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molybdenum, uranium and tantalum is re- 

 ported. Colorado led in the production of 

 tungsten in 1909. The prices quoted for the 

 metal were considerably higher than in 1908, 

 and the production of ore increased from 671 

 short tons, valued at $229,955, to 1,619 tons, 

 valued at $614,370. This is the largest quan- 

 tity produced by any country in one year. 

 The United States last year produced nearly 

 one third of the world's total production of 

 tungsten ore, which was about 5,300 tons. 

 Very little nickel was produced in the United 

 States, but a great deal was imported, and, as 

 more nickel is refined in this country than can 

 be used here, large quantities were exported. 

 In all, 22,194,102 pounds of nickel as metal 

 and as metallic content of ores were brought 

 into the United States in 1909. The total 

 value was $3,036,273. The exports of nickel 

 amounted to 12,048,737 pounds, valued at 

 $4,101,976. The importations of cobalt 

 amounted to 12,132 pounds, valued at $11,696. 

 Titanium is being used with great success in 

 making steel rails. The New York Central 

 Line has given rails treated with ferrotitan- 

 ium a thorough test in the Grand Central 

 terminal yards and now requires that all rails 

 made for its lines shall be treated with titan- 

 ium alloy. Rutile, or titanium oxide, was 

 produced in the United States last year only 

 at and near Eoseland, Va. No rutile was im- 

 ported, but one American company exported 

 it in considerable quantities. Molybdenum, 

 uranium and tantalum were little used in the 

 United States in 1909, and only a small quan- 

 tity of tantalum was produced. A little was 

 imported from Germany, but the use of tung- 

 sten in incandescent lamps has proved so 

 satisfactory that the demand for tantalum 

 has probably not greatly increased. Although 

 the United States uses 43 per cent, of the 

 world's output of tin, it is not an important 

 producer of that metal. Tin was produced in 

 Alaska and South Dakota in 1909, but not in 

 large quantities. In 1909 there were imported 

 into the United States 47,662 tons of tin, 

 valued at $27,558,546. The average price was 

 28.91 cents a pound. Several thousand tons 

 of tin are recovered from used tin cans and 

 other wastes. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



The subscription to the memorial to Presi- 

 dent Grover Cleveland exceeded $100,000 on 

 the seventy-fourth anniversary of his birth. 

 It will be remembered that the memorial is to 

 be a tower forming part of the graduate col- 

 lege of Princeton University. 



The University of Washington at Seattle 

 has received from Messrs. Sigmund and 

 Abraham Schwabacher $30,000 to maintain a 

 bureau of child welfare. 



Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, has vetoed the 

 bill placing the University of Kansas and 

 other state institutions under the control of 

 a commission consisting of three paid mem- 

 bers. It is stated that the recent legislature 

 seriously reduced the appropriations for the 

 university. 



- The University of the Pacific, College Park, 

 California, by the action of its trustees, will 

 henceforth be known as the College of the 

 Pacific. This action separates the college 

 from a conservatory of music and a prepara- 

 tory department. 



At the meeting of the board of regents of 

 the University of Minnesota on March 3, the 

 salary of one of the professors, who is dean of 

 one of the schools, was increased from $4,000 

 to $6,000. 



The cornerstone of the administration 

 building of the William M. Rice Institute, 

 was laid by the trustees on March 2, the 

 seventy-fifth anniversary of Texan indepen- 

 dence. The seven members of the board were 

 present. They are: J. A. Baker, W. M. Eice, 

 Jr., J. E. McAshan, B. B. Eice, C. Lombardi, 

 E. Eaphael, E. O. Lovett. 



Hereafter the degree of bachelor of chem- 

 istry (B.Chem.) will be conferred by Cornell 

 University on students who have completed 

 the special course in chemistry. The depart- 

 ment of chemistry remains a department of 

 the College of Arts and Sciences. A four- 

 year course in chemistry and allied subjects 

 has been offered by the department since about 

 1903 for students planning to follow chemis- 

 try as a profession. Although the course is 

 essentially technical in character and pro- 

 fessional in purpose, the degree of bachelor 



