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SCIENCE 



[N.S. Vol. XXVI. No. 673 



pure wliite, overlapping, leaf-like portions aris- 

 ing from a common point of attachment on 

 tlie outside of the bale and connected with the 

 vegetative portion of the fungus (mycelium), 

 vrhich permeates the inside of the bale in the 

 form of numerous minute white threads. The 

 plant is readily recognized as belonging to the 

 genus Pleurotus, of the fleshy fungi, but the 

 species has not yet been determined. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Ai^NouNCEMENT is made that Columbia Uni- 

 versity has received an anonymous gift of 

 $100,000 to establish in memory of the late 

 Henry Bergh a foundation to inculcate a 

 spirit of kindness and consideration toward the 

 lower animals. 



By the will of Trenor L. Park, which has 

 been filed for probate. Harvard University 

 receives a bequest of $25,000. 



Mr. Henry Stoddard, of New Haven, who 

 was sent to England in connection with the 

 will of Mr. Blount, has returned. It is said 

 that he reports that the amount of the bequest 

 will be $450,000. No light has been thrown 

 on the question as to the reasons leading Mr. 

 Blount to make this bequest. 



The sum of $70,000 has been left by the 

 late Miss Lucinda Bailey for the establish- 

 ment and maintenance of an industrial school 

 for boys and girls of Bath, Me. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie, retiring lord rector 

 of St. Andrews University, has intimated his 

 intention of giving £2,000 in addition to the 

 £10,000 he has already given for the comple- 

 tion of the buildings of the university library. 



Eleven teaching fellowships have been es- 

 tablished at the University of Kansas for 

 graduates of special merit. Each fellowship 

 entitles the holder to $265, and he is obliged 

 to teach not more than seven hours a week. 

 The remainder of the time is to be devoted 

 to investigation leading to an advanced degree. 



The number of freshmen who have ma- 

 triculated at Cambridge is, according to the 

 London Times, 1,099 ; this is an increase of 

 78 over the number of . last year. Since the 

 beginning of the century there has been a 

 steady annual increase in the number of stu- 

 dents coming iip to Cambridge in the October 



term, with the exception of the year 1904, 

 when there was a drop of two. In 1900 the 

 entry was 841, and it steadily increased, except 

 in the year mentioned, by about 20 each year 

 up to 1905, when there was a sudden increase 

 of 124. The numbers at the several colleges 

 are as follows: King's, 45; Trinity, 204; St. 

 John's, 62; Peterhouse, 16; Clare, 61; Pem- 

 broke, Y9; Caius, 82; Trinity Hall, 44; Corpus, 

 27; Queens', 51; St. Catharine's, 26; Jesus, 61; 

 Christ's, 66; Magdalene, 28; Emmanuel, 82; 

 Sidney Sussex, 30; Downing, 43; Selwyn, 42; 

 non-collegiate, 50. Of these, 15 are advanced 

 students. 



According to recent data there are now in 

 Germany 116 cities with special schools for 

 backward children. The total number of these 

 schools is 203, and the number of pupils is 

 13,100. Berlin has 31 of these accessory 

 schools. 



Mr. George M. Pltmpton, of the New York 

 branch of Ginn and Company, has been 

 elected president of the board of trustees of 

 Amherst College, to succeed the late John E. 

 Sanford. 



Lord Avebury has been elected Lord Eector 

 of the University of St. Andrews, succeeding 

 Mr. Andrew Carnegie. 



Mr. Earle G. Linsley has been appointed 

 professor of geography and geology in the 

 newly established department at California 

 College, Oakland, Cal. 



Dr. Naohide Tatsu, formerly lecturer in 

 Columbia University, has returned to Japan 

 and has become lecturer in zoology in the 

 Science College, Imperial University of Tokyo. 

 At Liverpool University, Dr. Joseph Eey- 

 nolds Green, D.Sc, E.R.S., fellow and tutor of 

 Downing College, Cambridge, lately professor 

 of botany to the Pharmaceutical Society of 

 Great Britain, has been appointed to the newly- 

 created Hartley lectureship on plant physi- 

 ology. 



At Manchester University, Dr. C. H. Weiz- 

 mann has been appointed lecturer in chem- 

 istry; Mr. J. M. Pring, B.Sc, Harling Fellow, 

 demonstrator in electro-chemistry; Mr. F. H. 

 Gravely, B.Sc, assistant lecturer and demon- 

 strator in zoology; and Mr. J. L. Simonson, 

 M.Sc, junior demonstrator in chemistry. 



