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subdivisions, veterinary medicine and economic sci- 

 ence in its application to agriculture and rural life. 



Sec. 4. The courses of instruction of both the 

 University of Washington and the State College of 

 Washington shall embrace as major lines, liberal 

 arts, pure science, pharmacy, mining, civil engi- 

 neering, electrical engineering, mechanical engi- 

 neering, chemical engineering, home economics, and 

 the professional training of high-school teachers, 

 school supervisors and school superintendents. 

 These major lines shall be offered and taught at 

 said institutions only. 



Sec. 5, Work and instruction in medicine when 

 introduced or developed shall be offered and 

 taught at the University of Washington exclu- 

 sively. 



The bill further provides for a joint board 

 of higher curricula of nine members chosen 

 from the presidents and regents of the five 

 state institutions of higher learning. In the 

 future all major lines of work taken up by any 

 institution of higher learning of the state must 

 first be passed upon and approved by a two 

 thirds vote of said board of higher curricula. 



In addition to this, an act was passed grant- 

 ing in perpetuity to the State College all of 

 the federal land formerly allotted to the state 

 for a scientific school and further provided : 



Sec. 2. AH funds granted by the United States 

 government under the Morrill act, passed by con- 

 gress and approved July 2, 1862, together with all 

 acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, 

 for the support and in aid of colleges of agricul- 

 ture and mechanic arts, as weU as experiment 

 stations and farms and extension work in agricul- 

 ture and home economics in connection with col- 

 leges of agriculture and mechanic arts are hereby 

 allotted to the State College of Washington. 



GRANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC WORK FROM THE 

 LOUTREUIL FUND 



Nature quotes from the Comptes rendus of 

 the Paris Academy of Sciences the report of 

 the council of the Loutreuil Foundation. The 

 grants allotted are divided into three groups, 

 as follows : 



EstaMishments Mentioned hy the Testator. 

 — (1) Museum of Natural History. Two 

 thousand francs to Professor Louis Eoule for 

 the continuation of his researches on the mi- 

 gratory fishes of French marine and fresh 



waters, the Salmonidse in particular. Ten 

 thousand francs for refitting the maritime 

 laboratory of the Island of Tatihou at Saint- 

 Vaast-La-Hougue. This laboratory has been 

 used as a concentration camp since the out- 

 break of war, and considerable damage has 

 been done. (2) The College de France. 

 Seven hundred francs to E. Gley to complete 

 the frigorific installation for which an alloca- 

 tion was made last year. Four thousand three 

 hundred and fifty francs to Professor Nageotte 

 for the piu-chase of apparatus for pursuing his 

 studies on the regeneration of nerves. Four 

 thousand francs to M. I'Abbe Eousselot for 

 continuing and developing the experiments 

 commenced by him on locating artillery by 

 sound. (3) Oonseil Central des Observatories. 

 Fifteen thousand francs to the Observatory of 

 Paris for the improvement of astronomical in- 

 struments applied to the determination of 

 time. One thousand five hundred francs to 

 the Observatory of Marseilles for ensuring the 

 publication of the Journal des Ohservateurs. 

 (4) Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort. 

 Seven thousand francs to this school for the 

 purchase of an apparatus for kinematographic 

 registration and projection; this will be of 

 great service in the study and demonstration 

 of various movements in the normal or patho- 

 logical state. (5) Ecole !Nationale Veterinaire 

 de Lyon. Eight hundred and fifty francs to 

 Charles Porcher for the purchase of instru- 

 ments to be used in his researches on milk. 

 Eight hundred francs to Frangois Maignon for 

 the purchase of a balance and a small hydraulic 

 press, to be used in his researches on nutrition. 

 (6) Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Toulouse. 

 Five thousand francs to this school for a radio- 

 logical installation t-o be used in the diagnosis 

 of diseases of animals. 



Establishments Nominated to the Committee 

 hy the President of the Academy. — (1) Con- 

 servatoire des Arts et Metiers. Four thousand 

 francs to Louis Blaringhem for the creation 

 of a typical collection for the determination 

 and classification of the woods used in the 

 aeronautic industry. Five thousand francs 

 conditionally to James Dantzer for the crea- 

 tion of a laboratory for the testing of textiles. 



