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The forty-fourth Congres de societes sa- 

 vantes will be held at the Sorbonne, Paris, 

 from April 17 to 20. 



The second congress of the German Eont- 

 gen Society will be held at Berlin on April 

 1 and 2, under the presidency of Professor 

 Eberlein. 



The Queensland branch of the Eoyal Geo- 

 graphical Society of Australia proposes to 

 celebrate its twenty-first anniversary in June. 

 Arrangements are being made for the delivery 

 of a series of special addresses by eminent 

 authorities on geographical science. 



The Warren triennial prize will be awarded 

 for researches on some special subject in 

 physiology, surgery or pathology. Disserta- 

 tions should be presented not later than April 

 14, 1907. The prize was founded by the late 

 Dr. J. Mason Warren in memory of his father. 

 The judges are the physicians and surgeons of 

 the Massachusetts General Hospital. The 

 amount of this prize for the year 1907 will be 

 $500. 



Several changes have recently been made 

 in the American board of editors of the 

 Botanische C entralblait ; Dr. E. C. Jeffrey 

 and Dr. George T. Moore having resigned on 

 account of pressure of other work. In their 

 places there have been appointed Dr. M. A. 

 Chrysler, of Harvard University, who will re- 

 view papers on morphology and Dr. William 

 E. Maxon, of the United States National Mu- 

 seum, who will review papers on archegoniates 

 and algae. Botanists are requested to note 

 these changes and to send separates of their 

 papers to the respective editors so that they 

 may be reviewed at the earliest possible date. 



President Eoosevelt has issued under date 

 of February 10 the following executive order : 

 It is hereby ordered that Indian Key, an 

 island in Tampa Bay, Florida, containing 

 ninety acres, and located in sections 10 and 15, 

 township 32 south, range 16 east, as the same 

 appears upon the official plat of survey of 

 said township on file in the' General Land 

 Office, be, and it is hereby reserved and set 

 apart for the use of the Department of Agri- 

 culture as a preserve and breeding ground for 



native birds. This reservation to be known 

 as Indian Key Reservation. 



VNIVJERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Mrs. A. A. Anderson has given $100,000 to 

 Barnard College, Columbia University, toward 

 the establishment of a course in science lead- 

 ing to the degree of bachelor of science. 



The New York Evening Post states that 

 a movement has been started to increase the 

 salaries of professors at Pennsylvania. The 

 gift of $50,000 made recently by Eckley Brin- 

 ton Coxe, Jr., is to be used for this purpose. 

 The fund itself was invested in a dormitory, 

 and the income is to be applied to the pur- 

 pose designated by Mr. Coxe. 



It is now virtually assured that Swarth- 

 more College will receive the conditional gift 

 of $50,000 from Mr. Andrew Carnegie for a 

 library building. Mr. Isaac H. Clothier has 

 started the subscription for the additional 

 fund required with $10,000 ; Mr. Joseph Whar- 

 ton, president of the board of managers, has 

 also subscribed $10,000 and two other friends 

 of the college have indicated their willingness 

 to contribute liberally. Mr. Morris L. 

 Clothier, class of '90, has offered to assume 

 the responsibility of raising the remainder o£ 

 the $50,000 required. 



During the month preceding the holiday 

 vacation, Oberlin College received in gifts and 

 bequests about $145,000. For the last few 

 years the college has been engaged in raising 

 a fund of half a million dollars. This is now 

 almost complete. The fund was started by 

 an anonymous donor of Boston who promised 

 $100,000. At the time of the trustees' meet- 

 ing in November the fund had reached $335,- 

 000. Since then the following gifts have 

 been made: $5,000 for library endowment, by 

 C. M. Hall, of New York ; $2,000 by members 

 of the trustees for additions to the women's 

 gymnasium; $5,000 each, by A. C. Bartlett 

 and Miss Grace Sherwood, of Chicago, toward 

 a men's building; $33,000 from the estate of 

 Dr. C. N. Lyman, of Wadsworth, 0., which 

 will be devoted to library endowment; $75,000 

 by Miss Anne Walworth, of Cleveland, to be 



