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malaria in them on a large scale. To attain 

 this object the colonies must be prepared to 

 maintain proper conservancy gangs, superin- 

 tended by efficient health officers. As regards 

 the effect of the anti-mosquito measures on the 

 health of Freetown, Major Koss says that he 

 was struck by the great change in the 

 demeanor of the Europeans. Two and a half 

 years ago every one was gloomy; now the Eu- 

 ropeans look as cheerful and well as they look 

 in India. Arrangements have been made for 

 Dr. Taylor to proceed at once to Cape Coast, 

 in order to start anti-malaria work there, with 

 the assistance of the governors, as the mor- 

 tality at present is very high. 



We take from the Mexican Herald the fol- 

 lowing recommendations passed by the second 

 International Conference on January 29 : 

 The second international American confer- 

 ence recommends to the republics here rep- 

 resented, that an 'American International 

 Archeological commission' be formed, 

 through the appointment, by the president of 

 each of the American republics, of one or more 

 members of such commission; that each gov- 

 ernment represented shall defray the expenses 

 of its commissioner or commissioners; that 

 such commissioner shall be appointed for five 

 years, and that they shall be subject to reap- 

 pointment; that appropriations for the ex- 

 penses incidental to the prosecution of the 

 work and publications of the reports of the 

 archeological commission shall be made by 

 the respective governments subscribing on the 

 same basis as that on which the bureau of the 

 American republics is supported ; that the first 

 meeting for the organization of the commis- 

 sion, the election of officers and adoption of 

 rules, shall occur in the city of Washington, 

 District of Columbia, United States of 

 America, within two years from this date; 

 that the accounting department of the com- 

 mission shall be exercised by the bureau of 

 the American republics; that this commission 

 shall meet at least once in each year ; that the 

 commission shall have the power to appoint 

 sub-commissions, which shall be charged 

 specially with the explorations, or other work 

 committed to their care; that sub-commis- 

 sions may be appointed, which shall cause 



the cleaning and preservation of the ruins 

 of the principal prehistoric cities, estab- 

 lishing at each of them a museumi to 

 contain objects of interest; to found an 

 'American international museum' which is to 

 become the center of all the investigations and 

 interpretations, and that it be established in 

 the city selected by the majority of the repub- 

 lics acquiescing in this recommendation. 

 Committees shall also be appointed to clean 

 and conserve the ruins of ancient cities, 

 establishing in each of them a museum to con- 

 tain the antiquities that may be gathered, and 

 which is to afford all possible accommodations 

 to the visitors. The archeological commis- 

 sion and the subcommittees it may appoint 

 will be subject in all matters to the laws of the 

 signatory countries. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEW8. 



President Schurman took the occasion of 

 Lord Kelvin's visit to Cornell University to 

 announce that the necessary $250,000 required 

 by Mr. John D. Rockefeller's gift was assured, 

 and that $250,000 will be spent in erecting a 

 hall of physics. 



Yale University has been made the residu- 

 ary legatee of Edward W. Southworth, New 

 York City, and it is said may receive as much 

 as two or three hundred thousand dollars from 

 the estate. 



Vassar College has received a library build- 

 ing from a donor whose name is at present 

 withheld. 



Dr. a. E. Kennelly, of Philadelphia, has 

 been appointed professor of electrical engineer- 

 ing at Harvard University. 



Dr. Abraham Jacobi has resigned the chair 

 of the diseases of children in Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 



Dr. B. F. Kingsbury has been appointed to 

 the chair of human physiology in Cornell Uni- 

 versity. At present Dr. Kingsbury is at the 

 University of Freiburg; he will assume his 

 duties for the college year 1903-1904. Mean- 

 time the classes in physiology will be instructed 

 by Professor B. G. Wilder and Dr. P. A. Fish. 



