May 27, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



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Turkish and Finnish races. Zoologically, the 

 Tenesei is important as being the line of 

 demarcation between the faunas of eastern 

 and western Siberia. And if the expedition 

 is able to reach Alashan and neighboring 

 regions, there will be valuable geographical 

 work to be done and problems regarding the 

 desiccation of central Asia to be solved. 



A. E. Ortmann, Ph.D., professor of physical 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 By the will of Isaac C. Wyman, of Salem, 

 Mass., a graduate of Princeton College, who 

 died on May 18, most of his estate is be- 

 queathed to Princeton University, to be used 

 in whole or in part for a graduate school. 

 Mr. John M. Raymond, of Salem, Mass., and 

 Professor Andrew F. "West, dean of the Grad- 

 uate School were named as trustees. The 

 daily papers estimate the value of the be- 

 quest to be from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000. 



The Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- 

 phia, has received a gift of $60,000 from Mrs. 

 Maria Gross Horwitz, daughter of the late 

 Professor Samuel D. Gross, the eminent sur- 

 geon, to endow the " Samuel D. Gross Chair 

 of Surgery." 



Assistant Professor J. G. Jack wiU con- 

 duct a Field Class at the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Harvard University, on Saturdays during the 

 spring and early summer, to assist those who 

 wish to gain a more intimate knowledge of 

 the native and foreign trees and shrubs which 

 grow in New England. 



Dr. E. J. WiLCZYNSKi, associate professor of 

 mathematics in the University of Illinois, has 

 accepted a similar position in the University 

 of Chicago. 



Dr. J. W. TouNG, assistant professor of 

 mathematics in the University of Illinois, has 

 been appointed head of the department of 

 mathematics in the University of Kansas. 



Mr. Edward M. Wellisch, of Cambridge 

 University, has been appointed assistant pro- 

 fessor of physics in Tale University. 



' The following appointments have been 

 made at the School of Mines of the Univer- 

 sity of Pittsburgh: 



P. E. Raymond, Ph.D., professor of invertebrate 

 paleontology. 



S. L. Goodale, A.M., E.M., assistant professor 

 of metallurgy. 



L. K. Aeker, Jr., E.M., instructor in mineralogy 

 and geology. 



G. T. Haldeman, E.M., instructor in mining. 



Earl Douglass, A.M., M.S., instructor in verte- 

 brate paleontology. 



H. B. Meller, instructor in mining. 



Dr. A. B. Wallgren, lecturer on first aid to the 

 injured. 



Alexander Silverman, lecturer on glass manu- 

 facture. 



W. F. Fischer, E.M., assistant in petrography. 



N. L. Estabrook, assistant in mineralogy. 



J. B. Keller, assistant in assaying. 

 The year has been extended to four terms of 

 12, 12, 11 and 10 weeks each, so that a stu- 

 dent can complete his course by working any 

 three of the terms each year. He may also 

 complete his work and graduate in three 

 years if he takes four terms a year. A stu- 

 dent, as heretofore, in this school can substi- 

 tute a year of practical work done under the 

 school's direction for one year of the usual 

 class and laboratory work, and in this way 

 graduate in three years. Some thirty-five 

 thousand dollars worth of material has been 

 added to the equipment during the past year. 



Mr. C. L. Boulenger, of King's College, 

 Cambridge, has been appointed to the lecture- 

 ship in zoology at Birmingham University 

 rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. 

 Leonard Doncaster. 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE 

 ' weismannism, a criticism of die selektions- 

 theorie' 

 A new publication from the pen of August 

 Weismann naturally must excite curiosity 

 among biologists, not so much with regard to 

 possible new ideas and theories, but rather 

 with reference to the question how far the 

 author has corrected and modified his old 

 views in order to do justice to the numerous 

 ^ " Die Selektionstheorie." Eine Untersuchung 

 von August Weismann. Jena, 1909. 70 pages, 

 1 plate and 3 text figures. 



