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his death. The collection is to be known as 

 the Eobinson-Waite Library, in honor of the 

 donor and his wife. Dr. Lucy Waite. The 

 whole collection amounts to over 1,500 vol- 

 umes and is valued at over $4,000. Dr. Robin- 

 son's library is unusually rich in early Amer- 

 ican medical treatises and old anatomical 

 plates, including many fine copperplates. 

 Funds for the establishment of a scholarship 

 in anatomy in the university medical school, 

 valued at $550 a year, are also provided in the 

 bequest. This will be known as the Byron 

 Robinson scholarship in anatomy, and is to be 

 held by men or women students in medicine. 

 The purpose of this scholarship is to en- 

 courage the anatomical, physiological and 

 pathological study of the sympathetic nervous 

 system. 



Ten university fellowships with a value of 

 $300 each have been established by the board 

 of the regents of the University of Michigan. 

 Each fellow is liable to render service to the 

 university to the extent of not over four hours 

 per week and must pay all fees. 



The Catholic University of America, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, will recover $350,000 from the 

 bankrupt estate of the late Thomas E. Wag- 

 gaman, its former treasurer, who owed the 

 institution $900,000 when he was adjudged 

 bankrupt in 1904. 



The quarter centennial anniversary of the 

 Oregon Agricultural College was celebrated 

 on June 13 in connection with the regular 

 commencement exercises. Mr. W. F. Herrin, 

 of the class of '73, vice-president of the South- 

 ern Pacific Railroad Company delivered the 

 oration. 



At the May meeting of the board of regents 

 of the University of Michigan the following 

 changes were made in the staff of the museum : 

 The title of the curator, Dr. Alexander G. 

 Ruthven, was changed to instructor in zool- 

 ogy and head curator of the museum, Mr. 

 Bryant Walker was appointed honorary 

 curator of Mollusca, and Dr. W. W. New- 

 comb was appointed honorary curator of Lepi- 

 doptera. 



Mr. Wm. E. Lawrence has resigned an as- 

 sistantship in botany at the Oklahoma Agri- 



cultural and Mechanical College to accept the 

 instructorship in botany at the Oregon Agri- 

 cultural College, Corvallis, Ore. 



The following changes occur this year in 

 the faculty of the Oregon Agricultural Col- 

 lege: Professor E. E. Pernot, professor of 

 bacteriology, has resigned to enter commer- 

 cial work ; J. C. BridweU, instructor in zoology 

 and entomology, has resigned to accept a sim- 

 ilar position in the University of California; 

 G. W. Peavy is appointed professor of forestry 

 to succeed E. R. Lake, who takes leave of ab- 

 sence; E. F. Ressler, formerly president of 

 the Monmouth State Normal School, is ap- 

 pointed professor of industrial pedagogy and 

 director of the summer school; J. F. Morel, 

 instructor in veterinary science; W. E. Law- 

 rence, of Oklahoma Agricultural College, in- 

 structor in botany. 



The council of Liverpool University has 

 appointed Mr. E. C. C. Baly, F.R.S., to the 

 Grant chair of inorganic chemistry, vacant 

 through the death of Professor Campbell 

 Brown. Since 1903 Mr. Baly has held the post 

 of lecturer in spectroscopy at University Col- 

 lege, London. 



Mr. F. H. Hummel, lecturer on civil engi- 

 neering at Birmingham, has been appointed 

 professor of engineering at Belfast. 



Dr. Johannes Hartmann, professor of as- 

 tronomy at Gottingen, has been called to 

 Vienna. 



DlSCVSSIOy AND CORRESPONDENCE 



■ the apparent sinking op ice in lakes 

 To the Editor of Science: I have read 

 with interest Professor Barnes's letter, in 

 your issue of June 3, on the apparent sinking 

 of ice in lakes. I agree completely with his 

 explanation of the supposed " sinking " of the 

 ice ; but his theories of the precedent warming 

 of the water are quite different from the phe- 

 nomena as observed here for a good many 

 years. Professor Barnes supposes that the 

 water of the lake during the winter gradually 

 rises to 4°, beginning at the bottom; when 

 the temperature of 4° reaches the under 

 side of the ice, melting takes place both from 

 above and below. Hence the rapid disinte- 



