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The annual report of Provost Harrison 

 .shows that the University of Pennsylvania 

 has received gifts during the year to the 

 value of $936,851, and that the total value of 

 gifts since 1895, when Dr. Harrison became 

 provost, is $4,750,161. 



A BILL has been introduced in the senate 

 of the state of California providing for a 

 special procedure in court to confirm the 

 legality of trusts for eleemosynary and educa- 

 tional institutions. It is understood that the 

 bill has been introduced to enable Mrs. Stan- 

 ford to divest herself of the control of the 

 property left by her husband for Stanford 

 University. 



The Military Academy appropriation bill, 

 carrying $644,273, was read and passed in the 

 Senate on January 27, without amendment or 

 debate. 



The Thaw fellowship in astronomy in 

 Princeton University is open for next year 

 to a college graduate of not more than five 

 years' standing. Inquiries may be addressed 

 to the professor of astronomy or to the uni- 

 versity registrar. Applications with proper 

 credentials must be filed with the registrar 

 before May 1. 



The board of trustees of the New Mexico 

 School of Mines has established a system of 

 fellowships and scholarships in mining and 

 geology. The first group will include ordin- 

 ary fellowships, which are expected to yield 

 $300 a year; and traveling fellowships, which 

 are expected to yield annually $500 and 

 $1,000. The scholarships are available this 

 year. There are fifty scholarships, each yield- 

 ing $100, open to students living in the United 

 States. There is one scholarship for each 

 state in the Union. The student from each 

 state passing the best examination for en- 

 trance to the school, or to advanced standing, 

 or furnishing evidence of best qualifications 

 to carry on the work in this institution, is 

 awarded the scholarship for that state. There 

 are forty scholarships each yielding $25 a 

 year, and open to students who are actually 

 residents of New Mexico. They are good for 



one year; and are bestowed at the beginning 

 of each academic year. These scholarships 

 are awarded annually as honors. The main 

 object sought in the bestowal of these honors 

 is the encouragement of scholarship among 

 those who wish to prosecute studies related 

 to mining in the New Mexico School of 

 Mines. 



Early on Sunday morning, January 25, the 

 College Chapel at Oberlin was completely de- 

 stroyed by fire. It was the oldest building in 

 use by the college and was built in 1854. The 

 offices of the president, treasurer, secretary and 

 registrar and the Y. M. C. A. reading room 

 were on the first floor. The records and nearly 

 all valuable papers were saved. The Old First 

 Church will be used for chapel purposes, and 

 the administration offices will be located in the 

 power house until a new chapel and a new 

 administration building can be provided. The 

 insurance was only twenty thousand dollars. 



The fifty-second anniversary of founder's 

 day at Northwestern University was celebrated 

 on January 28, when the new professional 

 school building was dedicated. President 

 Hadley delivered an address on ' The Place 

 of the Professional School in the Modern 

 American University.' 



Dr. William E. Huntington, professor of 

 ethics and history and dean of the College 

 of Liberal Arts of Boston University, has 

 been appointed acting president of the insti- 

 tution. A committee of the trustees has been 

 appointed to recommend a successor to the 

 Rev. William F. Warren. Dr. Warren has 

 been guaranteed a salary of $2,500 during life 

 and the chair he occupies in the school of 

 theology has been given his name. 



At Stanford University Edward C. Frank- 

 lin has been appointed an associate professor 

 in the department of chemistry, to succeed 

 the late Professor George M. Richardson. 



Dr. Oliver Dimon Kellogg has been ap- 

 pointed instructor in mathematics at Prince- 

 ton University. 



Dk. Th. Descoudres, associate professor 

 of theoretical physics at Wurzburg, has been 

 called to Leipzig. 



