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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XII. No. 309. 



ress of Vertebrate Paleontology in the United 

 States,' and by Professor W. H. Howell, dean 

 of Johns Hopkins University Medical Depart- 

 ment, on ' Biology as an Element in College 

 Training. ' Following the addresses a reception 

 will be held from five to seven o'clock in the 

 Hall of Natural History. 



Dr. William E. Quine, dean of the College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, has 

 given $25,000 to the College to endow its li- 

 brary, and Dr. D. A. K. Steele, another mem- 

 ber of the faculty, has given a like amount to 

 endow the pathological laboratory. 



The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 

 has published a list of donations to the Benefac- 

 tion Fund, which brings the total up to more 

 than £66,000. Some £1,600 have also been con- 

 tributed for the special purpose of equipping an 

 experimental farm for the department of agri- 

 culture. 



The department of pedagogy of the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, under the direction of Professor 

 E. G. Dexter, is establishing a pedagogical 

 library and museum. The exhibits, part of 

 which are loaned, are divided as follows : (1) 

 Photographs, plans and, as far as possible, spec- 

 ifications and descriptions of school buildings ; 

 (2) Old and current catalogues and courses of 

 study of public school systems and educational 

 institutions ; (3) Material constructed or pre- 

 pared by pupils, including models in wood, 

 metal and clay ; work in paper and paste- 

 board, work in color and drawing, written 

 exercises, etc.; (4) General educational reports 

 and special publications ; (5) School text-books 

 and literature of all kinds for all grades ; (6) 

 School furniture and appliances, including 

 charts, globes, desks, etc.; (7) Apparatus of all 

 makes and kinds for school laboratories ; (8) 

 Catalogues, photographs and descriptions of 

 material of the above descriptions. 



A new regulation has been made by the 

 Harvard faculty of arts and sciences, to allow 

 students to obtain both the Bachelor of Arts 

 and Bachelor of Science degrees in five years. 

 The regulation is as follows: " Students who 

 wish to take the degree of Bachelor of Science 

 in addition to the degree of Bachelor of Arts 

 may register in the Lawrence Scientific School 



after their third year in Harvard College (or 

 after the satisfactory completion of fourteen 

 courses counting toward the degree of Bach- 

 elor of Arts). They may obtain the degree of 

 Bachelor of Arts on the satisfactory completion 

 of the required number of courses counting 

 toward that degree, and the degree of Bach- 

 elor of Science after at least two years in the 

 Scientific School, the last year to be devoted to 

 work prescribed by the administrative board 

 of the Scientific School." 



LOKD Barnard formally opened the new 

 science building, costing over £4,000, attached 

 to the North-Eastern County School, Barnard 

 Castle, England, on November 6th. The Bishop 

 of Durham and others were present. Lord 

 Barnard, in the course of his speech, advocated 

 the endowment of a University for the north of 

 England similar to the Birmingham University. 



President D. C. Gilman, of the Johns Hop- 

 kins University has privately intimated to the 

 trustees his intention of resigning at the close 

 of the present academic year, which will com- 

 plete 25 years of service since the opening of 

 the University in 1876. 



Professor Cdrie has been appointed profes- 

 sor of physics at Paris. 



Dr. Erskine-Murray has been appointed 

 lecturer and demonstrator of physics and mathe- 

 matics at the University College, Nottingham, 

 England. 



Mr. E. J. Russell, B.Sc, assistant lecturer 

 and demonstrator at Owens College, Manchester, 

 has been appointed lecturer in chemistry at the 

 South-Eaatern Agricultural College in place of 

 Mr. H. H. Cousins, M.A., who has been ap- 

 pointed agricultural chemist to the Government 

 of Jamaica. 



We also note the following appointments in 

 German Universities : Dr. Georg Thilenius, of 

 Strasburg, associate professor of anatomy in the 

 University at Breslau ; Dr. Adolf Kneser, of 

 Dorpat, professor of mathematics in the Berlin 

 School of Mines ; Dr. Immendorf, of Bremen, 

 professor of agricultural chemistry in the Uni- 

 versity at Jena and, at the experiment station 

 of the same University, Dr. Oscar Bottcher, 

 of Mokern, professor of agricultural chemistry 

 and director of the station. 



