Decembek 8, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



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England, France, ISTetlierlands, Germany, 

 Austria-Hungary and Switzerland; Mr. W. 

 W. Stockberger recently made a trip through 

 the hop-producing sections of the Pacific coast 

 and the state of New York, where the condi- 

 tions of brewing and of curing hops have been 

 studied; Dr. J. W. T. Duvel is spending some 

 time in Ohio and Illinois investigating the 

 curing of seed corn. It has been found that 

 by proper treatment seed corn of high vitality 

 can be assured at planting time. 



The Central High School of St. Louis an- 

 ■ nominees a lecture course entitled ' Outlines of 

 Human Development,' by Doctor W J McGee, 

 director of the St. Louis Public Museum. The 

 special topics and dates are : 



November 24.—' Development of Human Struc- 

 tures and Functions.' 



December 1. — ' Racial and Inter-racial Develop- 

 ment.' 



December 8. — ' Development of Mentality and 

 Collective Activity.' 



December 15. — ' Essentials of Social or Demotic 

 Development.' 



January 5. — ' Development of Laws and Insti- 

 tutions.' 



January 12. — ' Development of Primitive Arts 

 and Industries.' 



January 19. — ' Higher Esthetic and Industrial 

 Development.' 



January 26. — ' Development of Language and 

 Literature.' 



February 2. — ' Development of Philosophy.' 



February 9. — ' Conjoint Development of Science 

 and the Broader Humanities.' 



The course was arranged by Miss Amelia C. 

 Pruchte and Principal W. J. S. Bryan, of the 

 Central High School. 



At the monthly general meeting of the 

 Zoological Society of London, held on No- 

 vember 14, the Duke of Bedford, president, in 

 the chair, the report of the council for the 

 months of August, September and October was 

 read by the secretary. Dr. P. Chalmers Mit- 

 chell, in which it was stated that during those 

 three months 893 additions had been luade to 

 the society's menagerie, viz., 288 had been 

 acquired by presentation, 142 by purchase, 280 

 had been received on deposit, Y2 by exchange, 

 and 111 had been bred in the gardens. The 

 report further stated that the number of 



visitors to the society's gardens during the 

 months of August, September and October 

 had been 263,440, showing an increase of 6,810 

 on the number for the corresponding jjeriod 

 of the previous year. The meeting then ad- 

 journed to December 21. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 The Harvard Graduate Magazine for De- 

 cember contains an article by Mr. J. D. 

 Greene, the secretary of the university, on the 

 endowment fund for increase of salaries, from 

 which it appears that the fund amounts to 

 nearly $2,300,000. The scale of salaries is to 

 be as follows : 

 Instructors : 



Upon appointment $1,200 



Yearly increase 100 



Maximum 1,500 



Assista.nt Professors : 



In the first five-year term 2,500 



In the second five-year term 3,000 



Associate Professors : 



L^pon appointment 3,500 



Maximum 4,500 



Professors : 



Upon appointment 4,000 



Maximum 5,500 



Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has presented to the 

 California State University her archeological 

 and anthropological collection from all parts 

 of the world. It has cost over $400,000, and 

 with it she presents to the university $60,000 

 for the maintenance of a department of an- 

 thropology. 



Hope College, Holland, Mich., recently re- 

 ceived $100,000 from Mr. Ralph Vorhees, of 

 Clinton, N. J., $35,000 to be used in the erec- 

 tion of a woman's dormitory and the re- 

 mainder to be added to the endowment fund. 



A NEW chemistry hall has been erected for 

 the University of North Carolina by a legis- 

 lative appropriation of $50,000. 



A board of regents of the University of 

 California has purchased the Bancroft Li- 

 brary. The purchase price was $250,000, of 

 which amount H. H. Bancroft gave $100,000. 



The medical department of the University 

 of Vermont, occupied for the first time, on 



