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tiquities;' Mr. R. Lydekker, on 'Fur-Bearing 

 Animals;' Mr. H. B. Walters, on 'Greek Art;' 

 Mr. J. Pentland Smith, Mr. Botting Hemsley 

 and other well-known writers, on 'Botany;' 

 and Mr. G. F. Hill, on 'English and Italian 

 Medals and Coins.' 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



THE BUILDING FOR PHYSICS AT THE UNI- 

 VERSITY OF KANSAS. 



Friday', November 22d, a building was dedi- 

 cated to the work in physics and electrical en- 

 gineering. This department at the Kansas in- 

 stitution is in charge of Prof. L. I. Blake, who 

 has been attracting attention in late years by 

 his experiments in sea telephoning and fog 

 signalling. That Kansas should devote a build- 

 ing to the study of the most modern and the 

 most interesting of practical sciences is but a 

 sign of the spread of greater interest in 

 knowledge, and the appreciation of the good to 

 be derived from the laboratory. The new 

 building, which has been in process of construc- 

 tion for two years, has been erected at the ex- 

 pense of the State, costing $60,000. The walls 

 are of Berea sandstone, and the inner furnish- 

 ings of ash. As little iron as possible was used 

 in the construction of the building, the water 

 pipes being of brass and the plumbing fittings 

 of copper. The heating is by the Sturtevaut 

 system, all conduit pipes being tiling. An ele- 

 vator for freight runs the entire height of the 

 building, four stories. At each landing is a 

 room, which is the repair room and workshop 

 for that floor. Leading directly from each of 

 these workshops is a chemical kitchen. The 

 basement floor contains a large general labo- 

 ratory and four private research rooms. On 

 this floor are the battery room and the room 

 for testing instruments. On the first or main 

 floor are the ofiice of the assistant professor, a 

 small lecture room, the department library and 

 reading room, a general laboratory and two 

 rooms for private research. The second floor 

 includes the office of the head of the depart- 

 ment, a small lecture room, two special research 

 rooms, and a large department lecture room. 

 The latter room has an inclined floor, and is 

 fitted with a lecture table provided with all 



connections necessary for the demonstration of 

 lecture experiments. Adjoining this lecture 

 room and opening into it is the apparatus room, 

 where are kept the various instruments used in 

 the laboratories and for the illustration of lec- 

 tures. Each room of the building is provided 

 with wires, carrying currents from the dynamos 

 located in the machine shops. All wires enter 

 the building in the basement and' are carried to 

 a ' well ' which runs from basement to roof, 

 and this ' well ' is provided with switchboards 

 at each floor and all wires run in it. 



The principal address at the dedication exer- 

 cises was delivered by Professor Albert A. 

 Michelson, of the department of Physics of the 

 University of Chicago. The subject taken for 

 the address was ' Some Objects and Methods of 

 Physical Research.' After the formal cere- 

 monies of handing the keys to the university 

 authorities, the building was thrown open to 

 the public for inspection. 



THE WILLIAM PEPPER LABORATORY OF CLINI- 

 CAL MEDICINE. 



The Laboratory of Clinical Medicine given 

 to the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. 

 William Pepper, as a memorial to his father was 

 formally opened and presented to the university 

 on December 4th. The presentation was made by 

 Dr. John S. Billings, in the name of Dr. Pepper, 

 who described the building and its purposes. 



The building is 62 feet long, 42 feet wide, 

 and four stories high, with a basement cellar ; 

 built of brick and terra cotta on a stone base to 

 the first floor, with a green slate roof, and fitted 

 up inside with tables, work benches and ap- 

 paratus of various kinds. On the first floor 

 above the basement are rooms for microscopical, 

 for chemical and for bacteriological investiga- 

 tions of the secretions, excretions, outgrowths, 

 discharges and other products from the bodies 

 of the sick, with a balance room. On the second 

 floor are rooms for anthropometrical work and 

 research, the laboratory of the Director and his 

 assistant, and a store-room. On the third floor 

 is a large laboratory for post-graduate students, 

 and a dark room for photographers' work. On 

 the fourth floor are a research room for special 

 workers, an assembly room, .a library and a 

 janitor's room. 



