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levels renders it certain that the river must 

 descend from Tibet to the plains of India by 

 great waterfalls exceeding all others in height 

 and volume. If these falls (which are said 

 by the Tibetans to exist) should be discovered, 

 much light would be thrown on the geology of 

 the region. In particular we might expect 

 information as to the structure of the country 

 traversed, and the relation borne by the vast 

 Himalaya ranges to the elevated plateau 

 against which they abut. Nothing is known 

 at present of the tribes who inhabit the tract 

 through which this part of the river passes. 

 Valuable collections of fauna and flora would 

 probably be obtained. It is possible that a 

 good route might be discovered leading from 

 Assam into Tibet by the great river; such a 

 route would have much importance in pro- 

 moting British trade with Tibet. The resolu- 

 tion is signed by the president. Professor 

 James Geikie. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 It is reported that the University of Cali- 

 fornia will lose $60,000 yearly by the destruc- 

 tion of buildings owned by it in San Fran- 

 cisco, and that it will lose a further sum of 

 $50,000 yearly by the reduction in value of 

 assessable property in the state. We may 

 hope, however, that the loss of income on the 

 San Francisco property is only temporary, 

 and that the state will not permit the univer- 

 sity to suffer from the decrease in the taxes. 

 Columbia University has received $5,000 

 for a mathematical prize, in memory of -John 

 D. Van Buren, Jr., a member of the class of 

 '03, given by Mrs. Louise T. Hoyt. Mr. 

 Edward S. liarkness gave $2,700 to the mor- 

 phological museum at the College of Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons, and Mr. Archer M. Hunt- 

 ington gave $1,000 to support a lectureship in 

 geography. 



On April 3, 1905, Mr. Andrew Carnegie 

 offered Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 

 $50,000 on condition that they raise $150,000. 

 On April 3, 1906, his conditions for the gift 

 were satisfied, and a couple of weeks later 

 Mr. Carnegie's check was received. This adds 

 $200,000 of productive endowment to the re- 



sources of the coUege. Mr. Carnegie has also 

 given the sum of $50,000 to Drury College, 

 at Springfield, Missouri, on condition that the 

 college increase its resources by the sum of 

 $200,000. About one third of this required 

 sum has been raised since January 1. 



Indiana Uniyeesity has been unable to pro- 

 vide the library and laboratory equipment 

 necessary to secure the two endowments for 

 pathological research, recently offered it by a 

 Chicago physician and by Dr. Benjamin 

 Taylor Terry, of New York City. The com- 

 bined value of the two gifts thus lost to the 

 university is $20,000. 



The senior class of the Colorado School of 

 Mines is now on its annual trip of inspection. 

 The itinerary is much more extensive than 

 that of previous years, requiring a month for 

 its completion and covering the important 

 mining and metallurgical sections of Colorado, 

 Utah and Montana. The students have been 

 received everywhere with marked courtesies 

 and are finding the trip a valuable climax to 

 their four years of study. Five instructors 

 accompany the party. 



Dr. Franklin H. Giddings, professor of 

 sociology in Columbia University, has been 

 appointed professor of the history of civiliza- 

 tion, filling the chair founded recently by Mrs. 

 Maria H. Williamson with a fund of $150,000. 

 Professor Harold Jacoby has been made ad- 

 ministrative head of the department of as- 

 tronomy and director of the observatory. 



Professor William Turner, professor of 

 philosophy in St. Paul's Seminary, St. Paul, 

 Minnesota, and the author of a 'History of 

 Philosophy,' has been called to a professorship 

 of philosophy in the Catholic University at 

 Washington. 



Dr. W. K. Hatt has been promoted to the 

 professorship of civil engineering in Purdue 

 University. 



According to a press despatch, the council 

 of the Faculty of Sciences has confirmed the 

 initiative of the minister of public instruction 

 in appointing IVIme. Curie to the chair of the 

 University of Paris occupied by the late M. 

 Curie. 



