lecturer in 

 economic botany; Mr. C. H. Lander, lecturer 

 in engineering drawing; and Dr. F. H. J. A. 

 Lamb, senior demonstrator in physiology. 



THE COLLEOE OF E^^'GIXEERISG OF TEE 

 VyiTEESITT OF ILLISOIS 



The college announces the following new 

 appointments for the college year beginning 

 September 16, 190S: 



F. D. Crawshaw, B.S. in electrical engineer- 

 ing, "Worcester Polytechnic Institute, '96, who 

 has served as head of the manual training 

 department of the Central High School, 

 Minne,^polis, Minn. ; as first assistant, manual 

 arts department, Bradley Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute, and as principal of the Franklin School, 

 Peoria, HI., to be assistant dean of the College 

 of Engineering. 



Frank B. Sanborn, B.S. Dartmouth, '87, 

 C.E. Dartmouth, 'S9, M.S. Harvard, '98; for 

 nine years past professor in charge of the de- 

 partment of civil engineering. Tufts College; 

 has been granted leave of absence for one year 

 by that institution and during this time will 

 act as assistant professor of civil engineering 

 with the University of Illinois, doing work 

 not otherwise provided for during the pros- 

 pective temporary absence on leave of Pro- 

 fessor I. O. Baker. 



Shelby S. Roberts, B.S. Eose Polytechnic 

 Institute, '9S, C.E. Eose, '07; for the past ten 

 years engaged in railway work, chiefly with 

 the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Eailway, the 

 Louisville & Nashville, and the Hlinois Cen- 

 tral, has been appointed assistant professor of 

 railway civil engineering. Mr. Eoberts will 

 give his entire attention to instructional and 

 research work with reference to railway track 

 construction and maintenance and with refer- 

 ence to railway sig-naling. 



William F. Sehulz, a graduate of the Balti- 

 more Polyteclmie Institute in 1S90, an honor 

 man at Johns Hopkins University, '93, bach- 

 elor of science in electrical engineering. Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, '00, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 

 University, 'OS. For five years assistant and 

 instructor in physics at the University of 

 Illinois, has been appointed assistant pro- 

 fessor of physics. 



Kenneth G. Smith, A.B. University of 

 Chicago, '96, B.S. in mechanical engineering. 

 University of Illinois, '05 ; for three years with 

 the Kerr Turbine Company, has been ap- 

 pointed to have charge of the engineering 

 experiment station extension work, with the 

 rank of assistant professor of mechanical 

 engineering. 



A. St J. Williamson, University of Illinois, 

 B.S. in mechanical engineering, '9S, M.E. '02, 

 and for the past seven years engaged in rail- 

 way work, chiefly with the Mexican Central 

 Eailway, has been appointed instructor in 

 railway mechanical engineering. 



C. F. Kelley, A.B. Harvard University, '06, 

 a student with De Camp and other noted 

 artists, has been appointed instructor in archi- 

 tecture. 



C. C. Albright, B.S. Purdue University, '03, 



