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nation, which will direct the work of the asso- 

 ciation in accordance with the resolutions of 

 the General Assembly. A Central Bureau 

 is to be located at Strassburg in connection 

 with the Imperial Seismological Station there, 

 and reports are to be forwarded to its director 

 as frequently as possible. These reports will 

 be edited and published. The nations, mem- 

 bers of the association, are to contribute sums 

 varying from $100 to $800 annually, according 

 to their population. The amount thus ob- 

 tained is to be used for the expenses of ad- 

 ministration and publication and may be used 

 in part for such special purposes as the prose- 

 cution of special investigations ordered by the 

 General Assembly or for the support of partic- 

 ular observatories founded by the association, 

 observations from which are considered of 

 special importance, and which could not other- 

 wise be made. Each country is to enjoy the 

 utmost liberty in the method of making obser- 

 vations and in the choice of instruments, but 

 the reports are all to be sent to the Central 

 Observatory in terms of Greenwich civil time. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Professor John Hays Hammond has added 

 $50,000 to his previous gift of $50,000 for a 

 metallurgical laboratory of Tale University. 



The late James A. Woolson has left his 

 property in trust for his wife and daughters 

 and their issue, if any, after which it is to 

 go to public purposes. Boston University will 

 ultimately receive $600,000, Eadcliffe College 

 $300,000 and the Wesleyan Academy at Wil- 

 braham, Mass., $300,000. 



The University of Michigan has received 

 from Arthur Hill, of Saginaw, eighty acres of 

 land just outside Ann Arbor, to serve as an 

 experiment farm for the Forestry Department. 

 The tract is called ' The Saginaw Forest 

 Farm.' The tract is to serve as an object 

 lesson in forestry and is planned to provide 

 for: (1) An arboretum of all useful forest 

 trees suited to Michigan. (2) Demonstration 

 areas for seed bed and nursery work. (3) 

 Model plantations of forest trees. (4) Special 



experiments in forestry, such as the various 

 methods of propagation of special kinds of 

 timber and the raising of particular kinds of 

 forest products, as well as for other practical 

 purposes. The tmiversity has also received 

 from Mr. Joseph B. Whittier, of Saginaw, 

 $4,000 .for the Angeline Bradford Whittier 

 fellowship in botany, in honor of Mr. Whit- 

 tier's mother, and from the Michigan Federa- 

 tion of Women's Clubs, $3,000 for a scholar- 

 ship for women. The sum will later be in- 

 creased to $5,000. 



Mr. Alfred Palmer has written to the prin- 

 cipal of University College, Reading, offering 

 to present to the college a site for the pro- 

 posed new college buildings. The extent of 

 the gift is about five acres, centrally situated. 



President Ira Eemsen, of the Johns Hop- 

 kins University, will give the commencement 

 address at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

 in June next. 



The new medical laboratories of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania will be dedicated next 

 June, and the medical department will move 

 into its new quarters during the summer. 



The Northwestern University has estab- 

 lished in the College of Liberal Arts one hun- 

 dred scholarships open to students from any 

 part of the country who may be able to com- 

 ply with the conditions. The scholarships are 

 to be assigned upon a new basis, which re- 

 sembles in some respects the Rhodes scholar- 

 ships. The chief emphasis in the selection 

 of students will be laid upon promise of 

 superior achievement or probable fitness for 

 public usefulness after leaving college. 



Mortimer E. Cooley, professor of mechan- 

 ical engineering at the University of Mich- 

 igan, was appointed dean of the engineering 

 department at the last meeting of the regents. 

 He succeeds the late Charles E. Green, who 

 was dean of the department from its founda- 

 tion until his death in October last. 



At University College, London, the Derby 

 scholarship in zoology has been awarded to 

 Mr. W. N. F. Woodland. 



