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Professor Bolza was deeply moved by this 

 presentation and responded in terms indica- 

 ting his genuine personal interest in his stu- 

 dents and his gratitude and joy at such mani- 

 festation ef their regard for him. He then 

 gave an account of his university career in 

 Germany and of his migration to this country 

 and of his pleasant experiences at Johns Hop- 

 kins University, at Clark University and at 

 the University of Chicago, attributing the 

 making of his career to the unusual oppor- 

 tunities offered in America. 



Following is the quotation from the presen- 

 tation album: 



To Dr. Oskar Bolza, for eighteen years professor 

 ,of mathematics in the University of Chicago, a 

 number of his former students whose names are 

 written below, desiring to express in some tangible 

 way their love and esteem, present herewith this 

 loving cup. 



While recognizing the inadequacy of such a 

 method of expressing to him their feelings of loss 

 and deep regret at his departure from the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago and from this his adopted 

 country, they hope that the graceful curves of this 

 loving cup and the luster of its pure metal, may 

 serve to remind him and Mrs. Bolza, as they look 

 upon it in years to come, of their host of loving 

 and loyal friends in America. 



Those among the students of Professor Bolza 

 who have known him best are foremost in their 

 appreciation of his unusual qualities as both a 

 lecturer and in awakening the spirit of research. 

 Faithful in precept and inspiring in example, ue 

 has been a tower of strength at the university for 

 nearly two decades, while students by the hun- 

 dreds, after drawing from him mathematical in- 

 spiration and power, have gone forth to all parts 

 of this country, many of them to occupy positions 

 of responsibility and trust in our leading colleges 

 and universities. 



As a genial friend whose hospitality we have all 

 enjoyed, as an inspiring teacher whose peer we 

 have seldom known, as a contributor to mathe- 

 matical science whose reputation is established 

 both here and abroad, as the man who with Pro- 

 fessors Moore and Maschke made the University 

 ot Chicago from its earliest days one of the fore- 

 most of mathematical schools, we pay respectful 

 tribute to Professor Bolza, and wish him and 

 Mrs. Bolza the widest usefulness and the greatest 

 happiness in their new " old home " in Freiburg. 



It was announced by President Judson that 

 the trustees had refused to erase Professor 

 Bolza's name from the roll of the faculty, but 

 instead made him non-resident professor of 

 mathematics, thus strengthening the hope that 

 from time to time he may return for a quar- 

 ter's residence at the university. 



Professor and Mrs. Bolza sailed for Ger- 

 many during the last week of June. 



H. E. S, 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Sir William Ceookes has received from the 

 British government the order of merit, filling 

 the place vacant by the death of Sir William 

 Huggins. 



Dr. J. Make Baldwin has been elected a 

 corresponding member of the French Academy 

 of Moral and Political Sciences, to fill the 

 place vacant by the advancement of Professor 

 William James to be foreign associate. 



Professor Charles Perez, of Bordeaux, has 

 been elected a corresponding member of the 

 Paris Academy of Sciences, in the section of 

 anatomy and zoology. 



Sir J. J. Thomson, F.E.S., has been elected 

 president of the Junior Institution of Engi- 

 neers. 



The banquet to the five past-presidents of 

 the Chemical Society, Professor W. Odling, 

 F.R.S., Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.E.S., Sir 

 William Crookes, F.R.S., Dr. Hugo Miiller, 

 F.R.S. , and Dr. A. G. Vernon Harcourt, 

 F.E.S., who have attained their jubilee as 

 fellows of the society will take place at the 

 Savoy Hotel, London, on November 11. 



The Eoyal College of Physicians of Edin- 

 burgh has awarded its Cullen Victoria Jubilee 

 prize to Dr. E. W. Philip, for his work on 

 tuberculosis. 



Mr. Z.^ccheus Daniel, of Princeton Univer- 

 sity, has been appointed assistant at the Alle- 

 gheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh, 

 and Mr. E. J. McDiarmid, of the University 

 of Toronto, has been appointed fellow in as- 

 tronomy at the same institution. 



Dr. Chas. S. Palmer, formerly of Colorado, 

 now in Newtonville, Mass., has been appointed 



