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tions, and of establishing a fund to be called 

 the Balfour Library Endowment Fund, with 

 the object of putting the library on a secure 

 and satisfactory basis. The committee at its 

 first meeting agreed that the fund, when estab- 

 lished, ' be offered to the university at such 

 time and under such conditions as the sub- 

 scribers shall hereafter determine, provided 

 that the management be closely connected 

 with the zoological laboratory, and that the 

 library be freely open to students.' Subscrip- 

 tions may be paid to the Balfour Library 

 Endowment Eund, at Messrs. Barclay's Bank, 

 or to the treasurer, Mr. Adam Sedgwick, 

 Zoological Laboratory, New Museums, Cam- 

 bridge. The siun already received or prom- 

 ised amounts to about £500. 



SiE Donald Cuerie, through whose gift of 

 upwards of $500,000 the buildings are being 

 erected, will lay the foundation-stone of the 

 School of Advanced Medical Studies, Nurses' 

 Home and Maternity Students' House, in con- 

 nection with University College Hospital on 

 June 11. 



The fifty-third commencement of the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin will be held from Sun- 

 day, June 17, to Wednesday, June 20. About 

 450 students will be granted the bachelor's 

 degree on this occasion, 38 the master's degree 

 and 12 the doctor's degree, making a total of 

 over 500 degrees to be conferred, the largest 

 number that has ever been awarded at any 

 commencement. 



The corporation of the Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology has postponed the election 

 of a president to succeed Dr. Henry S. Prit- 

 chett, who will retain the presidency until the 

 autumn. 



Dr. H. S. Jennings, now of the University 

 of Pennsylvania, has been appointed associate 

 professor of physiological zoology at Johns 

 Hopkins University. 



By recent action of the executive committee 

 of the board of trustees of Cornell University, 

 the title of Professor R. S. Tarr's chair has 

 been changed from dynamic geology and 

 physical geography to physical geography, and 

 he has been given charge of the newly created 



department of physical geography, which has 

 been separated from the department of geol- 

 ogy. 



Colorado College has established a school 

 of forestry, with Dr. W. C. Sturgis as dean. 



The faculty appointments at the Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology for 1906-7 

 are as follows: Associate Professors WiUiam 

 O. Crosby, Frederick S. Woods and Harry M. 

 Goodwin appointed professors of geology, 

 mathematics, physics and electrochemistry, 

 respectively. The following assistant pro- 

 fessors have been promoted to associate pro- 

 fessorships: Augustus H. Gill in technical 

 analysis, Arthur G. Eobbins in highway en- 

 gineering, Erank A. Laws in electrical testing, 

 Charles E. EuUer, William A. Johnston and 

 Charles F. Park in mechanical engineering, 

 Frank P. McKibben in civil engineering. 

 Nathan E. George, Jr., Archer T. Robinson 

 and Charles E. Locke have been promoted 

 from instructorships to assistant professor- 

 ships in mathematics, English and mining 

 engineering and metallurgy, respectively. 



At Dartmouth College, Dr. John H. Ger- 

 ould has been promoted to an assistant pro- 

 fessorship of biology and Dr. John M. Poor 

 to an assistant professorship of astronomy. 

 Mr. Ralph M. Barton has been appointed in- 

 structor in mathematics. 



At Clark College, Dr. Fred Mutehler has 

 been promoted to an assistant professorship 

 of botany and Dr. Millet T. Thompson to an 

 assistant professorship of zoology. 



Assistant Professor W. J. Morse, of the 

 botanical department of the University of 

 Vermont, will go on July 1 to the University 

 of Maine, as botanist of the experiment sta- 

 tion. Professor Morse's work at Vermont will 

 be divided between two younger men, Mr. H. 

 A. Edson being appointed instructor in botany 

 and Mr. N. J. Giddings botanical assistant in 

 the experiment station. 



A. S. EvE has been appointed assistant pro- 

 fessor in mathematics in McGill University; 

 Dr. S. B. Leacock, assistant professor of po- 

 litical science and history; and Dr. H. T. 

 Barnes, associate professor of physics. 



