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by your committee that some definite advance can be 
made toward the adoption of the Metric System dur- 
ing the sessions of the Fifty-sixth Congress. 
UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 
THE plans for building the University of Cali- 
fornia, submitted by M. Bernard, of Paris, have 
received the first prize in the competition ar- 
ranged by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. The cost of the 
buildings is estimated at over $15,000,000. 
Contrary to the statements in the daily papers 
we understand that Mrs. Hearst has not as yet 
undertaken to defray the cost of any of the 
new buildings. 
In addition to $300,000 subscribed from var- 
ious sources for an endowment of Brown Uni- 
versity, made on condition that $2,000,000 be 
collected, Mr. John D. Rockefeller has offered 
to give $250,000 on condition that $1,000,000 be 
raised before commencement of next year. 
ACCORDING to a dispatch in the daily papers 
Mr. 8. F. Loubat, of New York, now residing 
at Paris, has given 300,000 Marks to the Uni- 
versity of Berlin to endow a professorship ‘ for 
Americans,’ which probably means for ‘ Amer- 
icana,’ a subject in which Mr. Loubat is much 
interested. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Times sends 
the epitaph of the founder of Yale University 
from his tombstone in Wrexham Churchyard, 
North Wales, which is as follows: 
Eliugh Yale, Esq., was buried the twenty-second of 
July in the year of our Lord MDCCXXI. 
‘Born in America, in Europe bred, 
‘In Africa travelled, in Asia wed, 
‘Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead. 
“Much good, some ill, he did, so hope all’s even, 
‘And that his soul through mercy’s gone to Heaven. 
‘You that survive, and read this tale, take care 
‘For this most certain exit to prepare, 
‘Where blest in peace the action of the just 
‘Smell sweet, and blossom in the silent dust.’ 
It was remarked in a recent number of Sct- 
ENCE that ‘‘the most disappointing aspect of 
university education seems to be the complete 
lack of medical students who take higher de- 
grees.’’ The observation appears to be en- 
forced by the fact that three of the students 
who this year received the Ph.D. in psychology 
SCIENCE. 
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at Columbia University have been appointed to 
assistantships in the physiological laboratories 
of medical schools—-Drs. G. V. N. Dearborn 
and 8. I. Franz in the Harvard Medical School, 
and Dr. R. 8S. Woodworth in the University and 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College. 
Davin R. Mavor, Ph.D. (Cornell), who was 
last year fellow in education at Teachers College, 
Columbia University, has been appointed act- 
ing professor of pedagogy in the University of 
Nebraska. 
L. C. GLEN, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), has been 
appointed professor of geology at South Caro- 
lina College. F. A. Saunders, Ph. D (Johns 
Hopkins), has been appointed instructor in 
physics in Haverford College. 
Mr. Epcar R. CUMMINGS, a recent graduate 
of Union College, has been appointed an in- 
structor in geology in Indiana University. Mr. 
Cummings has published papers on the geology 
of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and is planning 
origmal work in the stratigraphical geology and 
paleontology of Indiana. 
ProFEssoR W.S. MILLER, of the University 
of Wisconsin, has declined a call to the chair of 
anatomy and histology in the University of 
the State of Missouri. 
Dr. ALEXANDER McADtE, of the San Fran- 
cisco Weather Bureau, has been appointed hon- 
orary lecturer in meteorology in the University 
of California. 
AT the University of North Carolina, J. E. 
Latta, B.Ph. (University of North Carolina), 
has been appointed instructor in physics, and 
Thomas Clarke, B.S. (University of Carolina, 
796), Ph.D. (Brown University, ’98), instructor 
in chemistry. 
Dr. ADoLF MIErHE, of Braunschweig, has 
been appointed professor of photo-chemistry in 
the Technical Institute at Berlin. 
Tue following have qualified as docents in 
German universities: Dr. Kauffman in physics 
at Gottingen; Dr. Henneberg in anatomy at 
Geessen, and Dr. Gottler in mathematies at 
Munich. j 
Dr. OrTo KricarR-MENZEL, docent in phys- 
ics in the University of Berlin, has been ap- 
pointed to an associate professorship. 
