July 5, 1907] 



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effect that they had been elected honorary 

 members of the Acadeinia fisico-chemica Ital- 

 iana, of Palermo, Italy. Each notice was 

 accompanied by a complimentary reference to 

 the man's scientific achievements and the re- 

 quest that he would send his photograph and 

 a copy of some of his works for the library 

 of the academy. The notice was also accom- 

 panied by a copy of the by-laws, from which 

 it was seen that persons elected to honorary 

 membership were expected to pay $5 for cler- 

 ical expenses of the certificate of membership, 

 etc., and an additional sum for the engraving 

 of the medal sent to each honorary member. 

 The Ztschr. f. aerzt, Forthildung, in a recent 

 issue, states that similar notices have been 

 sent to numerous prominent physicians in 

 Europe, but that inquiry in Italy brings word 

 that ' the so-called academy is not an institu- 

 tion founded for scientific purposes, but con- 

 sists of more or less obscure elements who 

 under this title devote themselves to personal 

 and material aims.' The Berlin professor 

 whose name figures on the prospectus of the 

 ' academy ' declares that he knows nothing at 

 all of such an institution and that the use of 

 his name is unwarranted. Our exchange adds 

 that a number of physicians at home and' 

 abroad forwarded the money, etc., asked for 

 by this ' pseudoacademy in this ingenious 

 money-making scheme.' " 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The state legislature has passed measures 

 providing for the development of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin in three important direc- 

 tions. It has authorized the establishment of 

 a college of medicine prepared to give the first 

 two years of preclinical training. An appro- 

 priation of $20,000 annually has been made 

 for the development of the department of uni- 

 versity extension, which includes a correspond- 

 ence branch. The sum of $100,000 per annum 

 for four years has been appropriated for the 

 erection of a woman's building and gymnas- 

 ium, and the construction of the first of a 

 system of dormitories and commons for both 

 men and women. In addition the legislature 

 continued for two years more the present 



building fund of $200,000 per annum, which 

 will be used to erect buildings for biology and 

 the allied departments of pathology, physiol- 

 ogy and bacteriology; for horse-breeding and 

 veterinary science, and for the addition of a 

 wing to the engineering building. 



At the recent meeting of the board of trus- 

 tees of the University of Alabama the erection 

 of the following buildings was authorized: A 

 central heating, lighting and pumping station, 

 an engineering building and a building for 

 the geological museum and the schools of geol- 

 ogy and biology. The cornerstone of the mu- 

 seum building was laid May 28, the address 

 on this occasion being delivered by Governor 

 Braxton Bragg Comer. The building is to be 

 known as the Eugene A. Smith Hall in honor 

 of the services rendered during many years 

 to the university and to the state by Dr. 

 Eugene A. Smith, professor of mineralogy and 

 geology and the state geologist of Alabama. 



The new medical college of the University 

 of Manila, which will be opened early in Sep- 

 tember, will pay special attention to tropical 

 diseases. The Philippine government has ap- 

 propriated $62,500 for the expenses of the first 

 year of the institution. 



General Wm. J. Palmer has given the 

 Engineering School of Colorado College, in 

 Colorado Springs, the sum of $12,000, to be 

 expended immediately on additional equip- 

 ment in the engineering laboratories for 

 senior work. 



The late Mr. Basil McCrea has left £75,000 

 to Magee College, Londonderry, for the erec- 

 tion of residences for the professors, the fur- 

 ther endowment of the existing chairs, and 

 the foundation of scholarships. 



Upon the recommendation of the faculty 

 of the college of applied science, the board of 

 regents of the State University of Iowa has 

 determined that the degree to be given to 

 graduates in engineering shall hereafter be 

 bachelor of engineering. Twenty-one gradu- 

 ates this year received the several degrees of 

 bachelor of science in civil engineering, in 

 electrical engineering, in mechanical engineer- 

 ing and in forest engineering. 



