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SCIENCE 



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found in sufficient quantity to promise com- 

 mercial value. The latest report that has 

 come to the Greological Survey relates to a 

 deposit in Arizona. One important domestic 

 source of combined nitrogen is the gas works 

 and by-product coke ovens, which in 1912 re- 

 ported a recovery of ammoniacal liquor, am- 

 monia and ammonium sulphate valued at 

 $9,519,268. This output of by-product am- 

 monium sulphate increased in 10 years from 

 17,643,507 pounds to 99,070,777 pounds, and as 

 it is linked with the great coking industry fur- 

 ther increases can be expected. Another do- 

 mestic supply of nitrogen compounds lies in 

 the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by elec- 

 tricity. Cheap hydroelectric development is 

 necessary to establish this industry, which 

 would make our large agricultural and indus- 

 trial interests free from the uncertainties of 

 the foreign supply. It is hoped that the water- 

 power legislation now before the United States 

 Senate may promote hydroelectric develop- 

 ment in large units and thus utilize some of 

 the great water powers in the West in obtain- 

 ing nitrogen from the air. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 Baker University, Baldwin, Kan., has com- 

 pleted its $500,000 endovsrment fund, of which 

 the general education board of T^ew York gave 

 $50,000. The rest was contributed by 10,000 

 persons, the largest gift from any one of them 

 being $25,000. The people of Baldwin, a town 

 of 1,200 population, gave $45,000. 



On October 14, Central College, Fayette, 

 Mo., completed a campaign to increase the 

 productive endowment of the college by $300,- 

 000. Of this amount the general educational 

 board contributes $75,000. This fund in- 

 creases the endowment of Central College to 

 $500,000. The campus, buildings and equip- 

 ment are valued at $300,000. 



On October 9 exercises in connection with 

 the laying of the corner stone of the new 

 chemical laboratory at the University of Illi- 

 nois were held. Addresses were given by Pro- 

 fessor "William A. Noyes, director of the 

 chemical laboratory and by William Hoskins 



of Chicago. The exercises were presided over 

 by the Hon. W. L. Abbott, president of the 

 board of trustees and President Edmund J. 

 James laid the corner stone. The entire labo- 

 ratory when completed will be 231 feet long, 

 202 feet wide and will contain 164,288 square 

 feet of usable space. 



An addition is being built to the chemistry 

 building of the University of California, cost- 

 ing, with its equipment, $40,000. It will pro- 

 vide laboratory accommodation for 250 stu- 

 dents. 



The uncompleted University Hall of Colum- 

 bia University, which contains the power 

 house, the gymnasium and the commons, was 

 seriously injured by fire on the night of 

 October 9. 



A HISTORY of the University of Colorado is 

 being compiled by Professor James F. Wil- 

 lard and his assistants. It will probably be 

 published within a year. 



The medical school of the University of 

 Pennsylvania admits women this year for the 

 first time to the regular course. 



The registration at Harvard University, 

 with the figures for the last year given in 

 parentheses, is as follows : Out of course, 50 ; 

 seniors (361), 425; juniors (487), 581; sopho- 

 mores (741), 575; freshmen (622), 704; special 

 (19), 12; unclassified (97), 115; totals (2,327), 

 2,462; Graduate School of Applied Science 

 (114), 111; Graduate School of Arts and 

 Sciences (426), 467; Graduate School of 

 Business Administration (104), 142; Divinity 

 School (45), 42; Law School (647), 668; 

 Medical School (290), 325; Dental School 

 (185), 190; grand totals (4,138), 4,407. 



The following changes have been made in 

 the faculty of the Case School of Applied 

 Sciences : Professor R. H. Danforth, who has 

 been professor of mechanical engineering at 

 the United States Naval Academy, professor 

 of mechanics and hydraulics; Mr. R. O. Jack- 

 son, graduate of the University of Maine and 

 for some time engaged in practical engineer- 

 ing work, instructor in mechanical engineer- 

 ing; Mr. B. C. Boer, instructor in descrip- 



