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represented. Mr. Stalker is now on his way 

 to the Aru Islands, where he will collect for 

 Sir William Ingram, for whom, it will he re- 

 memhered, he brought home the Prince Eu- 

 dolph bird-of-paradise, which was exhibited 

 at the Zoological Gardens last year. When 

 his contract with Sir William is completed he 

 will go over to the Ke Islands, and work there 

 till the arrival of Mr. Goodfellow's party in 

 New Guinea, when a start wiU be made from 

 the south coast, just under the highest-known 

 point of the central range. A small com- 

 mittee, consisting of Dr. F. D. Godman 

 (president of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union), Dr. P. L. Selater (editor of the Ihis), 

 Mr. E. G. B. Meade- Waldo, Mr. 0. E. Fagan 

 (treasurer) and Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant (sec- 

 retary), will deal with the results of the ex- 

 pedition. The expenses for one year's ex- 

 ploration have been calculated at £3,000, of 

 which about half has been subscribed or 

 promised. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The legislature of Nebraska made appro- 

 priations for the State University for the bi- 

 ennium 1909-11 as follows : from the " one- 

 mill university levy," for general expenses, 

 salaries, etc., about $750,000; from the general 

 fund — for a site for the medical college, $20,- 

 000; for experimental sub-stations (3), $45,- 

 000; for farmers' institutes, $20,000; for per- 

 manent improvements, additional land, etc., 

 $100,000. 



The following letter has been addressed by 

 Mr. Andrew Carnegie to the president of 

 Hamilton College: 



In recognition of the unique services of Elihu 

 Eoot as Secretary of State in the cause of inter- 

 national peace, through arbitration treaties nego- 

 tiated by him, and in various other directions, 

 I give the sum of $200,000 to Hamilton College, 

 the institution of which he and his two brothers 

 and also his two sons are graduates, and of which 

 his father was so long a distinguished professor. 

 In accordance with the wish of Mr. Eoot, this 

 sum is to be held and invested by the trustees of 

 the college as a trust fund, the income to be 

 devoted to the salaries of the instructors of the 

 college. It is to bear the name of the Elihu Root 

 Peace Fund. 



Out of the $260,000 recently secured by 

 Knox OoUege ($50,000 from the General Edu- 

 cation Board, $50,000 from Mr. Carnegie and 

 $160,000 from the alumni and friends of the 

 institution), $50,000 is to be used in building 

 a Science Hall. It is expected that work will 

 begin on this building the present season. 



The last legislature appropriated money to 

 establish six new graduate fellowships at $500 

 each at the University of Kansas. They are 

 open to teachers in Kansas colleges and to 

 superintendents and principals of Kansas 

 schools, who are graduates of colleges and uni- 

 versities of recognized standing and who have 

 shown preeminent qualification for advanced 

 work. A large glass company with head offices 

 in New York City has offered $1,500 a year for 

 two years for a fellowship for a research stu- 

 dent working on " The optical properties of 

 glass in relation to its chemical constitution." 



Mr. F. G. Thompson, of the class of 1897, 

 has presented Harvard University with $50,- 

 000, for salaries in the department of history 

 and government. 



' The directors of the Krupp's Works at 

 Essen have made an annual grant of 10,000 

 Marks for the aeronautic professorship at 

 Gottingen University, to be devoted to re- 

 search work connected with aeronautics. 



On recommendation of the chancellor and 

 regents of the University of Nebraska, the 

 legislature of the state has amended the char- 

 ter of the institution so as to allow the regents 

 to establish the following colleges, viz: (1) 

 The Graduate College; (2) The College of 

 Arts and Sciences; (3) The College of Agri- 

 culture; (4) The College of Engineering; (5) 

 The Teachers College; (6) The College of 

 Law; (7) The College of Medicine. The first 

 named, which has hitherto been called the 

 Graduate School, is now raised to the dignity 

 of a college. The name of the second college 

 has been shortened from College of Litera- 

 ture, Science and the Arts, to College of Arts 

 and Sciences. The third and fourth colleges 

 have hitherto constituted the Industrial Col- 

 lege, and this name wiU now disappear, giving 

 place to the colleges of Agriculture and of 

 Engineering. 



