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he contributed one volume on mammals and 

 two volumes on birds. 



Mr. James Mansergh, F.R.S., a British en- 

 gineer, well-known for his work on water- 

 supply and sewage, died on June 15. 



The government of the Argentine Republic 

 has established a Meteorological Observatory 

 ■on New Year's Island, which is expected to 

 furnish valuable data from the South Atlantic 

 Ocean. 



We learn from The Athenceum that Pro- 

 fessor Karl Schroter and his pupil Dr. Rubel 

 have established a biological station on the 

 Eernina Pass. Although it is intended chiefly 

 for the study of Alpine flora, attention will 

 also be paid to meteorological observations, 

 and the station is supplied with a complete 

 equipment of meteorological and geodetic in- 

 struments. Professor Schroter's present idea 

 is to keep the station open during the whole 

 year, and similar stations are to be established 

 in Puschlav and in the Upper Engadine. 



We learn from Nature that the Stephen 

 Ealli memorial — a laboratory for. clinical and 

 pathological research — was opened at the 

 Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, on June 

 29. 



The New York Board of Estimate has ap- 

 propriated $17,000 towards exterminating the 

 mosquitoes on Staten Island. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The board of regents has authorized the 

 •construction of a wing of the museum of the 

 University of Nebraska. 



The tuition fees in Sibley College and' the 

 College of Civil Engineering at Cornell Uni- 

 versity have been increased from $125 to $150. 

 A matriculation fee of $5 will be required of 

 all students and the fees for graduation have 

 been increased. 



Professor E. J. Wickson has been ap- 

 pointed acting director of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station of the University of Cali- 

 fornia during the leave of absence granted to 

 Professor E. W. Hilgard. 



Dr. Karl E. Guthe, of the U. S. Bureau 

 of Standards, formerly assistant professor of 

 physics in the University of Michigan, has 



been appointed professor and head of the de- 

 partment of physics in the State University 

 of Iowa. 



Dr. Edward Bartow, associate professor of 

 chemistry, at the University of Kansas, has 

 been appointed associate professor of chem- 

 istry in the University of Illinois. He will 

 have charge of the state water survey, and 

 other sanitary work in the state. 



Professor Samuel Avery, who holds the 

 chair of agricultural chemistry at the Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska, has been appointed professor 

 of chemistry and director of the chemical 

 laboratory, in succession to Professor H.. H. 

 Nicholson, who has resigned. In the same 

 institution Mr. J. H. Powers has been ap- 

 pointed instructor in zoology. 



The regents of the Kansas State University 

 have made the following appointments : P. E. 

 Walker, of the University of Maine, to be 

 associate professor of mechanical engineering; 

 H. A. Rice, of Lehigh, assistant professor of 

 civil engineering; N. J. Wheeler, of Purdue 

 University, assistant professor of civil engi- 

 neering; Dr. M. F.. Sudler, of Johns Hopkins 

 and Cornell Universities, assistant professor 

 of anatomy. 



Mr. G. E. Condra has been promoted to an 

 assistant professorship of geography and eco- 

 nomic geology in the University of Nebraska. 



Mr. George D. Hubbard, instructor in geol- 

 ogy and physical geography in Cornell Uni- 

 versity, has been elected assistant professor 

 of geology in Ohio State University. The 

 other members of the geological department 

 are Charles S. Prosser, professor of geology, 

 and John A. BoWnocker, professor of inor- 

 ganic geology. 



The Paris Academy of Sciences has nom- 

 inated M. Verneuil as its first choice for the 

 chair of ceramics, and M. Rosenstiehl for the 

 chair of dyeing, in the National Conservatory 

 of Arts and Measures. 



Dr. Ernst Meumann, of Zurich, has been 

 called to the chair of philosoijhy at Konigs- 

 berg. 



Dr. Ritchie, reader in pathology at Oxford, 

 has been made professor. 



