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collection of corals said to be of much value. 

 The collection also contains shells, opals, etc. 



The University of Michigan has established 

 two new courses, namely Higher Commercial 

 Education and Public Administration, which 

 will be open to students this fall. The aim of 

 these courses will be to train men and women 

 for the larger commercial, industrial, political 

 and social opportunities which are now offering 

 themselves to the younger generation. These 

 courses are semi-professional in character and, 

 within the limits of sound scholarship, may be 

 arranged with especial reference to the careers 

 that individual students have in view. Instruc- 

 tion will begin with the opening of the Univer- 

 sity, September 25, 1900. In connection with 

 these courses six non-resident lecturers have 

 been added to the faculty of the University of 

 Michigan. They are r E. D. Jones, Ph.D., as- 

 sistant professor in the University of Wisconsin, 

 lecturer on Industrial Resources of the United 

 States ; O. M. W. Sprague, Ph.D., instructor in 

 Harvard University, lecturer on International 

 Division of Labor; Lyman E. Cooley, C.E., 

 Chicago, lecturer on the Industrial Significance 

 of Deep Waterways; Robert T. Hill, B.S., 

 United States Geological Survey, Washington, 

 D. C, lecturer on the Industrial Significance of 

 the West Indies to the United States ; Thomas 

 L. Greene, manager Audit Company of New 

 York, New Yorli City, lecturer on the Function 

 of the Financier in Industrial Organizations, and 

 W. F.Willoughby, Ph.D., Department of Labor, 

 Washington, D. C, lecturer on the Function of 

 Trades-Unions in Industrial Organizations. 



At the commencement exercises of Alma 

 College in Michigan the new Francis Hood 

 Museum of Natural History was dedicated, and 

 it was announced that the geological collection 

 of the late Alexander Winchell had been pre- 

 sented to the college. In connection with the 

 dedication of the museum, Professor Jacob Reig- 

 hard, of the University of Michigan, gave an ad- 

 dress entitled ' Biology and Education.' Dr. A. 

 C. Lane, the State geologist, said, in connection 

 with the presentation of the Winchell collec- 

 tion, that it was one that a university would 

 be glad to possess and that it must be visited 

 by all students of the paleontology of Michigan. 



The new physical laboratory at Owens Col- 

 lege, Manchester, was opened on June 29th by 

 Lord Rayleigh. The new laboratory will have a 

 larger floor area than that of any other similar 

 institution in the world, with the exception of 

 the Johns Hopkins and the Strasburg labora- 

 tories. The equipment includes the most mod- 

 ern apparatus for use in every branch of science. 

 Research laboratories are an important feature 

 of the new buildings. The electro-technical 

 wing constitutes a John Hopkinson memorial, 

 and on the occasion of the opening ceremonies 

 was formally handed over by the relatives of 

 the late Dr. John Hopkinson. Professor A. 

 Shuster, the director of the new laboratory, will 

 be assisted by Dr. C. H. Lees, and Mr. R. 

 Beatie has been appointed lecturer in electro- 

 technics. 



The Board of Governors of McGill Univer- 

 sity has made the following appointments in 

 the faculties of applied science and medicine. 

 Neville N. Evans to be assistant professor of 

 chemistry. Dr. James Henderson to be senior 

 demonstrator in chemistry, Fred. Soddy, B.A., 

 Douglas Mcintosh, B.Sc, Ph.D., and Charles 

 F. Lindsay, B.Sc, to be demonstrators in chem- 

 istry ; Dr. N. D. Gunne to be lecturer in his- 

 tology, S. B. Allan to be demonstrator in civil 

 engineering, E. Andrews to be demonstrator in 

 mining, P. W. K. Robertson to be Dawson 

 fellow in metallurgy. 



At Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, E. W. 

 Berger has been re-elected to the chair of nat- 

 ural science. 



Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., professor of ex- 

 perimental physics, at University College, 

 Liverpool, has been appointed principal of the 

 newly established university at Birmingham. 

 Professor Lodge, born in 1851, who has held 

 the chair at Liverpool since 1880, is well known 

 for his researches on electric waves and other 

 physical subjects and as a brilliant writer on 

 theoretical physics. 



In the same university Dr. W. D'Este Emery 

 has been appointed lecturer on bacteriology. 



Mr. L. Lewton-Brain, of St. John's Col- 

 lege, and Mr. A. W. Hill, of King's College, 

 Cambridge, have been appointed university 

 demonstrators in botany. 



