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SCIENCE. 



LN. S. Vol. XV. No. 374. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



The twenty-fiftli anniversary of the found- 

 ing of the Johns Hopkins University and the 

 inauguration of Dr. Eemsen as president of 

 the university were celebrated at Baltimore on 

 February 21 and 22. The commemorative ad- 

 dress of Di. D. C. Gilman, for twenty-five years 

 president of the university, and now president 

 emeritus and president of the Carnegie Insti- 

 tution, and the inaugural address of President 

 Remsen are published above, as is also the list 

 of those on whom honorary degrees were con- 

 ferred. The assembly of eminent educators, 

 scientific men and others at the exercises was 

 one of the most notable that has gathered in 

 America. One of the most interesting events 

 was the presentation to Dr. Gilman of an ad- 

 dress signed by over 1,000 alumni and others 

 who are or have been connected with the uni- 

 versity. 



The University of Pennsylvania has con- 

 ferred the Doctorate of Laws on Professor 

 Wolcott Gibbs. 



At the annual general meeting of the Royal 

 Astronomical Society on February 14, the 

 Society's gold medal was presented to Professor 

 J. C. Kapteyn, of Groningen, Holland, for his 

 work in connection with the Cape Photo- 

 graphic Durchmusterung, and his researches 

 on stellar distribution and parallax. The 

 Jackson-Gwilt (bronze) medal and gift was 

 presented to the Rev. Thomas D. Anderson, of 

 Edinburgh, for his discovery of Nova Aurigse 

 and Nova Persei. 



Dr. T. J. J. See, U. S. Naval Observatory, 

 has been elected to membership in the 

 Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung, and to 

 the Societe Mathematique de France. 



Dr. Ernst von Bergmann, professor of sur- 

 gery at Berlin, was given the title of privy 

 councillor on the Emperor's birthday. 



Professor Max Gruber, of the University 

 of Vienna, gave the Harben Lectures before 

 the Royal Institute of Public Health in Jan- 

 uary, the subject being 'Bacteriolysis and 

 Hemolysis.' 



Mr. William Marconi sailed for Canada on 

 February 22 to continue his trans-atlantic ex- 

 periments in wireless telegraphy. 



Mr. C. E. Borchgrevink, the antarctic ex- 

 plorer, is at present lecturing in the United 

 States. 



Professor Duclaux, director of the Pasteur 

 Institute, Paris, suffered recently an attack of 

 hemiplegia. After lying in a critical condi- 

 tion for a number of days, he is now improving. 



The papers note that a marble statue of 

 Professor Ernst Haeckel is being made by the 

 sculptor Harro Magnussen. 



Mr. John Ackhurst, a taxidermist residing 

 in Brooklyn, died on February 15 at the age 

 of eighty-six years. 



Dr. E. Selenka, professor of zoolog-y at 

 Munich, died on January 20, at the age of 

 sixty years. 



There will be a civil service examination 

 on April 2 for the positions of plant patholo- 

 gist, chemist, physiological chemist and ana- 

 lytical chemist in the Philippine service. 

 The salaries of these positions are from $1,- 

 500 to $2,000. There will also be filled by 

 civil service examination on the same day the 

 position of agrostologieal clerk in the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry at a salary of $720. 



Mrs. George Whitfield Collett has con- 

 tributed $5,000 to the endowment fund of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, in memory of 

 the late Josiah M. Fiske. 



The laboratory for the investigation of can- 

 cer in Buffalo has been removed into the 

 building donated through the generosity of 

 Mrs. Gratwick. 



Professor B. Tirusch has bequeathed to 

 the Museum of Natural History at Prague 

 his library and estate, valued at $25,000. He 

 had previously given numerous specimens to 

 the zoological, botanical and geological sec- 

 tions of the Museum. 



Mr. Deboe, of Kentucky, has introduced a 

 bill in the Senate to establish a university of 

 the United States. It provides that the 

 grounds set aside by Washington for a uni- 

 versity, lately occupied by the U. S. Naval 

 Observatory, are to used as the site. 



