October 20, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



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ler. The School of Mines and Industries, 

 founded in 1889, received state aid in 1903 

 to the extent of £3,658, while the receipts 

 from fees and sale of materials to students 

 amounted to £3,691. Queensland is beginning 

 to display increased interest in the movement, 

 a board of technical instruction having been 

 appointed in 1902, holding its first examina- 

 tion at the close of 1903, when 960 students 

 were examined, two thirds obtaining certifi- 

 cates of competency. In the same year there 

 were twenty technical schools distributed 

 through the state, with an enrolment of 2,600 

 students. The amount of fees, etc., collected 

 was £13,385, and that of the expenditure 

 £14,280, showing the system to be almost self- 

 supporting. In Western Australia a technical 

 school has been opened at Perth, having now 

 an average attendance of 190, the annual ex- 

 penditure amounting to nearly £6,000. Tas- 

 mania has also technical schools in Hobart 

 and Launceston, the average attendance, in- 

 cluding that of the two schools of mines, 

 being 540, the annual expenditure being under 

 £3,000. 



THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT 

 DRINKER. 



In connection with the celebration of 

 Founder's Day, Lehigh University installed 

 its new piesident, Mr. Henrj^ Sturgis Drinker, 

 on October 12, in the Packer Memorial Chapel. 

 Mr. Robert H. Sayre, president of the board 

 of trustees, made the installation address, 

 which was followed by a brief response from 

 President Drinker. The greetings of the 

 alumni were tendered in an address by Mr. 

 Prank P. Howe, of the class of '78. Follow- 

 ing the installation ceremonies, an oration in 

 memory of Asa Packer, the founder of the 

 university, was delivered by the Hon. Hampton 

 L. Carson, attorney general of Pennsylvania, 

 his subject being ' Practical Ideals.' The 

 service in the chapel was then adjourned to 

 the site selected for the erection of the Drown 

 Memorial Hall, where the sod was turned by 

 Mr. Robert H. Sayre, and addresses in memory 

 of the late President Brown were made by Dr. 

 Charles R. Dudley, chief chemist of the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad and chairman of the general 



committee on the Drown Memorial Fund, and 

 Dr. Rossiter W. Raymond, Dr. Drown's suc- 

 cessor as secretary of the American Institute 

 of Mining Engineers. The almuni, faculty 

 and guests of the university were received by 

 the president and trustees at a luncheon in 

 the gymnasium, where in the evening an 

 alumni dinner was given in honor of Presi- 

 dent Drinlvcr. Addresses were made by Mr. 

 Harlan Sherman Miner, '88, for the alumni; 

 President Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford Col- 

 lege, for the invited guests ; Bishop Talbot, of 

 South Bethlehem, for the trustees; Professor 

 Mansfield Merriman, for the faculty, and the 

 president of the senior class for the under- 

 graduates. 



TEE INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT JAMES 

 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 



The ceremonies in connection with the in- 

 stallation of Dr. Edmund Janes James as 

 president of the University of Illinois is taking 

 place this week. At the inaugural exercises 

 addresses are expected by: 



Hon Charles S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois. 



Hon. Samuel A. Bullard, president of the Board 

 of Trustees. 



Hon. Andrew S. Draper, former president of 

 the vmiversity and commissioner of education, 

 state of New York. 



after which President James is to deliver 

 his inaugural address and degrees are to be 

 conferred. Professor T. J. Burrill, professor 

 of botany and vice-president of the university, 

 is announced to welcome delegates who are 

 expected to respond as follows : 



President James B. Angell, of the University of 

 Michigan, for the state universities. 



President Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity, for eastern universities. 



Chancellor Frank Strong, of the University of 

 Kansas, for western universities. 



President Edwin B. Craighead, of Tulane Uni- 

 versity, for southern universities. 



Vice-President Harry P. Judson, of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, for the universities and tech- 

 nical schools of the state. 



President Charles H. Rammelkamp, of Illinois 

 College, for the colleges of the state. 



President John W. Cook, of the Northern 

 Illinois State Normal School, for the normal 

 schools of the state. 



