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present comparatively few in number and in 
many cases their preparation is insuficient, 
but these disadvantages are being removed. 
The principal conditions of the contract which 
the university enters into with its professors 
provide for a three-year term of service. The 
salary is paid in silver at the rate of 300 
Hongping taels per lunar month (the Hong- 
ping tael varies in value according to the rate 
of exchange, usually 60 cents to 65 cents; 
there are twelve and one third lunar months 
in the year). Free medical attendance is pro- 
vided as well as suitable living quarters; these 
latter are substantial brick houses, provided 
with electric light and water. The traveling 
expenses of the professors to China and re- 
turn are paid in the event of his completing 
his contract. The conditions of life in China 
are so different that it is impossible to con- 
vey an accurate idea of them in words. In 
general it may be said that any one who ob- 
jects to unfamiliar and, in some respects, 
crude conditions of life and work would prob- 
ably not enjoy the life in China, while others 
will find much of interest and pleasure in it. 
The cost of living is low, for $1,500 per year 
a small family can live in much greater com- 
fort than upon the same sum in America. 
It will be necessary for the applicant to 
sail from San Francisco during the first week 
in July, in order to begin work with the au- 
tumn term. More detailed information upon 
any points in doubt can be obtained by writing 
to Thos. T. Read, 420 Market Street, San 
Francisco, but any applicant should immedi- 
ately send a letter containing the facts (1), 
(2), (8) to President Wang, stating, if neces- 
sary, that he is only tentatively a candidate, 
until fuller information is available. It must 
be remembered that the time available will 
not allow for many exchanges of letters and 
the final appointing will probably be done by 
cable. A copy of the application should be 
sent to Mr. Read. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 
Ir was proposed on behalf of the Royal 
Soeiety and the Royal College of Surgeons 
that Lord Lister should be buried in West- 
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minster Abbey, and the consent of the dean 
was obtained. Lord Lister, however, had ex- 
pressed a wish to be buried in Hampstead 
Churchyard, where the body of his wife lies. 
The first part of the funeral service was held 
in Westminster Abbey on February 16. Only 
members of the family were present at the 
interment in Hampstead Churchyard. 
At the University of Pennsylvania exercises 
on Washington’s birthday several honorary 
degrees were conferred, including the doctor- 
ate of laws on Dr. William J. Mayo, the sur- 
geon; the doctorate of science on Carl Hering, 
the electrical engineer, and the doctorate of 
public hygiene on Dr. A. C. Abbott, professor 
in the university. 
At the stated meeting of the committee on 
science and the arts of the Franklin Institute 
held on February 7 Elliott Cresson Medals 
were awarded as follows: Alexander Graham 
Bell, Se.D., Ph.D., LL.D., of Washington, 
D. C., in recognition of the value of his solu- 
tion of the problem of the electrical transmis- 
sion of articulate speech. Samuel Wesley 
Stratton, D.Eng., Se.D., of Washington, D.C., 
in recognition of his distinguished and di- 
rective work in physical science and metrology, 
and its application in the arts and industries. 
Albert A. Michelson, Se.D., Ph.D., LL.D., of 
Chicago, Ill., in recognition of his original 
and fruitful investigations in the field of 
physical optics. Alfred Noble, C.E., LL.D., 
of New York, in recognition of his distin- 
guished achievements in the field of civil engi- 
neering. Elihu Thomson, Sc.D., Ph.D., of 
Swampscott, Mass., in recognition of his lead- 
ing and distinguished work in the industrial 
applications of electricity. Edward Williams 
Morley, Se.D., Ph.D., LL.D., of West Hart- 
ford, Conn., in recognition of his important 
contributions to chemical science and par- 
ticularly of his accurate determinations of 
fundamental magnitudes. Johann Friedrich 
Adolph yon Baeyer, Ph.D., F.M.RS., of 
Munich, Germany, in recognition of the many 
important results of his extended research in 
organic chemistry and of his discovery of 
synthetic processes of great industrial value. 
