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only too frequently reflected in the attitude 

 of local authorities, some of the most impor- 

 tant of whom give far less than their proper 

 share of support to the universities, and in 

 one or two instances the maintenance at their 

 present level of the grants made by local edu- 

 cation authorities has been endangered. Por 

 the financial year 1909-10 the amount of grant 

 actually paid by the treasury to university 

 colleges in England was £96,100, and for the 

 year 1910-11 £101,250. In the year 1909-10 

 £15,000 was added to the grant in aid of uni- 

 versity education in Wales. Dealing with the 

 problem of university education in the me- 

 tropolis, the introductory report dwells on the 

 need for a proper scheme of coordination, 

 which it holds to be especially urgent in the 

 case of higher technological and professional 

 work, and declares that until the problem has 

 been adequately dealt with it is almost im- 

 possible to deal wisely with even the most 

 urgent claims for further development. With 

 regard to finance, the report shows that nearly 

 33 per cent, of the income of English colleges 

 is derived from fees, about 15 per cent, from 

 endowments, a little over 14.5 per cent, from 

 grants from local education authorities and 

 28 per cent, from the exchequer. 



For an anthropological research expedition 

 to the islands of Normandy, Fergusson and 

 Goodenough, in British New Guinea, as we 

 learn from the London Times, funds are being 

 provided out of the Oxford University com- 

 mon fund and by several of the colleges. The 

 work has been undertaken by Mr. David Jen- 

 ness, of Balliol College, who proposes, unac- 

 companied, to spend a year amongst people 

 who are admittedly cannibals. It is stipulated 

 by the university, in contributing to the ex- 

 pedition, that the museum shall have the first 

 offer of articles of interest which may be ob- 

 tained. Assistance has been promised by the 

 missionaries on Goodenough Island, including 

 the use of a boat and native oarsmen. The 

 first few weeks will be spent in cruising 

 around the islands endeavoring to get on 

 friendly terms with the people and in study- 

 ing the trade relations. As the natives have 

 sea-going canoes and trade with the neighbor- 

 ing coast and the island of Trobriand, 100 



miles away, Mr. Jenness will endeavor to ob- 

 tain the good will of one of the chiefs and 

 settle down for about a year. Later he will 

 proceed on a mission boat to Rossell Island, at 

 the eastern end of the Louisiade Archipelago, 

 to study some ethnological problems concern- 

 ing the relationships of Oceanic peoples. Mr. 

 Jenness has been provided with the latest sci- 

 entific instruments, including a phonograph 

 for recording native songs and speech. 



UNIVEBSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 The Institute of Anatomy of the Jefferson 

 Medical College, erected at a cost of $125,000, 

 by Mr. Daniel Baugh, was dedicated on Sep- 

 tember 26. Addresses were made by Dr. E. 

 A. Spitzka, professor of applied anatomy in 

 the college, and Dr. George A. Piersol, pro- 

 fessor of anatomy at the University of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The late Dr. William Flynn, of Marion, has 

 willed his entire estate, valued at about $30,- 

 000, to the Indiana Medical College, in which 

 he was a member of the faculty for many 

 years. 



Among the public bequests made by Mr. 

 George M. Pullman was that of $1,200,000 for 

 founding and endowing the Pullman Free 

 School of Manual Training at Pullman, HI. 

 This fund has increased to more than $2,500,- 

 000. The first step toward founding the school 

 was the purchase, in 1908, of a campus of 

 forty acres within the limits of the town of 

 Pullman at a cost of $100,000. Mr. Laenas 

 Gifford Weld, until recently professor of math- 

 ematics and dean of the faculty of liberal arts 

 in the Iowa State University, was appointed 

 principal in May and entered upon his new 

 duties September 1. He will visit the leading 

 technical and trade schools in this country 

 and in Europe before the preparation of defi- 

 nite plans is undertaken. 



The medical department of Tulane Univer- 

 sity announces the inauguration of a depart- 

 ment of tropical medicine, hygiene and, pre- 

 ventive medicine, beginning October 1, in 

 charge of Dr. Creighton Wellman and staff. 

 Laboratory courses, clinics and lectures will be 

 given in the regular junior and senior classes ; 



