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after looking at every possible site the com- 

 mittee strongly reported that no other site 

 would answer the purpose so well as that which 

 adjoined Kew Gardens. He agreed that nothing 

 ought to be done which would interfere with 

 the amenities of Kew Gardens, and this point 

 had been considered in the selection of the site- 

 The two buildings, one for machinery and the 

 other for carrying on the more delicate scientific 

 operations, were to be placed in positions which 

 would not mar the views from the gardens or 

 injure their amenities. The voting of the 7000L 

 would in no way prejudice the consideration of 

 the case against the proposed site. Referring 

 more particularly to the British School at 

 Athens, Mr. Balfour stated that the only ground 

 for the alarm expressed was that the original 

 grant was for five years, and that this term was 

 drawing to a close. The question of govern- 

 mental subvention of scientific investigation was 

 a very important subject, and there was no 

 doubt that Great Britain had, from a traditional 

 policy, lagged greatly behind other nations in 

 respect. It never occurred to them to do what 

 the Germans, the French, or the Americans did 

 in making certain grants for investigations ; and 

 who was right he did not undertake to say. 

 His own personal inclination was rather in the 

 direction of governmental aid in cases where 

 they could not expect private aid to come for- 

 ward ; but at the same time he confessed that 

 he often thought how strange it was in a very 

 rich country there were not found some people 

 who, in a difficulty to find other and more 

 profitable investments, did not attempt to earn 

 glory for themselves by carrying on those in- 

 vestigations with the money that was required. 

 He could ouly say that certainly the grant 

 would not be discontinued without a generous 

 consideration of the facts and interests in- 

 volved. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



An additional story will be added to the 

 University Hall, Columbia University, during 

 the present year. The basement of this Hall, 

 containing the gymnasium and power house, 

 erected at a cost of about $1,000,000, has been 

 in use since the University removed to its new 



site. The superstructure is being erected by 

 gifts from the alumni, and enough money is 

 now available to construct an additional story 

 which will contain dining halls, club rooms, an 

 assembly room, seating 1500, and some of the 

 offices of administration. The assembly hall 

 for the religious and social life of students for 

 which a gift was made last spring will be begun 

 in the autumn. During the present summer, 

 alterations are being made in Schermerhorn 

 Hall in order to enlarge the laboratory of 

 psychology. A private staircase is being built 

 from the present laboratory to the floor above 

 where seven additional rooms for research are 

 being provided. 



At the University of Texas, Dr. S. B. Mezes 

 has been promoted from an associate to a full 

 professorship of philosophy and Dr. H. Y, Ben- 

 edict, instructor in mathematics and astronomy 

 has been advanced to an adjunct professorship. 

 The regents have made provision for an in- 

 structorship in botany. 



Thomas Nolen, professor of architecture in 

 the University of Missouri, has resigned to ac- 

 cept a professorship in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



It is reported that Dr. A. Lincoln, assistant 

 in chemistry at Cornell University, has been 

 offered the chair of chemistry in the Univer- 

 sity of Cincinnati. 



Mr. John H. McClbllan has been reap- 

 pointed instructor in zoology at the University 

 of Illinois. 



Dr. Precht, of the University of Heidel- 

 berg, has been promoted to an associate profes- 

 sorship of physics, and Dr. Fritz Czeschka von 

 Mjihrenthal, curator in the Zeological Institute 

 of the University of Berlin, to a professorship 

 of zoology. 



Professor Oreste Mattirolo has been ap- 

 pointed professor of botany in the University of 

 Turin, and Dr. Fridrano Carava associate pro- 

 fessor in this science in the University of Cag- 

 liari. 



Dr. Schmidt, honorary professor of anthro- 

 pology and ethnology in the University at 

 Leipzig, has retired. 



