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laid away for more recent inventions; these 

 are of historical value. Medicine in the 

 United States has so brief a history that it 

 should not be difficult to represent in this mu- 

 seum its complete development in the instru- 

 ments and appliances that have come and 

 gone, that have been of great value, but have 

 given place to better inventions as the art 

 has progressed. The late Professor Fenger be- 

 queathed his own instruments to this museum, 

 and it was the wish of this thoughtful man 

 that his gift should be but the foundation for 

 a collection that would show the development 

 of the art he loved and for which he did so 

 much. Eush Medical College has set aside 

 a commodious room in the newly-opened Senn 

 Hall for the permanent use of this museum. 

 Gifts will be inscribed with the name of the 

 donor and any remarks as to their history, 

 original owner, user, etc., that may increase 

 their interest. All other objects that have any 

 interesting relation to the history of medicine 

 or to renowned physicians will be given place, 

 such as original manuscripts, autograph let- 

 ters, portraits, etc. Information may be had 

 by addressing Rush Medical College, Chicaga 

 The Berlin correspondent of the London 

 Times states that the German government 

 intends to have its customs officials instructed 

 not only, as at present, in the superficial knowl- 

 edge of the products of commerce and industry, 

 but also in chemistry, physics and mechanical 

 technology. It is also regarded as desirable 

 that these officials should be acquainted with 

 the elements of finance, of commercial policy 

 and of commercial geography. At the most 

 important customs offices in every province a 

 laboratory, together with a library of tech- 

 nical books, will be established, where the 

 minor officials will receive technical instruc- 

 tion from the customs officers of higher rank. 

 These higher officials will themselves be 

 trained in a great laboratory and auditorium, 

 which it is proposed to build at the chief 

 customs office for foreign goods in Berlin. 

 The teachers in this establishment will in 

 part be professors of the technical colleges 

 and kindred institutions in the German 

 capital. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 The daily papers state that the Lawrence 

 Scientific School of Harvard University will 

 receive a very large sum from the estate of the 

 late Gordon McKay, but there is, as yet, no 

 official confirmation of this report. 



By the will of the late Miss Mary T. Ropes, 

 Harvard University will ultimately receive 

 the endowment of a chair of political economy 

 and a scholarship. Money for a chair of mod- 

 ern languages and a scholarship goes to the 

 New Church University, a Swedenborgian in- 

 stitution at Albano, Ohio. 



By the will of the late Dr. George Haven, 

 the Harvard Medical School will ultimately 

 receive $25,000 and half the residue of the 

 estate. 



Mr. J. B. Whittier, of Saginaw, has given 

 $4,000 to the University of Michigan for a 

 fellowship in botany. 



It is announced that registration statistics 

 for the year at Harvard show a total of 4,291 

 students in all departments, an increase of 65 

 over last year. The gi'aduate school shows an 

 increase of 83, while the college and scientific 

 school show decreases of 37 and 19, respect- 

 ively. The freshman class numbers 673, some- 

 what less than last year. 



The freshman class at Tale University 

 numbers this year 707, an increase, as com- 

 pared with last year, of 69 in the Sheffield Sci- 

 entific School and 39 in the Academic Depart- 

 ment. 



Five Rhodes scholars from South Africa 

 began residence at Oxford at the beginning of 

 the present term. They enter as ordinary un- 

 dergraduate students, reading for the B.A. 

 degree. 



Dr. G. K. Edmunds, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), 

 has been appointed professor of physics and 

 electrical engineering at the Christian College 

 in Macao, China. 



At Trinity College, Cambridge, fellowships 

 have been awarded to Mr. J. E. Wright, senior 

 wrangler, mathematical tripos, 1900, and to 

 Mr. II. A. Webb, bracketed third wrangler^ 

 1902. 



