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mens. Another collection of surgical instru- 

 ments, formerly the property of the Obstetri- 

 cal Society, was presented by the Koyal So- 

 ciety of Medicine, while Mr. Penrose Wil- 

 liams, of Bridgwater, has presented the whole 

 of his collection, containing many desirable 

 specimens. Of the primitive races now liv- 

 ing, the native Australians are likely to prove 

 the most instructive of the human body. The 

 college has acquired by purchase several 

 crania and skeletons of that race, while several 

 presentations have been made which are of 

 real value. Many rare and valuable speci- 

 mens have been added to the series illustrating 

 the osteology and diseases of the ancient 

 Egyptians. Remains of ancient man have 

 also been presented which were found in a 

 cave, with wall decorations of a primitive 

 type, in the south of Spain, and some casts of 

 certain remains of ancient man which have 

 given rise to much discussion in Europe. 

 These are the only casts so far received in 

 England. The Archeological Society of 

 Broadstairs presented a series of skulls and 

 skeletons belonging to the Bronze and Anglo- 

 Saxon periods. These have been investigated 

 and, for the first time, an approximately com- 

 plete articulated skeleton of one of the Bronze 

 Age men has been obtained. A medico-legal 

 collection has been formed and a human 

 femur, with photographs of human remains, 

 found in the ruins after certain anarchists 

 were besieged in Whitechapel, in January, 

 1911, has been presented. The new additions 

 to the museum were specially exhibited on the 

 occasion of the council election on July 4, and 

 also on the two following days. There have 

 been 12,231 visitors to the museum during the 

 year. 



UNIVEBSITT AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The following new buildings and additions 

 are now in the course of construction at the 

 University of Illinois : transportation build- 

 ing, mining building, ceramics building, loco- 

 motive testing laboratory, addition to woman's 

 building, addition to agricultural building, 

 commerce building, stock judging pavilion. 



agronomy greenhouses, sheep and horse barns. 

 In addition to these the law building is being 

 remodeled and plans and appropriations have 

 been made for a new armory and new horti- 

 cultural greenhouses. 



Stephen Taber, A.B. (Stanford, '06), Ph.D. 

 (Virginia, '12), for the past three years as- 

 sistant geologist on the Virginia Geological 

 Survey and instructor in geology in the uni- 

 versity, has been elected to the chair of geol- 

 ogy in the University of South Carolina. 



Me. Herbert Otto Lussky, assistant in 

 physiology at the University of Chicago, has 

 been put in charge of the department of physi- 

 ology in the college of arts and science and 

 the college of medicine of the Uni'^'ersity of 

 South Dakota. 



Professor John 'N. Swan has leave of ab- 

 sence from Monmouth College for one year 

 and will have charge of the department of 

 chemistry in the University of Mississippi. 

 Dr. A. M. Muckenfuss, who is at the head of 

 the department, has leave of absence for a year. 

 He will first complete some research work and 

 then spend the remainder of the year in Ger- 

 many. Mr. J. P. Trickey, of the University 

 of Pittsburgh, will take charge of the chem- 

 istry at Monmouth College. 



At the recent meeting of the board of trus- 

 tees of the University of Illinois the following 

 promotions were authorized : Ernest L. Bogart, 

 professor of economics; J. Howard Beard, in- 

 structor of physiology; Erancis C. Lincoln, 

 assistant professor of mining engineering, and 

 Horatio IST. Parker, instructor in municipal 

 and sanitary dairying. 



DISCUSSION AND COMBE SF ON DEN CE 



A NEW FOSSILIPEROUS HORIZON ON BLUEBERRY 



MOUNTAIN, IN LITTLETON, NEW 



HAMPSHIRE 



Littleton, New Hampshire, has been par- 

 ticularly interesting to geologists because it 

 is one of the few localities in the state where 

 fossils have been found. These fossils are of 

 Niagaran age.' They are contained in the 



^ Hiteheook, C. H., ' ' New Studies in the Ammo- 

 noosuc District of New Hampshire," Bull. Geol. 



