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De. William C. Jarvis, professor of 

 diseases of the throat at the Universitj^ of 

 New York, died at Willett's Point on July 

 30th. 



Daniel G. Hatch, of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry of the Department of 

 Agriculture, died on August 1st. 



Pkofessob G-. F. W. Sporee, astronomer in 

 the astrophysical observatory at Potsdam? 

 died on July 7th at the age of 73, and Dr. 

 Josef Loschmidt, professor of physics in 

 Vienna, died on July 8th at the age of 74. 



Peofessoe Heineich von Sybel, the his- 

 torian, died at Marburg on August 1st at 

 the age of 78 years. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The Berlin correspondent of the New 

 York Evening Post states that there are an 

 unusually large number of American stu- 

 dents now studying in Germany. 109 

 Americans are matriculated in the Univer- 

 sity of Berlin, and there are a large number 

 of others pursuing special studies in clinics 

 and other institutions. The total number 

 of American students in the German uni- 

 versities is estimated at 340; it is said that 

 in some of the laboratories nearly half the 

 research work is being done by American 

 students. The fact that the Summer Se- 

 mester in Germany continues in session 

 until the first of August gives American 

 students an excellent opportunity to become 

 acquainted with German university life 

 and methods without interrupting their 

 academic course at home. 



The number of American students study- 

 ing in Germany far exceeds the nu^mber 

 studying in France. This is partly owing 

 to the fact that the German university is 

 more liberal in the admission of foreign 

 students and in the conferring of degrees. 

 A meeting has, however, recentlj^ been held 

 at the Sorbonne, under the presidency of 

 M. Greard, with a view to making modifica- 



tions in the rules governing the conferment 

 of academic degrees and other regulations, 

 so that more foreign students may be 

 attracted to Paris. 



AVe learn from the Naturivissensehafiliche 

 Rundschau that Dr. Fr. Richart, Privat Do- 

 cent in Bonn, has been elected full professor 

 of physics in the University of Greifswald, 

 as successor to Professor Overbeck. Dr. O. 

 Wiener has been called to the chair of phys- 

 ics in the University of Giessen. Dr. H. 

 Lenk has been made assistant professor of 

 geology in the University of Leipzig, and 

 Dr. Stackel, of Halle, assistant professor of 

 mathematics in the Universitj' of Konigs- 

 berg. 



The University of Edinburgh has con- 

 ferred the degree of LL.D. upon Dr. S. 

 Weir Mitchell. 



The Princeton preparatory school, of 

 which Professor John B. Fine is head mas- 

 ter, has been purchased by a number of the 

 alumni of Princeton College and incorpor- 

 ated under the laws of New Jersey. 



It is reported by cable from Dublin that 

 it is probable that the government will 

 shortly bring forward a plan to establish 

 and endow a Catholic university in Ireland. 



The will of the late Thomas 0. P. Burn- 

 ham gives nearly $400,000 to charitable 

 and public purposes, including $20,000 to 

 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 and $10,000 to Tufts College. The will of 

 the late Dr. Edward Spalding gives $5,000 

 to Dartmouth College ; $3,000 has reverted 

 to Dartmouth College as provided for in the 

 will of the late Sophronia C. Thompson. 



A COMMITTEE from the Legislature of the 

 State of Kansas finds that nearly $200,000 

 of the State School Fund has been lost 

 through mismanagement. The fund now 

 amounts to between six and seven million 

 dollars. 



The State Department has received a re- 

 port from the consul at Stuttgart, in which 



