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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XXII. No. 566. 



Rev. H. G. Torre, of Norton Curlieu, War- 

 wickshire, has been presented to the Royal 

 Botanic Society. It comprises some 1,600 

 specimens of the raost ornamental of the class, 

 such as agaves, aloes, echeverias, crassulas 

 and mesembryanthemums. The rockery in 

 the large conservatory has been reconstructed 

 for their accommodation and display. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The late George W. Catt, a civil engineer, 

 has bequeathed his engineering books and half 

 the residuary interest in his estate, which in 

 all is estimated at $110,000, to the Iowa State 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



The trustees of Smith College, at a meeting 

 in JSTorthanipton on October 20, voted to use 

 the money donated by Mr. John D. Rocke- 

 feller for the erection of an assembly hall and 

 a dormitory. The college register shows the 

 freshman class to be the largest in the history 

 of the college, having 404 members, an in- 

 crease of 46 over that of last year. 



The statement of the president of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago for the quarter ending 

 September 1 contains the following report of 

 receipts and expenditures during the past 

 eight years : 



Emmanuel College, Cambridge, announces 

 that a studentship of the annual value of £150 

 will be offered for encouragement in research 

 in any branch of study recognized by the 

 university, open to graduates of the university 

 whose age does not exceed 28 on January 1, 

 1906. It will be tenable in the first instance 

 for one year, but the student may be reelected 

 for a second period of one year, the student- 

 ship not to be tenable with a fellowship or 

 any similar studentship. 



According to the New York Evening Post 

 the registration of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania is as follows : 



1904-5. 1905-6. 



College Department 946 1,089 



Wharton School 226 271 



Teachers' Course 181 208 



Evening School 95 298 



Summer School 131 214 



Philosophy 213 287 



Law 303 315 



Veterinary 79 100 



Dental 359 322 



Medical 546 580 



Spring Medical 17 19 



Total 3,096 3,703 



The first Servian University was opened on 

 October 15 by the king in presence of the 

 crown prince, the members of the ministry, 

 invited guests and Servian delegates. 



Mr. Ellsworth Gage Lancaster has been 

 installed as president of Olivet (Michigan) 

 College. 



The chair of philosophy in Miami Univer- 

 sity, which was from 1888 to 1905 in charge 

 of Dr. R. B. C. Johnson, now at Princeton, 

 has been filled by the appointment of Elmer 

 E, Powell, Ph.D. (Bonn). 



Dr. Arthur Graham Hall, formerly in- 

 structor in mathematics at the University of 

 Michigan and associate professor of mathe- 

 matics at the University of Illinois, has ac- 

 cepted the professorship of mathematics in 

 Miami University resigned by Edward P. 

 Thompson. 



Professor Walter M. Boehm will have 

 charge of the work in physics at Cornell Col- 

 lege, Mount Vernon, la., during the coming 

 year. Dr. A. Collin having been granted a 

 leave of absence. Mr. Boehm is a graduate 

 of the State University of Iowa, where for 

 three years he served as assistant in physics. 



Dr. Oscar Veblen, of the University of 

 Chicago, has been appointed preceptor in 

 mathematics in Princeton University. 



Dr. William Poster, Jr., has been advanced 

 to an assistant professorship of chemistry in 

 Princeton University. 



