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[N. S. Vol. II. No. 46. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 Me. John D. Eockefellee has given an 

 additional million dollars and a contingent 

 contribution of two million dollars to the 

 University of Chicago. His letter to the 

 trustees is as follows : 



October 30, 1895. 

 To the Trustees of the University of Chicago, T. W. Good- 

 speed, D. D., Secretary: 



Gentleinien: I will contribute to the University of 

 Chicago $1,000,000 for endowment, payable January 

 1, 1896, in cash, or at my option, in approved interest- 

 hearing securities at their fair market value. 



I will contribute in addition, §2, 000, 000 for endow- 

 ment or otherwise, as I may designate, payable in 

 cash, or, at my option, in approved interest-bearing 

 securities at their fair market value, hut onlj' in 

 amounts equal to the contributions of others, in cash 

 or its equivalent not hitherto promised, as the same 

 shall be received by the university. This pledge 

 shall be void as to any portion of the sum herein 

 promised, which shall prove not to be payable on the 

 above terms, on or before January 1, 1900. 

 Yours very truly, 

 (Signed) John D. Eockefellee. 



These gifts will make the entire amount 

 of Mr. Rockefeller's donations to the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago about $7,600,000, prob- 

 ably the largest gift ever made by an indi- 

 vidual for educational or public purposes. 



Peofessoe GrEOEGE W. Smith was to have 

 been installed as President of Colgate Uni- 

 versity on November 14th. President Gil- 

 man was to deliver the principal address, 

 and other prominent educators signified 

 their intention of being present. 



The University of Minnesota has five 

 new buildings nearly completed. They are 

 (1) Medical Laboratories ($40,000); (2) 

 Armory ($100,000); (3) Dairy Laboratories 

 ($30,000); (4) Dining Hall and Dormitoiy 

 for School of Agriculture ($30,000) and (5) 

 Astronomical Observatory ($10,000). The 

 new die- testing works ($25,000) are this 

 year opened for experimental work. 



The University of Kansas began its 

 thirtieth year September 5th. Owing to 

 the absence of Chancellor F. H. Snow the 



formal opening exercises were postponed 

 until October 4th. On that date James 

 Willis Gleed delivered the opening address. 

 The University year opens with an enroll- 

 ment of 725 students, divided among the 

 five schools of which the University is com- 

 posed as follows: Arts, 420; Law, 101; 

 Pharmacy, 58; Engineering, 86, and Fine 

 Arts, 63. This is an increase of a hundred 

 over last year. 



The new Physics and Electrical Engineer- 

 ing building of the University of Kansas, 

 finished during the summer, is now occu- 

 pied by the physics department. This 

 building has been erected by the State, and 

 is designed for physical work and especially 

 for research in electricity. The head of 

 this department is Dr. Lucien I. Blake, best 

 known by reason of his experiments for the 

 United States government in establishing 

 telephonic communication between the 

 light ships of the Atlantic coast and the ad- 

 jacent shores. W. N. Whitten, University 

 of Michigan, '95, has been elected assistant 

 in the chemical laboratories during the ab- 

 sence of E. H. S. Bailey, head of the depart- 

 ment. Prof. Bailey has been granted leave 

 of absence for study in Europe during the 

 fall term. Owing to the crowded condi- 

 tions of the chemical laboratories it has 

 been necessary to fit up additional desks in 

 the main building, to which all work in 

 organic chemistry will be transferred. 



Peofessoe Edwaed Geajstt Conklin, of 

 the Northwestern University, of Evanston, 

 111., has been elected professor of compara- 

 tive embryology in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, in place of the late Dr. John 

 Ryder. Dr. Harrison Allen, who recently 

 resigned the directorship of the "Wistar 

 Museum, has been made emeritus profes- 

 sor of comparative anatomy. 



The committee engaged in raising funds 

 for the Women's College, in connection 

 with Brown University, have raised $20,- 



