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used as endowment for the Slavic Department 

 of the seminary; $10,000 from her estate, for 

 the same purpose; $10,000 from the estate of 

 Mrs. Helen G. Coburn, of Boston, for library 

 endowment, and $5,000 from an anonymous 

 donor for the art building. In the total of 

 $485,000 thus raised is counted $125,000, 

 promised by Mr. Carnegie for a library, on 

 condition that $100,000 be raised for library 

 endowment. To complete the fund, there- 

 fore, it will be necessary for the college to 

 raise about $50,000 more. It is expected that 

 this will be done before commencement. 



A MEETING of the alumni of the University 

 of Maryland was held on February 21 to pre- 

 pare for the celebration in May, 1907, of the 

 one hundredth anniversary of the medical 

 department. 



The University of Wisconsin experiment 

 station has established three experimental 

 farms in northern Wisconsin. This step is 

 the beginning of a system of experimental 

 farms at various points in which typical con- 

 ditions for the different agricultural areas of 

 the state may be studied. Beside the investi- 

 gation side of the work these farms will make 

 possible the practical demonstration to the 

 farmers of the surrounding country of the 

 principles worked out at the central station 

 at Madison. 



The second session of the Graduate School 

 in Agriculture under the auspices of the Asso- 

 ciation of American Agricultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations will be held at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, beginning 

 July 2, 1906, continuing four weeks. The 

 school is under the charge of Dr. A. C. True, 

 director of the Office of Experiment Stations, 

 Washington, D. C. About one fourth of the 

 instruction will be given by investigators con- 

 nected with the Illinois Experiment Station, 

 and about three fourths will be given by those 

 connected with agricultural education and 

 research in other American institutions. It 

 is the purpose of this school to bring to the 

 attention of the students the recent develop- 

 ments in agricultural science. Accordingly 

 the attendance is limited to graduates of agri- 

 cultural colleges or graduates of other colleges 



with special experience in agriculture. Com- 

 munications regarding courses of study should 

 be addressed to Dr. A. C. True, Office of Ex- 

 periment Stations, Washington, D. C; those 

 relating to attendance or registration should 

 be addressed to E. Davenport, registrar, Ur- 

 bana, Illinois. 



The Spectator says : " The final report of 

 the departmental committee on the Royal Col- 

 lege of Science has been issued. It will be 

 remembered that this committee, under the 

 chairmanship first of Sir Erancis Mowatt and 

 then of Mr. Haldane, has been considering 

 for the past two years some comprehensive 

 scheme to provide advanced scientific instruc- 

 tion and research, especially in its application 

 to industry. We have not space to do more 

 than summarize the main results. It is pro- 

 posed to establish at South Kensington an 

 institution, or group of associated Colleges of 

 Science and Technology. The Royal College 

 of Science, the School of Mines and the Cen- 

 tral Technical College will come into the 

 scheme. The government will contribute the 

 existing buildings and an annual grant of 

 £20,000, the London County Council is pre- 

 pared to contribute a similar amount, and a 

 capital sum of £100,000 has been offered by 

 the firm of Messrs. Wernher, Beit and Co. 

 for initial equipment. The report provides 

 for a governing body of forty members to 

 begin with, of whom ten shall be government 

 nominees, and five each appointed by the Uni- 

 versity of London, the London County Coun- 

 cil, and the Council of the City and Guilds 

 Institute. These will act as the first manage- 

 ment authority, and discuss the further details 

 of organization. It is an admirable and most 

 needful scheme, and we trust that no time 

 will be lost in putting it into operation." 



Dr. Clarence A. Skinner, assistant pro- 

 fessor of physics at the University of Ne- 

 braska, has been made head of the department 

 in succession to the late D. B. Brace. 



At Wellesley College, Miss Margaret Fer- 

 guson has been promoted to a professorship of 

 botany, and Miss Elizabeth F. Fisher to be 

 associate professor of geology and mineralogy. 



