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pointed at the meeting held on January 24. 

 The council had not wished the committee to 

 receive the reply. The chairman said there 

 had been a misunderstanding in the matter, 

 as he had not made such promise. After a 

 long discussion, Mr. Pembroke Stephens, K.C., 

 announced that the reply would be sent on 

 condition that it was kept secret until the 

 meeting, and, on the suggestion of Mr. Cecil 

 Raleigh, the meeting was fixed for the follow- 

 ing Friday at 4:30, when the council met the 

 committee. The chairman, on being asked 

 whether the fellows were liable for the debts 

 of the society, stated that the question was 

 open to doubt, but he believed that in any case 

 the liability of the individual would not be 

 more than £15. Mr. Cecil Raleigh asked that 

 legal opinion should be taken on the subject; 

 at present the position was so bad that the 

 society could not meet a demand for £500 for 

 debentures, which had for sixteen days been 

 ignored. The situation was precarious and 

 serious, not only for the fellows, but for those 

 who in the future might be elected. The ac- 

 counts ought to be made up and placed upon 

 the table. The chairman, in reply, said that 

 the money was in the bank to meet the present 

 call, and promised that a financial statement 

 should be presented at the next meeting. Mr. 

 Goodsall stated that but for the action of 

 Prebendary Barker, Mr. Cecil Raleigh and 

 Mr. Rubinstein, the extra guinea subscription 

 would have been passed, and the society's 

 finances put on a satisfactory basis. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 The extensive and valuable collection of 

 fossils and minerals made by James Hall, for 

 more than fifty years state geologist of New 

 York, has been presented to the University of 

 Chicago by Mr. John D. Rockefeller. 



At the annual meeting of the alumni of 

 Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., $20,000 was 

 raised for the completion of New South 

 College. Towards this sum Secretary Root, 

 Chauncey A. Truax and Henry Harper Bene- 

 dict, of New York, each contributed $3,000. 



At the Johns Hopkins University the fol- 

 lowing appointments have been made: Joseph 

 C. W. Frazer, Ph.D., now assistant, to be 

 associate in chemistry; Solomon F. Acree, 

 Ph.D., now Johnston scholar, to be associate 

 in chemistry; Edward W. Berry, to be as- 

 sistant in paleontology; August H. Pfund, 

 Ph.D., to be assistant in physics; Arthur S. 

 Loevenhart, M.D., now associate, to be asso- 

 ciate professor of pharmacology and physiolog- 

 ical chemistry; William W. Ford, M.D., now 

 •associate, to be associate professor of bac- 

 teriology and lecturer on hygiene; Max 

 Broedel, now instructor, to be associate pro- 

 fessor of art in its relation to medicine; 

 Arthur W. Meyer, M.D., now assistant, to be 

 instructor in anatomy; Robert Retzer, M.D., 

 now assistant, to be instructor in anatomy; 

 George H. Whipple, M.D., now assistant, to be 

 instructor in pathology; J. A. English Eyster, 

 M.D., now assistant, to be instructor in physi- 

 ology; Ralph Stayner Lillie, Ph.D., Johnston 

 scholar in physiology, and Robert Ervin 

 Coker, Ph.D., Bruce fellow in biology. 



The following appointments have been 

 made at the University of Wisconsin : Seth E. 

 Moody, instructor in analytical chemistry; 

 Dr. Caleb A. Fuller, instructor in bacteriol- 

 ogy; A. R. Johnson, assistant in organic chem- 

 istry; Charles T. Vorhies, assistant in zoology. 



By the resignation of Professor E. H. 

 Gregory, who has been the head of the depart- 

 ment, the chair of anatomy in the North- 

 western University Medical School has been 

 recently made vacant. It is likely that this 

 professorship, which embraces embryology aiid 

 histology, will be filled during the summer. 



Dr. William Shirley Bayly has resigned 

 his position as instructor in geology at Lehigh 

 University, to accept the position of assistant 

 professor of geology in the University of 

 Illinois. 



On account of the resignation of Professor 

 L. C. Hodson, who has accepted a position in 

 the Iowa State College, the position of asso- 

 ciate professor of mining at the University of 

 Kansas is vacant. 



