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and nature of tests are defined. The circular 
concludes with general instructions to appli- 
eants for tests and gives the schedule of fees 
for reference standards, working standards, 
commercial standards, metal tapes, contact 
standards, precision screws and calipers, areas 
and area measuring instruments and thermal 
expansion of materials. For educational and 
scientific institutions and’ societies a discount 
of 50 per cent. will be allowed on all tests 
under the schedules stated. 
_ UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 
- Sik Jutius WeERNHER bequeathed £250,000 
to the treasurer of the Union of South Africa 
for the purpose of assisting in building, and, 
‘if sufficient, partly endowing, a university at 
Groote Schuur, near Cape Town, and £100,000 
to the Imperial College of Science and Tech- 
nology. South Kensington, together with two- 
twelfth parts of his residuary estate, but not 
exceeding £50,000. 
Proressor Newton H. WINCHELL, of Min- 
neapolis, for many years state geologist of the 
Minnesota Geological and Natural History 
Survey, has presented his geological library 
to the University of Minnesota. This library 
is probably one of the best private collections 
of geological literature in this country and 
was built up through the years when Professor 
Winchell, as editor of the American Geologist, 
‘had unusual opportunities for obtaining the 
eatlier serial and regional reports of this and 
foreign countries. Many of its volumes are 
priceless. The library is now being installed 
in the department of geology at the University 
of Minnesota and will be known as the “ Win- 
ehell Library of Geology,” to which hereafter 
donations and exchanges should be addressed. 
Dr. Evucene L. Opis, professor of pathology 
in Washington University, has been appointed 
dean of the medical school to succeed Dr. 
George Dock, relieved of this duty at his own 
request. 
SamueL N. Spring, forester of Connecticut 
and lecturer in the Yale Forest School, has 
been appointed professor of forestry in the 
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New York State College of Agriculture, Cor- 
nell University. 
Dr. J. W. JENKS, professor of political econ- 
omy at Cornell University since 1891, will 
become professor of government and public 
administration and director of political studies 
in the School of Commerce, Accounts and 
Finance of New York University. 
Dean Watter R. Crane, of the School of 
Mines, Pennsylvania State College, has been 
granted a year’s leave of absence and left 
June 13 to spend the coming year in the study 
of the coal fields of Alaska and the northwest. 
Dr. Elwood 8. Moore, professor of geology, 
will be acting dean during Dr. Crane’s ab- 
senee. Assistant Professor Thomas C. Brown, 
department of geology, has resigned to accept 
a similar position at Bryn Mawr College. Mr. 
H. N. Eaton, instructor in geology and petrog- 
raphy, University of Pittsburgh, has been 
appointed to succeed him. Associate Pro- 
fessor of Mining William M. Weigel has re- 
signed to accept the position of general super- 
intendent of the North American Smelting 
Company, Ltd., Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 
Hugh D. Pallister, instructor in metallurgy, 
has been appointed to succeed Professor 
Weigel with the title of assistant professor of 
mining. Harry B. Northrup and William A. 
Royce have been promoted from assistants to 
instructors in mining. Carroll A. Garner has 
been appointed instructor in mining. 
Tue following appointments have been made 
for the coming year in the North Carolina 
College of Agriculture and Mechanie Arts: 
instructor in chemistry, J. W. Nowell, A.B. 
(Wake Forest), Ph.D. (Hopkins), and F. B. 
Sherwood, B.S. (North Carolina College). 
At the Indiana University the following 
promotions from, assistant professorships to 
associate professorships have been made: 
Robert D. Carmichael, in mathematics; Mel- 
vin E. Haggerty, in psychology; Clarence E. 
May and Frank C. Mathers, in chemistry; 
Fernandus Payne, in zoology. 
Dr. DaniEL StarcH has been promoted to 
the rank of assistant professor of psychology 
at the University of Wisconsin. 
