916 



SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XVI. No. 414. 



the joint auspices of the State Geological 

 Survey and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 Professor Harris is arranging to have the 

 field vrork begin soon after the Christmas 

 holidays. It will be the endeavor to complete 

 the greater part of the work by June 1, 1903. 

 Mr. Edwin Smith will represent the Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey on this important work. 

 Louisiana is the third state within recent 

 years to avail itself of the unrivaled facili- 

 ties and instrumental equipment of the Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey for rapid and successful 

 magnetic work. 



Dr. L. A. Bauer, during his recent inspec- 

 tion tour of two months covering the region 

 from the north shore of Lake Superior to the 

 southern part of Texas, besides visiting the 

 various magnetic parties working in that re- 

 gion, determined the dip at a number of sta- 

 tions with two totally different instruments, 

 the one a French dip circle and the other a 

 Lloyd-Creak dip circle primarily intended for 

 observations at sea. With the latter dip 

 circle he likewise determined the total mag- 

 netic intensity, and multiplying the value 

 thus obtained by the cosine of the dip the 

 horizontal intensity was obtained. Next the 

 horizontal intensity was observed directly with 

 a French magnetometer. With the same in- 

 struments comparisons were made with the 

 instruments of each party visited. Thus an 

 interesting series of observations has re- 

 sulted serving to test the constancy of dip 

 circle standardizations for the entire range 

 of dip embraced in the United States, and 

 giving the means of determining the relative 

 accuracy of field intensity determinations by 

 two totally different methods and with two 

 greatly differing instruments. 



The Coast and Geodetic Survey is prepar- 

 ing to make magnetic observations (declina- 

 tion, dip and intensity) on board the Blake, 

 an entirely wooden vessel, which is to sail for 

 Porto Pico soon after January 1. The neces- 

 sary instruments have been secured and are 

 now being installed in the ship. The dip 

 circle — a greatly iraproved form of the Fox 

 dip circle, known as the Lloyd-Creak dip 

 circle, with which the dip and total intensity 

 observations will be made, is similar to the 



instruments supplied to the English Antarctic 

 ship, the Discovery, and to the German Ant- 

 arctic ship, the Gauss. 



THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.* 

 Arrangements are being made for the 

 Rhodes scholars to take up their residence in 

 Oxford at the earliest possible date. Mr. G. 

 R. Parkin, LL.D., Principal of Upper Canada 

 College, Toronto, the organizing agent for the 

 trustees of the Rhodes scholarships, is on a 

 visit to Oxford on behalf of the various coun- 

 tries interested, and, after consultation with the 

 university and college authorities, will frame 

 for the approval of the trustees a scheme for 

 the election of the scholars. As the bequest 

 of Mr. Rhodes suggests that the scholars shall 

 come into residence at the various colleges and 

 shall pursue a three year's course, it is all im- 

 portant that a clear understanding of the 

 attitude of the university and of the individual 

 colleges towards the scholars thus to be elected 

 should be ascertained as a necessary prelimi- 

 nary to Mr. Parkin's work abroad. This is the 

 object of his visit to Oxford. Acting on the 

 advice of the vice-chancellor and a committee 

 of the Hebdomadal Council, Mr. Parkin ad- 

 dressed a series of qxiestions to various heads 

 of colleges in order that the matter might be 

 formally brought under the consideration of 

 the respective societies. The questions were 

 as under: 



1. Is your college willing to receive each year's 

 number of tlie Rhodes scholars, and, if so, how 

 many ? 



2. What are the conditions of entrance upon 

 which your college would insist? Would they 

 necessarily include any examination of your own? 



.3. Would you be able to give any Rhodes 

 scholars accepted by you rooms in the college 

 buildings from the time of their entrance and 

 for how long? 



4. At what date in each year would you require 

 notification of the election of scholars in order 

 that rooms may be assigned them and arrange- 

 ments made for their entrance. 



5. Would you wish scholars accepted by you 

 to come under ordinary undergi-aduate conditions 

 as to age and attainments, or would you prefer 

 men prepared to take advanced or post-gi'aduate 

 \vork ? 



* From the London Times. 



