September 6, 1895.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Eighty-two physicians from the United 

 States and Canada were present at the 

 British Medical Association. The Associa- 

 tion will probably meet in Eastbourne, Eng- 

 land, next year. 



Statistics have been collected by order 

 of the German government to study the ef- 

 fects of the serum treatment of diptheria. 

 These statistics cover the first three months 

 of 1895, and they are supplied by 2.32 physi- 

 cians practicing in 191 hospitals. The per- 

 centage of deaths in 2,228 cases was found 

 to be only 17.3. 



The general meeting of the Social Science 

 Association is being held at Saratoga during 

 the present week. The opening address by 

 Dr. F. J. Kingsbury is on ' The Tendency 

 of Men to Live in Cities.' The Association 

 meets in the departments of Education, 

 Health, Jurisprudence and Finance, each 

 department having a different day set aside 

 for the presentation of papers. 



The Critic mentions a report that a post- 

 humous volume of Huxley's essays will be 

 brought out soon. It will contain most of 

 his later writings, including a notable article 

 finished just before. his death. The Life and 

 Letters of Thomas H. Huxley, edited by his 

 son, is announced. 



Henry Holt & Co. announce for publi- 

 cation in the autumn an introduction to the 

 geological history of organisms entitled 

 Geological Biology by Prof. Henry S. Wil- 

 liams ; a laboratory companion to Rem- 

 sen's ' Introduction to the Study of Chem- 

 istry,' entitled JRemsen and Randall's Chem- 

 ical Experiments, by Prof. Ira Eemsen and 

 Dr. Wyatt W. Eandall ; Grasses of North 

 America, by Prof. W. J. Beal ; a new and 

 much enlarged edition of Prof. W. T. Sedg- 

 wick and Prof. E. B. A¥ilson's General 

 Biology, and translations of Kerner and 

 Oliver's Natural History of Plants (2d Vol.), 

 and of Hertwig's General Principles of Zo- 

 ology. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Peofessob Mark W. Harrington has 

 accepted the presidency of the University 

 of Washington. 



Gen. J. Watts de Peyster has provided 

 for the erection of a college of languages for 

 the American University of Washington. 

 The building will bear his name and a 

 bronze statue of the donor will be erected 

 in front of the college. 



We have received the new prospectus oi 

 elective studies of Michigan Mining School. 

 It states that the Board of Control and 

 Faculty of the School have unanimously 

 decided to adopt an elective system in the 

 institution for the future, and the prospectus 

 is issued to explain such variations in the 

 course of instruction as will be introduced 

 by this change. The elective system will 

 go into full effect on September 16, 1895. 



As stated in our issue of August 9th means 

 of attracting foreign students to the Univer- 

 sity at Paris are being considered by a Com- 

 mittee specially appointed for the pu^rpose. 

 With this object in view, according to The 

 Nation the University confers this year ' di- 

 plomas d'etudes Superieures d'histoire et de 

 geographic,' which may be obtained by all 

 students including those who have not yet 

 taken the B. A. degree. Students at the 

 University can thus obtain ofiftcial recogni- 

 tion of their work after having resided at the 

 University for a comparatively short time. 



The announcement of the department of 

 geology and paleontology of Union Uni- 

 versity for the ensuing year is received. In 

 the advanced work particular attention is 

 given to the paleontology and field geology 

 of New York. During the spring term the 

 last two days of each week were spent in 

 field work, and typical exposures of all the 

 formations ranging from the Potsdam of the 

 Cambrian up to the Catskill of the Devonian 

 were studied. This summer Prof. Prosser 

 is studying the distribution and classifica- 



