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separate faculty, but degrees should be given 
in engineering bearing a distinctive name. (8) 
If it should be thought expedient to constitute 
a distinct branch of the faculty of science for 
any other scientific profession, there is not, in 
the opinion of my committee, any present oc- 
casion for giving a distinctive name to degrees 
to be taken in that branch. (4) If, contrary to 
the opinion of the committee, the subjects of 
the faculty of science should be divided by the 
commissioners, for electoral purposes, into sev- 
eral faculties, the committee hope they may be 
afforded an opportunity of giving further con- 
sideration to the principles upon which such 
division should be effected, especially in con- 
nection with the effect which the division would 
have upon the University examinations and 
degrees. (5) With regard to the position to be 
occupied by the art or profession of teaching, 
the committee think that this subject should 
find its place as a branch of the faculty of arts. 
(6) With regard to the proposal which has been 
made in more quarters than one to constitute a 
new and separate faculty for economic, com- 
mercial and social subjects, including, perhaps, 
administrative law, the majority of the com- 
mittee think that this proposal is justified by 
the wide range and high importance of the sub- 
jects concerned, and the great and growing 
interest which they now attract. (7) With 
regard to the proportional representation of the 
faculties on the Senate and the Academic Coun- 
cil, the committee think that if the distribution 
of the faculties should accord with their sug- 
gestions the 16 representatives should be allo- 
cated as follows: To the faculty of science 5, 
arts 4, medicine 3, law 1, theology 1, music 1, 
economics 1—total 16. 
ACCORDING to Nature the work of the South 
African School of Mines, Kimberley, is now 
carried on in suitable premises, which were 
completed in the beginning of this year at a 
cost of about 90007. Of this sum 2000/. was 
given by the Government of Cape Colony, 
20001. by the De Beers Company, and 5000l. 
was borrowed. The school has been established 
to carry out part of a scheme for the training of 
mining engineers in South Africa. The courses 
of instruction are intended to prepare students 
for a diploma of mining engineer, or for the 
SCIENCE. 
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degrees of B.Sc. or M.Sc. in mining engineer- 
ing. Theoretical and practical instruction is 
given, under the direction of the principal, Mr. 
James G. Lawn, in mining, mechanical and 
electrical engineering, metallurgy, assaying, 
surveying and other subjects. Practical work 
is carried on in the mines and workshops of the 
De Beers Company, and also in various mines at 
Johannesburg. The time spent at Johannesburg 
is devoted to a special study of the cyanide 
process in all its developments, of the electrical 
machines and appliances at the mine where the 
student is working, of the methods of assaying 
and surveying, and of the economics of mining 
on the Rand. A thorough training for mining 
engineers is thus provided in connection with 
the school, the course of work described in the 
prospectus being of a very satisfactory character. 
TEACHERS in Philadelphia public schools will 
hereafter be allowed to take their classes for a 
half day once or twice a year to the Zoological 
Gardens and Fairmount Park, the visit being 
regarded as part of the regular class duties. 
The managers of the Zoological Gardens have 
supplied a large number of tickets for this pur- 
pose. 
ANDREW GRAY, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., pro- 
fessor of physics in the University of North 
Wales since 1884, has been appointed professor: 
of natural philosophy in Glasgow University, 
to succeed Lord Kelvin. Professor Gray gradu- 
ated from the University of Glasgow and was. 
afterwards assistant to Lord Kelvin. 
J. S. E. TowNSEND has been elected a fellow 
of Trinity College, Cambridge. He submitted 
papers on ‘The Magnetization of Liquids’ and ~ 
‘Hlectricity in Gases and the Formation of 
Clouds in Charged Gases.’ 
Dr. W. E. Drxon, late Salter’s Research Fel- 
low in pharmacology at Cambridge University, 
has been appointed assistant to the Downing 
professor of medicine, and Dr. L. Humphry has 
been made assessor to the Regius professor of 
physics. 
Dr. W. Konic of Frankfurt has been called 
to an associate professorship in the University 
of Greifswald. Professor G. Sclavunos has been 
made professor of anatomy and director of the 
Anatomical Institute at Athens. 
