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from trypauosomiasis, the disease generally 

 known as sleeping sickness. It may be 

 pointed out here that in a large percentage of 

 cases in the Congo actual sleep is apparently 

 not a marked feature in the progress of the 

 disease. The work undertaken by the expedi- 

 tion has grown to very large dimensions, es- 

 pecially taking into consideration the ex- 

 pensive research being carried on in Liverpool 

 in connection with the operations in the 

 Congo. The work in the laboratories of the 

 school in Liverpool consists of bacteriological 

 and other investigations, which, owing to the 

 lack of necessary apparatus, can not be ade- 

 quately carried on in the Congo itself. The 

 expenditure accordingly has already reached a 

 very large sum, and the thanks of the scien- 

 tific world are due to the King of the Belgians, 

 Sir Alfred Jones, and other supporters of the 

 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, whose 

 generosity has up to the present made investi- 

 gations on so large a scale possible. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The new medical laboratories of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, erected at a cost of 

 $700,000, were dedicated on June 10. The 

 building was formally presented to the uni- 

 versity by J. Vaughn Merrick, and accepted 

 by Provost Charles C. Harrison. 



New York University has purchased land 

 adjoining the new college building on First 

 Avenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty- 

 sixth streets, and will proceed at once with the 

 erection of a six-story fire-proof building for 

 the clinics and laboratories of the Medical 

 College. 



The University of Michigan has established 

 a statistical laboratory under Dr. James W. 

 Glover, who has charge of the work in in- 

 surance. 



The main building of the Rensselaer Poly- 

 technic Institute, Troy, N. Y., was destroyed 

 by fire on June 9. The loss is estimated at 

 $100,000, the insurance being $53,000. Other 

 fires have recently occurred at the institute, 

 and they are supposed to be the work of an 

 incendiary. 



A Board of Anthropological Studies has 

 been established at Cambridge, the studies 

 under the direction of the board comprising 

 prehistoric and historic anthropology and 

 ethnology (including sociology and compara- 

 tive religion), physical anthropology and psy- 

 chological anthropology. 



The University of London, with the co- 

 operation of the Teachers' Guild of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, will organize a four 

 weeks' holiday course for foreigners, to be 

 held in London this summer, from July 18 to 

 August 12, with special arrangements for 

 those who can not join till the end of July. 

 Professor Eippman, of Queen's 'College, Lon- 

 don, has been appointed director and Mr. 

 Cloudesley Brereton will act as adviser to 

 French students. The inaugural address will 

 be given by Sir Arthur Riicker, principal of 

 the university. 



Dr. Thomas M. Balliet has resigned the 

 superintendeney of Public Schools of Spring- 

 field, Mass., a position he has filled for sixteen 

 years, having accepted the deanship of the 

 School of Pedagogy of New York University, 

 his resignation to take effect September 1. In 

 accepting his resignation the committee 

 adopted a resolution of regret and at the same 

 time congratulated the university which is to 

 secure his services. 



Propessoe Angelo Heilprin, of Philadel- 

 phia, late president of the Geographical So- 

 ciety of that city, has been appointed lecturer 

 in physical geography in the Sheifield Scien- 

 tific School of Yale University. 



At the meeting of the Board of Regents of 

 the University of Nebraska, on May 26, Dr. 

 Thaddeus L. Bolton, assistant professor of 

 philosophy was made professor of psychology. 



At the June meeting of the regents of the 

 University of Minnesota, Mr. E. W. D. Hol- 

 way was appointed assistant professor in 

 botany. 



At Cambridge Mr. "W. J. Sell and Mr. H. 

 J. H. Penton, of Christ's College, have been 

 appointed university lecturers in chemistry, 

 and Mr. A. Harker, of St. John's College, 

 university lecturer in petrology. 



