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in soutlieastern Idaho and adjacent parts of 

 Wyoming and Utah, by H. S. Gale and E. W. 

 Richards, the other on deposits near Ogden, 

 Utah, by Eliot Blackwelder. The reports dis- 

 cuss the geologic age and relations of the de- 

 posits, their origin and the chemical composi- 

 tion of the rock and are illustrated by maps 

 and geologic sections. The deposits are de- 

 scribed and mapped in detail and estimates 

 are given of the available phosphate in the 

 several areas considered. The phosphate rock 

 is chieily of oolitic structure — that is, it con- 

 sists of masses of round grains closely ce- 

 mented together with other material, generally 

 calcite. These grains differ greatly in size in 

 each mass of rock, ranging from microscopic 

 pellets to pebble-like bodies half an inch in 

 diameter. Chips of shells and small frag- 

 ments of plants are in places included in the 

 rock. The rock at different places differs in 

 color, ranging from gray to jet black, the 

 darker shades being probably due to the pres- 

 ence of bituminous matter. The areas ex- 

 amined contain more than 267 million tons of 

 high-grade phosphate rock, very little of which 

 has yet been mined, and it is probable that the 

 deposits extend far beyond the areas examined, 

 forming,' perhaps, the largest phosphate iield 

 in the world. 



VNIVEE8ITJ AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The amount of the bequest made by Pro- 

 fessor Goldwin Smith to Cornell University is 

 $832,000. The testator states that he makes 

 the bequest " to show my affection for the 

 university, at the foundation of which I had 

 the honor of taking part, to pay respect to the 

 memory of Ezra Cornell and to show my at- 

 tachment as an Englishman to the union of 

 the two branches of our race on this continent 

 with each other and with their common 

 mother." Professor Goldwin Smith be- 

 qvieathed his library valued at nearly $10,000 

 to the University of Toronto. 



The contract for an addition to the Ryer- 

 son Physical Laboratory at the University of 

 Chicago has just been let, as the result of a 

 gift by Mr. Martin A. Eyerson, president of 

 the board of trustees and the donor of the 



original building. The addition will be lo- 

 cated back of the present laboratory, with 

 which it will be connected by a Gothic corri- 

 dor. The new building will be fitted with the 

 newest and most improved equipment, and 

 Professor Albert A. Michelson, head of the de- 

 partment of physics, and his staff, will then 

 be in possession of greatly increased facilities 

 for research. To this end research labora- 

 tories will be made a special feature of the 

 new building. 



The basement of the geology wing of the 

 science and museum building of the Univer- 

 sity of Colorado is completed. This wing is to 

 be sixty by eighty feet in plan and three 

 stories in height. It is being built of gray 

 brick. 



Statistics recently compiled at the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois show that there were 5,096 stu- 

 dents in attendance at the university for the 

 year 1909-10. These were distributed as fol- 

 lows: 



Graduate School 283 



Undergraduate colleges (not including pro- 

 fessional) 3,491 



College of Law 193 



College of Medicine 526 



College of Dentistry 108 



School of Pharmacy 174 



Academy 334 



After deducting 13, those counted twice, we 

 have the total stated above, 5,096. For the 

 same year, 1909-10, the number on the in- 

 structional, scientific and administrative 

 forces was 673. Of these 498 were in the 

 schools and colleges in Urbana; the remain- 

 ing 175 were in the professional schools of 

 Chicago. 



Dr. Woodrow Wilson, having been nomi- 

 nated by the democratic state convention for 

 governor of New Jersey, will offer his resig- 

 nation as president of Princeton University 

 at the next meeting of the board of trustees. 



New appointments at the Oregon Agricul- 

 tural CoUege include Dr. E. G. Peterson, ' of 

 Cornell, professor of bacteriology; Dr. J. F. 

 Morel, in charge of the new work in veteri- 

 nary science ; G. E. Samson, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, instructor in animal hus- 



