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there being some eighty now in use. The 

 brigades' cycles are also equipped with sets 

 which are very compact in design. Experience 

 with the system has shown that the switching 

 in of the telephone apparatus in no way influ- 

 ences the telegraph service. During simul- 

 taneous telegraphing and telephoning a slight 

 knocking is perceptible in the telephone, which, 

 however, does not destroy the audibility. 



higher degree and are members ofthe Senate 

 and of those who have taken their first degree : 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The will of the late Dr. J. M. Da Costa, of 

 Philadelphia, contains generous public be- 

 quests, including $5,000 to the University of 

 Pennsylvania and $5,000 to the College of Physi- 

 cians. His medical library is given to the Col- 

 lege of Physicians and his medical museum to 

 the Jefferson Medical College. 



Mr. F. Ravenscroft has given 2,000 guineas 

 to the Birbeck Institution, London. Part of 

 the money has been used to provide a metal- 

 lurgical laboratory. 



The Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 has established a special course in electro-chem- 

 istry which aims ' ' to provide the education 

 requisite for the investigation of the many new 

 problems which the development of novel proc- 

 esses is certain to bring forth, and also to im- 

 part the professional skill requisite for the 

 installation, testing, and operation of apparatus 

 and machinery by which electrical energy is 

 applied in chemical, metallurgical, and allied 

 processes. The instruction given, moreover, is 

 of such a broad character, particularly in elec- 

 tricity and chemistry, that a student completing 

 this option should be well prepared to under- 

 take various lines of electrical or chemical work 

 other than electro-chemistry." 



On September 29th President Schurman re- 

 ported a registration of 2,900 students in Cor- 

 nell University. Sibley College is reported by 

 the director to have 625 to date. 



The ' Cambridge University Calendar ' shows 

 a slight decrease in the number of students as 

 compared with the preceding year. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the number of students at 

 each college, etc., and also the number who 

 have proceeded to the degree of M. A. or some 



Trinity 



St. John's 



Gonville and Cains. . 



Pembroke 



Emmanuel 



Christ's 



King's 



Trinity Hall 



Clare 



Jesus 



Corpus Christi 



Peterhouse 



Queens' 



Sidney Sussex 



St. Catharine's 



Magdalene 



Downing 



Selwyn Hostel 



Non-collegiate 



Members of Senate 

 not on college 

 boards 



3,675 

 1,549 

 890 

 823 

 750 

 736 

 708 

 606 

 594 

 402 

 399 

 336 

 318 

 304 

 246 

 212 

 209 

 259 

 170 



At Princeton University Elmer H. Loomis 

 has been made full professor of physics and E. 

 O. Lovett full professor of mathematics. Pro- 

 fessor Lovett is spending the year abroad. 



Francis M. Thorpe, instructor in the Whar- 

 ton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 has been called to the chair of commerce and 

 economics in the University of Vermont, re- 

 cently endowed by Mr. John H. Converse. 



Dr. Victor Uhlig, professor of mineralogy 

 in the Technical Institute at Prague, has been 

 appointed professor of paleontology in the Uni- 

 versity at Vienna. 



A CHAIR of hygiene and bacteriology has 

 been established in the University of Athens. 

 Dr. Savas, formerly staff surgeon of the Greek 

 army, has been appointed professor and direc- 

 tor of the Hygienic Institute. 



Mr. L. E. Wilberfoeoe, demonstrator in 

 physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cam- 

 bridge, and university lecturer in physics, has 

 been appointed to the Lyon Jones chair of ex- 

 perimental physics at University College, Liv- 

 erpool, vacated by acceptance by Dr. Oliver 

 Lodge of the principalship of the University of 

 Birmingham. 



