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SCIENCE. 



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scientific exploring expeditions. It will in- 

 clude — besides examples of the best scientific 

 instruments and appliances, charts, photo- 

 graphs, etc. — a number of sections devoted to 

 the industrial side of the subject: the equip- 

 ment of fishing-vessels, appliances for the 

 capture and preservation of fish, life-saving 

 apparatus, and many other classes of objects. 

 A congress of geographical societies and of 

 the ' Alliance frangaise ' (an association for 

 the extension of the French language in the 

 colonies and abroad) will also be arranged, 

 the geographical section being under the 

 presidency of M. le Myre de Vilers, president 

 of the Paris Geographical Society. Its pro- 

 ceedings will be devoted towards furthering 

 the spread and advancement of geographical 

 science. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The University of California has received 

 a gift of $100,000 from the widow of the late 

 Judge John H. Boalt. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie has offered $40,000 

 to Denison University for a new library build- 

 ing on condition that a like sum be secured 

 elsewhere for the endowment of the library. 

 It is expected that the condition will be met 

 and construction begun soon. 



Through the generosity of Mr. Eobert S. 

 Brookings and Mr. Adolphus Busch, the Med- 

 ical Department of Washington University 

 (St. Louis) has received a gift of $50,000. 



The Studies and Examination Syndicate 

 of Cambridge University has presented a re- 

 port recommending that students of mathe- 

 matics and science may be exempted from the 

 entrance examination in Greek. Students of 

 science would receive the degree of bachelor 

 of arts and science and other students the 

 degree of bachelor of arts and letters. 



Professor Andrew Cunningham McLaugh- 

 lin, professor of American history in the 

 University of Michigan, has been appointed 

 professor and head of the department of his- 

 tory in the University of Chicago. The head- 

 ship of the department has been vacant since 

 last summer, when Professor Jameson re- 

 signed to become director of the bureau of 



historical research in the Carnegie Institution, 

 the position previously held by Professor Mc- 

 Laughlin. 



At a recent meeting of the regents of the 

 University of Wisconsin a number of appoint- 

 ments were made and provision for additional 

 professorships. Professor W. D. Pence, now 

 head of the department of civil engineering at 

 Purdue University, was elected to the chair 

 of civil engineering, to fill the vacancy caused 

 by the resignation of Professor W. D. Taylor, 

 who has become chief engineer of the Chicago 

 and Alton Railway. Dr. Edward B. Van 

 Vleek, now professor of mathematics at Wes- 

 leyan University, was appointed to the pro- 

 fessorship of mathematics left vacant by the 

 resignation of Professor C. A. Van Velzer. 

 Upon recommendation of the regent commit- 

 tee on the college of agriculture, George N. 

 Knapp, assistant professor of farm engineer- 

 ing, was removed. A number of other ap- 

 pointments and several promotions were made 

 at this meeting of the regents. Dr. Thomas 

 S. Adams was promoted from assistant pro- 

 fessor to associate professor of political econ- 

 omy; Emmett D. Angell from instructor to 

 assistant professor of physical culture; Eliot 

 Blackwelder from instructor to assistant pro- 

 fessor of geology; Boyd H. Bode from in- 

 structor to assistant professor of philosophy; 

 Charles W. Stoddart from instructor to assist- 

 ant professor of soils. The new instructors 

 appointed were: E. E. Jones, soils; W. G. 

 Marquette, botany ; T. Sidney Elston, physics ; 

 George N. Northrop, English; Herman T. 

 Owen, music; L. J. Pactow, history. The" 

 assistantships filled included : Julian P. Black- 

 man, physiology; A. R. Harris, official tester 

 in agricultural chemistry; J. G. Brandt, 

 Latin; J. L. Conger, American history; D. R. 

 Lee, Latin; James Milward, horticulture; and 

 Charles W. Hill, chemistry. 



Professor E. H. Starling has been ap- 

 pointed to the Jodrell chair of physiology in 

 the University of London. 



Mr. G. C. Gough, B.Sc, has been appointed 

 to the chair of natural history at the Royal 

 Agricultural College, Cirencester, vacant by 

 the resignation of Professor West. 



