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under certain conditions. Should the«e con- 

 ditions not be fulfilled hiilf tie residue of 

 the estate will go to Harvard University. 



Judge Willum P. Byxum, of Charlotte, 

 N. C, has given the University of North 

 Carolina $25,000 in memory of his grandson, 

 William Preston Bynum, class '93, who died 

 in his junior year. The money will be used 

 in the construction of a gymnasium, work be- 

 ginning at once. Mr. John Sprunt Hill, of 

 Durham. X. C, has presented the university 

 with $4,000, the interest from which is to be 

 used for a fellowship in history. The students 

 of the university, by personal canvass during 

 the vacation, raised $8,000 for a Y. M. C. A. 

 hall. Work begins this October. 



Mr. Ceph.\s B. Eogers, of Meriden, Conn., 

 has given $25,000 to Wesleyan University as 

 a contribution to the fund of $1,000,000 which 

 it is proposed to collect. 



Dr. John Huston Finley, professor of 

 politics at Princeton University, was installed 

 as president of the College of the City of 

 New York on the morning of September 29, 

 and on the afternoon of the same day the 

 cornerstone of the new building of the col- 

 lege was laid. In addition to the inaugural 

 address of Dr. Finley, there were numerous 

 addresses. Among those who spoke in the 

 morning were Senator Chauncy M. Depew, 

 Ex-President Cleveland and Presidents Had- 

 ley, Butler, Remsen and Schurman. Those 

 who spoke in the afternoon included Mr. Ed- 

 ward if. Shepherd, Professor A. G. Compton, 

 of the college, i[ayor Low and Governor Odell. 



The reorganized faculty of the Colorado 

 School of Mines at Golden, Colo., is as fol- 

 lows, the new members being marked with a 

 star: 



* President Victor C. Alderson. 

 Professor H. H. Patton, geology. 

 Professor A. R. Curtis, machine design. 

 Professor C. VV. L. Filkins, mechanics. 



* Professor Herman Fleck, chemistry. 



' Professor L. C. Walker, mathematics. 



* Professor F. W. Traphagen, metallurgy and 

 as.saying. 



Assistant Professor W. J. Hazard, descriptive 

 geometry and physics. 



' Assistant Professor E. R. Wolcott, physios 

 and electricity. 



* -Assistant Professor L. E. Young, mining. ' 

 " Assistant Professor C. R. Burger, mathfinat- 



ics and surveying. 



Ml. t". D. Tost, chemistry. 



Mr. \V. G. Haldane, mathematics and drawing. 



Mr. J. W. Eggleston, geologj-. 



* Mr. ,T. C. Bailar, chemistry and assaying. 



* Mr. C. M. Butler, geology. 



* Mr. J. J. Brown, mathematics. 



Professor J. M\rk Baldwin, who has been 

 caUed to organize a graduate department of 

 I)hilosophy and psychologj- at the Johns Hop- 

 kins University, offers the following courses: 



I. Advanced psychology. Lectures on general 

 psychology, with attention to phy siologiwi 1 psy- 

 chology and mental pathology. Two hours a 

 week. II. Philosophical seminary, genetic phi- 

 losophy and psychology. Exposition and criti- 

 cism of the theory of evolution, especially in its 

 application to the mind, and treatment of the 

 principles of mental development in the indi- 

 vidual. One hour a week. 



In the second half year Professor Baldwin 

 offers in addition a seminar in social psycliol- 

 ogy and philosophy. Professor Griffin offers 

 a two hour course on modern philosophy from 

 Descartes to Kant, and a one hour course on 

 modem ethical theories. 



President Schurman, in his address at the 

 opening of Cornell University, as customary, 

 gave the figures for attendance as shown by 

 registration at that date, September 25, noon. 

 The registration was still inconiiilete. The 

 attendance was greater than at the same 

 time in any preceding year; the number of 

 upper classmen was larger, the number of 

 new students was greater and the gain was 

 greater than even at the opening of the last 

 year. The Scientific Department gained more 

 than the academic. Sibley College, for example, 

 register^ according to the detailetl statistics, 

 over ten per cent, increase; the freshman 

 class numbering about 325, the upper classes 

 averaging about 200 and the total exceeding 

 900, a larger figure than that of the total regis- 

 tration in any earlier year in its history. The 

 list of graduate students is largely increased, 

 and many are registered in the undergraduate 



