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sota, 20; Mississippi, 2; Missouri, 21; Mon- 

 tana, 3; IsTebraska, 3; Nevada, 1; ISTew Hamp- 

 shire, 16; New Jersey, 133; New Mexico, 0; 

 New York (including 450 from New York 

 City), 703; North Carolina, 19; North Dakota, 

 4; Ohio, 96; Oklahoma, 0; Oregon, 2; Pennsyl- 

 vania, 170 ; Ehode Island, 15 ; South Carolina, 

 8; South Dakota, 2; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 15; 

 Utah, 1; Vermont, 6; Virginia, 27; Wash- 

 ington, 1; West Virginia, 10; Wisconsin, 23; 

 Wyoming, 5 ; Germany, 1 ; England, 1 ; France, 

 1; Canada, 35; Argentina, 2; Brazil, 1; 

 Japan, 2; Switzerland, 2; Hawaii, 1. 



The Earl of Derby, British secretary of 

 state for war, in moving recently in the House 

 of Lords the second reading of the bill to re- 

 view military exemptions, stated that in the 

 battle of the Somme alone over 400 doctors 

 had been either killed or wounded, and that at 

 the present time the army was, if not critically, 

 at least lamentably, short of medical men. 



According to the Journal of the American 

 Medical Association the quota necessary to 

 fill the present vacancies and requirements of 

 the Army Medical Corps will be drawn from 

 among those who graduated in 1912 to 1916. 

 The total number that would be included in 

 such a list would be approximately 19,000. 

 The list of graduates in the five years men- 

 tioned, and also for 1917, is as follows: 



MEDICAL COLLEGE GRADUATES 



From Colleges in Class 

 ABC Totals 



1912 2,790 1,063 629 4,482 



1913 2,539 1,050 392 3,981 



1914 2,626 686 282 3,594 



1915 2,629 688 219 3,536 



1916 2,630 695 193 3,518 



19171 2,641 625 101 3,367 



Totals ..15,855 4,807 1,816 22,478 



As has been noted, there is an immediate 

 need of additional physicians for the medical 

 corps of the army, and for the medical corps 

 of the navy. For these positions preference 

 will be given to young physicians. The Army 

 Medical Corps insists on a year's internship in 

 1 Seniors. 



a hospital after graduation; the Navy, how- 

 ever, is not now insisting on this, but is recog- 

 nizing 1917 graduates. 



Research work in physics during the sum- 

 mer has of recent years grown to such pro- 

 portions at Cornell that the physical labora- 

 tory is a busier place in June, July and 

 August than during the term. To assist and 

 encourage these workers, not by the offering 

 of courses of instruction, but rather by occa- 

 sional advice and council, arrangements have 

 been made to have a member- of the staff reg- 

 ularly in residence during this period who 

 shall have no other duties. This work is en- 

 tirely independent of the summer session. 

 The arrangement is especially intended for 

 former graduates who desire to return for a 

 summer of investigation and for other work- 

 ing physicists. The member of staff in resi- 

 dence this summer will be Professor E. L. 

 Nichols. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 



NEWS 



By the will of the late John G. Johnson, one 

 of the most noted lawyers in America, the 

 University of Pennsylvania will ultimately re- 

 ceive a very large bequest; the exact amount 

 can not now be stated, but it is estimated at 

 from five to ten million dollars. 



The Minnesota legislature which adjourned 

 on April 19, appropriated for the University 

 of Minnesota for the biennum 1917-19, a total 

 of $3,735,500. This is an increase of $435,550 

 over the current appropriations. The sum 

 made available for buildings and equipment is 

 less than for 1915-17, but the maintenance 

 funds have been increased by $225,000 per an- 

 num, or $450,000 for the biennum. 



The University of Washington will have 

 from the legislature and from other sources 

 about eight hundred thousand dollars a year 

 during the next two years. 



Dr. Frederick C. Perry, dean of Williams 

 College, has been elected president of Hamil- 

 ton College. 



Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitoh, assistant 

 professor of zoology at Yale University, has 



