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diactive of many new species. His collection 

 contains a number of species that are only 

 found in one or two museums in the world, 

 and these were furnished by Mr. Knaua. His 

 collection will be kept as a separate one and 

 will be known as the " Warren Knaus Collec- 

 tion." 



The University of Michigan Biological Sta- 

 tion, situated at Douglas Lake, Michigan, will 

 open for the ninth season on July second for 

 a period of eight weeks. Courses in natural 

 history and ecology of animals and plants 

 will be in charge of the following staff: 



George E. La Eue, assistant professor of zoology 

 in the University of Michigan, director of the bio- 

 logical station, and assistant professor of zoology. 



Keuben Myron Strong, Ph.D., assistant professor 

 of anatomy in Vanderbilt University, professor of 

 zoology. 



Max Mapes Ellis, Ph.D., So.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor of biology in the University of Colorado, 

 assistant professor of zoology. 



Frank Caleb Gates, Ph.D., sometime instructor in 

 botany in the University of the Philippines, assist- 

 ant professor of botany. 



John Henry Ehlers, Ph.D., instructor in botany 

 in the University of Michigan, instructor in botany. 



Richard Morris Holman, Ph.D., instructor in bot- 

 any in the University of Michigan, instructor in 

 botany. 



Walter Koelz, A.B., assistant in zoology in the 

 University of Michigan, instructor in zoology. 



Clyde Bruce Stouffer, M.D., physician to the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan Health Service, physician to 

 the Biological Station. 



The station is open to investigators as well as 

 to students who require direction. Inquiries 

 should be addressed to Dr. George R. La Rue, 

 director of the Biological Station, Ann Arbor, 

 Michigan. 



The Cambridge TJniversity Press has issued 

 a collection of essays by Cambridge graduates 

 entitled " Science and the Nation." Chemis- 

 try, Physical Research and Metals are dis- 

 cussed by Professors "W. J. Pope and W. H. 

 Bragg, and Mr. Rosenhain, of the National 

 Physical Laboratory j Mathematics, by Pro- 

 fessor E. W. Hobson; Botany, Forestry and 

 Agriculture, by Mr. F. W. Keeble, director of 

 the Royal Horticultural Gardens, Wisley, Mr. 

 W. Dawson, Professors R. H. Biffen and T. B. 



Wood; Geology, by Dr. H. H. Thomas, secre- 

 tary of the Geological Society of London; 

 Medicine and Diseases, by Professors F. G. 

 Hopkins and G. H. F. Nuttall and Dr. G. S. 

 Graham- Smith; while Mr. W. H. R. Rivers 

 deals with the government of subject peoples 

 from the point of view of the anthropologist. 

 The general object of these essays is to empha- 

 size and illustrate the importance of pure sci- 

 ence and of original research as bearing di- 

 rectly on national prosperity. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 



NEWS 



The Texas legislature has created a branch 

 of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Col- 

 lege to be situated at a point to be determined 

 by a commission in the western part of the 

 state. The legislature has also established two 

 junior colleges to be situated at Stephenville 

 and Arlington under the control of the trustees 

 of the state college. The legislature appropri- 

 ated two million dollars for the rural schools 

 of the state. 



The University of Oregon Medical School is 

 about to expend $115,000 for the construction 

 of the first unit of their new laboratory build- 

 ing on Portland Heights. The new site, some 

 twenty acres, was the gift of the Oregon and 

 Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. Its 

 altitude affords a wonderful view of the sur- 

 rounding mountains and rivers. 



Dr. Simon N. Patten, professor of political 

 economy at the University of Pennsylvania, 

 has been retired on the ground that he has at- 

 tained the age of sixty-five years. Dr. Patten 

 in a statement said the notification given him 

 " raises the question of free speech." 



Mr. F. a. Kennedy has resigned from the 

 instructing staff of the mining and metallurgy 

 department of the University of Wisconsin to 

 become a consulting engineer. 



Dr. G. E. Burget, of the department of 

 physiology of Chicago University, has been ap- 

 pointed professor of physiology in the Univer- 

 sity of Oregon Medical School. 



Dr. C. E. Ferree, of Bryn Mawr College, 

 has been promoted to be professor of experi- 

 mental psychology. 



