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the importance of fossil plants by giving them 

 so prominent a place in the early numbers of 

 their publication. 



Edward W. Behry 

 Johns Hopkins University 



TEE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE FOR 

 MEDICAL RESEARCH 



The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Ee- 

 search purposes to award for the year 1908- 

 1909 a limited number of scholarships and 

 fellowships for work to be carried on in the 

 laboratories of the institute in New York 

 City, under the following conditions : 



The scholarships and fellowships will be 

 granted to assist investigations in experi- 

 mental pathology, bacteriology, medical zool- 

 ogy, physiology and pharmacology, physio- 

 logical and pathological chemistry and experi- 

 mental surgery. 



They are open to men and women who are 

 properly qualified to undertake research work 

 in any of the above mentioned subjects and 

 are granted for one year. 



The value of these scholarships and fellow- 

 ships ranges from eight hundred to twelve 

 hundred dollars each. 



It is expected that holders of the scholar- 

 ships and fellowships will devote their entire 

 time to research. 



Applications accompanied by proper cre- 

 dentials should be in the hands of the secre- 

 tary of the Eockefeller Institute not later 

 than April 1, 1908. The announcement of 

 the appointments is made about May 15. 

 The term of service begins preferably on Oc- 

 tober 1, but, by special arrangement, may be 

 begun at another time. 



L. Emmett Holt, M.D., 



Secretary 



44 West 55th Stbeet, 

 New Yokk City 



THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 

 OPENING OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 



The formal opening of the Graduate School 

 of the University of Illinois, which was held 

 on February 4 and 5, marked a significant 

 step in advance, not only for that institution. 



but also for all the great universities of the 

 middle west that owe their existence to the 

 support of the state. Illinois has maintained 

 a graduate school for some years, but last 

 June the legislature of the state appropriated 

 $50,000 annually for the next two years for 

 the development of the school. This is the 

 first time in the history of American educa- 

 tion that the people in their corporate capacity 

 have put themselves on record as definitely in 

 favor of that kind of work the graduate school 

 is doing. This action means much in the 

 development of higher scholarship and re- 

 search in all those institutions that depend 

 on public money for their income. 



The opening address was made by Dr. G. 

 Stanley Hall, president of Clark University, 

 his subject being " The Educational Value 

 and the Danger of University Research." 

 Dr. Hall called attention to the immense sums 

 that the national government has spent for 

 investigations and to the results of greatest 

 practical importance that have come from 

 these investigations. Thus, he said, it is seen 

 that original research pays and that the asser- 

 tion that state universities should not and can 

 not undertake graduate work is untenable. 



The exercises were brought to a conclusion 

 by Professor David Kinley, dean of the Grad- 

 uate School, who spoke on the subject, " Dem- 

 ocracy in Education." In his address Dean 

 Kinley maintained that scholarship of the 

 highest type was not only compatible with the 

 best interests of a democracy, but necessary 

 for its continued existence and advance. 



Other speakers were Dean Andrew F. West, 

 of Princeton University, whose subject was 

 " The Personal Qualities of the Graduate 

 Student and their Effect upon his Graduate 

 Studies " ; President Rammelkamp, of Illinois 

 College; President McClelland, of Knox Col- 

 lege; Robert W. Hunt, consulting engineer, 

 of Chicago, and the Hon. William A. Smith, 

 of the Engineering Review. Addresses were 

 also made by Professors Noyes and Greenough, 

 of the university faculty. 



In connection with the exercises Dr. W. E. 

 M. Goss was installed as dean of the College 

 of Engineering. Professor Clifford Moore, 

 of Harvard University, also delivered a series 



