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IN. S. Vol. XXVI. No. 67T 



medical teaching in France. The minister 

 added a few words of thanks to Dr. Jean 

 Charcot for his abnegation in the higher in- 

 terests of science and of the university, and 

 hoped that his example would be followed in 

 others. After the distribution of medals to 

 some of the nurses and the gardener of the 

 Salpetriere, the library was visited by all 

 present. 



A COMMITTEE appointed to advise the senate 

 of London University on the course to be pur- 

 sued in regard to the proposed Institute of 

 Medical Sciences has reported as follows: 

 (a) That, owing to the lack of adequate finan- 

 cial support, the scheme for the establishment 

 of an Institute of Medical Sciences, as set 

 forth in the original appeal, and (in a modi- 

 fied form) in the appeal of June, 1905, has 

 proved abortive; (&) that, apart from the 

 money difficulty, which, in the opinion of the 

 committee, is of itself fatal, the scheme has 

 also become impracticable for other reasons. 

 The medical faculty, which formerly reported 

 in favor of the scheme, has now reported 

 against it. Several of the medical schools 

 have changed their opinions in the same sense, 

 and some of them have made arrangements 

 involving considerable outlay for providing 

 more efficient instruction in preliminary and 

 intermediate medical studies; (c) that, in the 

 above circumstances, the university has no 

 claim to the money which has been already 

 paid by subscribers, or to the fulfilment of 

 promises by subscribers who have not yet paid 

 their subscriptions; and (d) that, in the ab- 

 sence of any special directions in any par- 

 ticular case all subscriptions already paid 

 ought at once to be returned to the donors 

 (including in that term the executors or legal 

 representatives of deceased donors) without 

 any suggestion as to any possible application 

 of the money to any other purpose. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The main building of Monmouth College, 

 including the science laboratories, was de- 

 stroyed by fire on Thursday morning, Novem- 

 ber 14. All the science work has suffered 

 much. The loss to the biology department 



was the greatest, as the laboratory was on the 

 third floor under the roof, where the fire 

 started. The collections and apparatus of that 

 department, which were of much value — and 

 the laboratory — were almost completely de- 

 stroyed. Plans are being made for rebuilding 

 and carrying on the work meanwhile. 



Eice Hall, housing the biological and 

 chemical departments of Washburn college, 

 Topeka, Kansas, was partially destroyed by 

 fire on December 6. The loss, estimated at 

 $30,000, is covered by insurance; the building 

 will be restored in the spring. 



Pennsylvania Day at the State College was 

 celebrated on November 22, when the new 

 agricultural building was dedicated. Ad- 

 dresses were made by Governor Edwin S. 

 Stuart, Senator Bois Penrose,- Mr. James A. 

 Beaver, president of the Board of Trustees, 

 Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, superintendent of 

 public instruction. Director Thomas P. Hunt, 

 of the School of Agriculture, and Director 

 Whitman Jordan, director of the New York 

 State Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, N. T. 



According to the New York Evening Post 

 foreign countries are represented at Harvard 

 University as follows : Canada, 42 ; China, 24 ; 

 Japan, 8; England, 5; Mexico, 4; Kepublic of 

 Argentina, 4; Germany, 3; Italy, 3; Australia, 

 2; Costa Rica, 2; France, 2; Ireland, 2; New 

 Zealand, 2; Eussia, 2; Bulgaria, 2; India, 2; 

 Asia Minor, 1 ; British West Indies, 1 ; Korea, 

 1; Peru, 1; Siam, 1; Colombia, 1; Sweden, 1; 

 Turkey, 1; Syria, 1; Eumania, 1; South 

 Africa, 1. 



President Norman Plass, of Washburn 

 College, Topeka, Kans., has resigned to go into 

 business, his resignation to take effect at the 

 close of the academic year. 



Dr. Louis Cohen has been appointed as- 

 sistant professor of mathematics and Dr. 

 Perley G. Nutting, assistant professor of 

 physics at the George Washington University. 



Mr. E. T. Campagnac has been elected pro- 

 fessor of education at Liverpool University to 

 fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of 

 Professor Woodward. 



