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mathematics, will retire in June, 1913, after 

 thirty-three years of service as a member of 

 the Minnesota faculty. 



The Cambridge University observatory 

 syndicate has appointed Professor A. S. 

 Eddington, Plumian professor of astronomy, to 

 be director of the observatory. 



Mr. Arthur Scott, for some years past a 

 teacher of science in Chili, has been ap- 

 pointed assistant in the Lick Observatory, on 

 the D. O. Mills Foundation, for service in the 

 work of the D. O. Mills Southern Hemisphere 

 Expedition, which at Santiago, through the 

 gift of Mr. Ogden Mills, of New York, is 

 carrying on extensive studies in the movement 

 of stars in the line of sight. 



We learn from Nature that the first award 

 of the Kelvin gold medal and prize, founded 

 by Lady Kelvin at the University of Glasgow 

 for the best dissertation in natural philos- 

 ophy presented for the degree of D.Sc. during 

 the three years 1911-13, has been made to Dr. 

 A. p. Ross, now professor in the University of 

 Western Australia. The first award of the 

 William Jack prize (founded in honor of 

 Emeritus Professor Jack), for the best dis- 

 sertation in mathematics presented for the 

 degree of D.Sc. during the four years 1910- 

 1913, has been made to Dr. E. J. T. Bell, senior 

 university lecturer in mathematics. 



Professor John Zeleny, head of the depart- 

 ment of physics of the University of Minne- 

 sota, has been granted a year's leave of ab- 

 sence, which he will spend in private study and 

 research at Cambridge, England. Professor 

 Anthony Zeleny will act as chairman of the 

 departments during the year 1914^15. 



Professor Ludwig Pick, of Berlin, will de- 

 liver the Harrington lectures of the medical de- 

 partment of the University of Buffalo, under 

 the title of " Some Advances in Pathological 

 Anatomy." 



Dr. Lightnee Wither, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, and Professor L. C. CofEman, 

 of the University of Illinois, were the prin- 

 cipal lecturers at a week's conference of prin- 

 cipals and superintendents of city schools, held 

 at the University of Minnesota, March 23-28, 

 with a registration of about 300. 



The Bakerian Lecture of the Royal Society 

 was delivered by Professor A. Fowler on April 

 2, on " Series Lines in Spark Spectra." 



Dr. Egbert Le Fevre, dean of University 

 and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New 

 York City, died on March 30, from scarlet 

 fever, aged fifty-five years. 



Dr. John Henry Poynting, professor of 

 physics at Birmingham University, has died 

 at the age of sixty-one years. 



Professor G. M, Minchin, F.E.S., formerly 

 professor of mathematics. Royal Indian Engi- 

 neering College, Coopers Hill, died on March 

 23, at the age of sixty-eight years. 



Dr. G. J. BuRCH, F.R.S., formerly professor 

 of physics at University College, Reading, has 

 died at the age of sixty-two years. 



Professor G. Joachimsthal, of Berlin, chief 



of the university clinic for orthopedic surgery, 

 has died at the age of fifty years. 



The London Times reports that Sir John 

 Murray, the oceanographer, who was kiUed in 

 a motor-car accident on March 16, has by his 

 will bequeathed his books, papers, letters, col- 

 lections, specimens, furniture, fittings, instru- 

 ments, and such effects in his Challenger Office 

 at the Villa Medusa, Wordie, Edinburgh, as 

 also the books, etc., property belonging to his 

 scientific library in Challenger Lodge at the 

 time of his death, to his son, whom failing, to 

 his daughters, along with a number of shares 

 in the Christmas Island Phosphate Company, 

 in order that the dividends may be applied in 

 scientific research or investigations or explora^ 

 tions which are likely to lead to an increase of 

 natural knowledge, and especially in the sci- 

 ence of oceanography. He expressed the wish 

 that his deep-sea collection of marine deposits 

 and scientific library should be kept together 

 and be cared for by his sons or daughters, the 

 Villa Medusa being used for the purpose, so 

 that scientific work might be carried on there 

 for 20 years after his death. It is suggested 

 that in the case of substantial expenditure the 

 Challenger Society or the Royal Society of 

 London or the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

 might be consulted. 



