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been appointed, to consider the details of the 

 scheme. 



We learn from Nature that the Association 

 des Industriels de France contre les Accidents 

 du Travail intends offering a prize of 8,000 

 francs for an international competition for a 

 new galvanic battery or accumulator which, 

 while having a large output for its size and 

 weight, must not be dangerous in use. In- 

 quiries should be addressed to the director of 

 the society, rue de Lutece, Paris, who will 

 supply further particulars, and to whom com- 

 petitors must send their descriptions and 

 drawings. 



The London Times reports that at its 

 plenary sitting at Brussels on September 11 

 the International Polar Exploration Congress 

 voted unanimously for the formation of an 

 international polar commission. The mem- 

 bers of the commission are to hold office for 

 six years. Corresponding members may be 

 nominated among men of science and others 

 who have in any way assisted polar explora- 

 tion. The commission is to elect by vote a 

 president, vice-president and secretary for a 

 term of three years. The commission is for- 

 bidden to undertake any operations of a finan- 

 cial nature. Its primary aims are to bring 

 about closer relations among polar explorers, 

 to coordinate scientific observations and to 

 assist polar enterprise, without, however, or- 

 ganizing expeditions on its own account. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEW8. 



By the death of the sister of the late W. W. 

 Guiteau, Cornell University will receive the 

 legacy left by him, said to amount to between 

 $100,000 and $200,000. 



The courts have handed down a decision 

 by which the University of Eochester will 

 receive the $75,000 bequeathed to it by the late 

 Lewis H. Morgan. 



The new building for the Atlanta College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons has been erected 

 at a cost of $75,000. 



In connection with the celebrations of the 

 fourth centenary of the University of Aber- 

 deen, the new buildings, erected at a cost of 

 $1,250,000, were opened by King Edward. 



Augustus Trowbridge, Ph.D. (Berlin), 

 professor of mathematical physics at the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin, has been called to 

 Princeton University. We have already noted 

 the call of Professor O. V. Richardson, of 

 Cambridge University, to a chair of physics 

 at Princeton; Dr. H. L. Cooke, also of Cam- 

 bridge University, has been called to an as- 

 sistant professorship of physics. 



Dr. C. D. Child, professor of physics at 

 Colgate University, has been appointed to a 

 similar chair in the School of Mining at 

 Kingston, Ont. 



Dr. a. Duncan Yokum has been appointed 

 professor of pedagogy in the University of 

 Pennsylvania, to succeed Dr. Martin G. Brum- 

 baugh, who has become superintendent of the 

 Philadelphia public schools. 



At Brown University, Dr. Herbert E. 

 Waters, of the University of Chicago, suc- 

 ceeds Dr. Leonard W. Williams as assistant 

 professor of comparative anatomy. 



Mr. E. H. Archbold has been appointed 

 associate professor of chemistry in Syracuse 

 University. 



At Rochester University, Assistant Pro- 

 fessor A. S. Gale has been promoted to a pro- 

 fessorship of mathematics and Mr. Howard 

 D. Minchin to an assistant professorship of 

 physics. 



Miss Mabel Chase has been promoted to 

 be an associate professor of physics at Mount 

 Holyoke College, and Miss Eleanor C. Doak 

 has been appointed associate professor of 

 mathematics. 



Dr. Marion M. Hull has been elected pro- 

 fessor of materia medica and therapeutics at 

 the Atlanta School of Medicine, in succession 

 to the late Dr. Charles D. Hurt. 



Mr. James Muir, M.A., B.Sc, assistant to 

 the professor of natural philosophy in Glasgow 

 University, has been appointed to the chair of 

 natural philosophy in the Glasgow and West 

 of Scotland Technical College. 



Dr. Wilhelm Wien, professor of physics at 

 Wiirzburg, will succeed to the chair occupied 

 by the late Professor O. Drude. 



