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disposal of Comte de la Vauls for purposes of 

 aeronautical manoeuvres on the Mediterra- 

 nean, with a new balloon. It may be remem- 

 bered that last year Comte de la Vaulx tried 

 to cross the Mediterranean from Toulon with 

 a large balloon made captive by floating pieces 

 of wood. The experiment, although interest- 

 ing, proved a failure, owing to the wind blow- 

 ing eastward. This year the experiments are 

 lilcely to begin from Palavas, a point near the 

 place where, in 1901, the trip ended. The 

 Epee is to join the balloon there on Septem- 

 ber 10. The new balloon will carry in its car 

 a propelling petroleum engine, which, how- 

 ever, will be used only in the second series of 

 manoeuvres. On Sunday, August 24, M. Heu- 

 reux, a young and promising aeronaut, tried 

 on a smaller scale similar performances in 

 the Channel. He proved by an ascent at 

 Dunkerque that a tug-boat can conduct a bal- 

 loon against a strong wind. The balloon Alcor 

 was sent up in the direction of the sea, and for 

 some time was lost to view in the clouds; but, 

 after having run some miles, the valve was 

 opened and the balloon descended close to the 

 waves. M. Heureux dropped his cone-anchor 

 and waited until a tug-boat, sent out especial- 

 ly from Dunl^erque, threw a rope to the car, 

 by which the balloon was tugged easily and 

 reached Dunlverque fully inflated. 



VNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



S. W. RoBixsoN, professor emeritus of me- 

 chanical engineering in the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, has given $5,000 to that institution 

 to endow a scholarship in engineering. Under 

 the laws of Ohio this money goes into the 

 state treasury, where it becomes a part of the 

 irreducible debt of the state, and commands 

 six per cent, interest, payable semi-annually. 



CoLUMBU University has purchased, with 

 the fund given by Mr. Adolph Lewisohn, 50,- 

 000 dissertations presented for the doctorate 

 at German Universities. 



An institute of pedagogy, under the auspices 

 of the Catholic University at Washington, has 

 been opened in New York City. 



jM. A. FuANCOis MoNOD has been appointed 

 fellow by the French Department of Public 



Instruction to pursue his studies at Columbia 

 University, and it is expected that another 

 fellow will be appointed. Columbia Univer- 

 sity will in turn appoint two fellows to carry 

 on researches in France. The student may 

 study science or any subject that he may 

 select. 



The following appointments have been made 

 in the zoological department of the Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska: Dr. Eobert H. Wolcott, 

 advanced to an assistant professorship; Mr. 

 W. A. Willard (Harvard), who had charge of 

 the biological work at Grinnell College last 

 year, instructor, vice A. B. Lewis, resigned 

 to continue graduate work in anthropology at 

 Columbia University; Dr. R. S. Lillie, last 

 year assistant in physiology. Harvard Medical 

 School, instructor in physiology and histology ;. 

 Mr. Geo. T. Hargitt, former assistant in biol- 

 ogy, Syracuse University, fellow vice B. H. 

 Ransom, who becomes assistant in the Hy- 

 gienic Laboratory, Marine Hospital Service 

 (Washington) ; Miss C. E. Stringer, scholar 

 vice H. W. Graybill, who takes charge of nat- 

 ural science in the Columbus (Nebr.) High 

 School ; Mr. S. Fred Prince, formerly at the 

 Missouri State Normal, as artist. 



Dr. R.wmond Pearl has been appointed in- 

 structor in zoology in the University of Michi- 

 gan. 



Superintendent Cooley, head of Chicago's, 

 public schools, has declined to accept the 

 presidency of the University of the State of 

 Washington, which had been tendered to him. 



J. W. Miller, M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia), has, 

 been appointed instructor in mathematics and 

 astronomy in Lehigh University. 



Miss Daisy F. Bonnell, having resigned the 

 fellowship in botany in the University of 

 Nebraska in order to accept the position of 

 assistant in biology in the Omaha High 

 School, the vacancy has been filled by the 

 appointment of Patrick J. O'Gara, B.Sc. (Ne- 

 braska, 1902), to a schlarship in botany, and 

 George F. Miles, of the senior class, to the 

 position of undergraduate assistant in botany. 



Mr. H. W. Malcolm, M.A., B.Sc. (Aber- 

 deen), has been appointed lecturer in physics 

 in University College, Bristol. 



