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snow falls or in the early spring will be suffi- 

 cient to start a new growth. On other por- 

 tions of the area, however, where a growth of 

 grass and weeds has covered the ground, it 

 will probably be necessary to work the seed 

 into the soil by raking or dragging brush over 

 the ground. In some localities sowing by 

 what is called the seed spot method in which 

 several seeds are dropped together in spots 

 and covered with soil will probably be suc- 

 cessful. To test these various methods five 

 experimental plots have been selected. These 

 represent the various conditions found on the 

 bum, such as difPerence in slope, altitude, ex- 

 posure and vegetation. This fall a large 

 quantity of Douglas fir seed will be collected 

 and a quantity sown on each plot. Next 

 spring the experiments will be repeated and it 

 is expected that the results obtained will indi- 

 cate what methods and what seasons of the 

 year are best adapted to the conditions found 

 on this burn. When this is accomplished the 

 Forest Service will be in a position to com- 

 mence the reforestation of the Soleduck burn 

 on a large scale and to reseed large areas each 

 year. It is believed also that the results ob- 

 tained will be of value not only in solving the 

 problem of restocking the burn in the Olympic 

 National Forest, but that much will be learned 

 concerning the best methods of reforesting 

 denuded areas in other forests throughout the 

 Pacific northwest, where conditions are simi- 

 lar, and that thus the work may be largely ex- 

 tended. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The University of Wisconsin, the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan, the University of Minnesota 

 and the University of Toronto have been 

 admitted to the regular pension system of 

 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- 

 ment of Teaching. 



Mr. John D. Archbold has given $300,000 

 to Syi-acuse University, to pay the mortgage 

 on the ground of the university which was 

 placed in order to build the gymnasium. 



Swarthmore College will receive $125,000 

 from the General Educational Board, pro- 

 viding the sum of $3Y5,000 is raised within 



two years by the college. The sum of $187,- 

 500 has already been subscribed. 



Dr. 0. T. Williams, of Pembroke College, 

 has given £2,500 to Oxford University for 

 scholarships in physiology and human an- 

 atomy. 



The School of Mining affiliated with 

 Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., is 

 about to erect a new chemical building which 

 will cost nearly one hundred thousand dollars 

 and will probably be ready for occupation in 

 October, 1910. In the meantime, indeed very 

 soon, two or three appointments to the teach- 

 ing staff will be made. A building for mining 

 and metallurgy will also be put up at a prob- 

 able cost of fifty thousand dollars. It is the 

 gift of a member of the staff of the school. 

 Professor Nicol, of the department of mineral- 

 ogy. The chemical building is provided by 

 the Ontario government. 



The department of zoology and geology at 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College wiU 

 this year conduct a ten days' camp at the 

 seashore for introductory work in marine zo- 

 ology. The camp will be established at 

 Groton, Connecticut, at the mouth of the 

 Poquonnock Eiver. Work will begin at the 

 close of the college year. The department 

 thus aims to supplement its courses in general 

 and economic zoology. The work will con- 

 sist mainly in the study of habits, habitats 

 and ecological problems, in collecting for 

 study, dissection and preservation and in 

 photographic work. The privileges of the ex- 

 cursion are open to students of elective under- 

 graduate courses. Eeports will be required 

 and credit will be given for the work as a part 

 of the undergraduate courses. The work will 

 be in charge of Professor C. E. Gordon. 



The Eev. Henry H. Appel, of York, has 

 been elected president of Franklin and Mar- 

 shall College, at Lancaster, Pa. Mr. Appel is 

 a son of the late Thomas G. Appel, who was 

 president of the college for many years. 



Dr. Harold Pender, of New York City, has 

 lieen appointed professor of electrical engi- 

 neering in the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. 



