Apeil 10, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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for the position of scientific assistant has been 

 postponed to April 28. 



The Tenth Congress of Polish Physicians 

 and Men of Science, which was to meet in 

 Lemberg, Austria, July, 1903, has been post- 

 poned until July, 1904. 



The French Association of Anatomists is 

 this week holding at Liege its fifth meeting, 

 under the presidency of Professor Swaen. 



The American Institute of Electrical En- 

 gineers has arranged to extend certain priv- 

 ileges to those who are regularly pursuing 

 studies in electrical engineering. Under 

 proper recommendations they may be elected 

 as students of the institute. There is a fee 

 of $3 and the students receive the transac- 

 tions and may attend the meetings. 



The New Tork Botanical Garden announces 

 a series of lectures to be delivered in the 

 lecture hall of the museum building of the 

 Garden, Bronx Park, on Saturday afternoons, 

 at 4 :30 o'clock, as follows : 



April 18. ' A Tour of American Deserts,' by 

 Dr. D. T. MaeDougal. 



April 25. 'Tlie Vegetation of the Florida 

 Keys,' by Dr. M. A. Howe. 



May 2. ' The Framework of Plants,' by Dr. H. 

 M. Richards. 



May 9. ' Illustrations of Some Features of the 

 West Indian Flora,' by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



May 16. ' The Food Supply of Young Plants,' 

 by Professor F. E. Lloyd. 



May 30. ' The Color- Variations of Flower,?,' C. 

 C. Curtis. 



June 6. ' The Streams, Lakes and Flowers of 

 the Upper Delaware, and the Story of the Sun- 

 dew,' by Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt. 



June 13. 'Vegetable Foods,' by Dr. H. H. 

 Rusby. 



Eeuter's Agency has received a letter dated 

 from the Scottish Antarctic ship Scotia, at the 

 Fallfland Islands, on January 22, written by 

 Mr. W. S. Bruce, the leader of the expedition. 

 He says : In a few hours we take our departure 

 for the South. Contrary to my previous in- 

 tention, I am going to winter the ship if we 

 find a suitable winter harbor, for, on account 

 of the lateness of the season, there will not be 

 time to set up a separate house and set the 

 ship free. We had a most successful passage 

 south, having accomplished the voyage in 59 



days, in contrast to 92 days that we took in 

 the Balaena in '92. We could have made a 

 faster journey, but ran at slow speed in order 

 to save coal and also stopped several times for 

 coaling and for testing gear. After some 

 preliminary accidents in handling gear, we 

 are starting with a fairly clear field to com- 

 mence good observations. We are very fully 

 loaded down, however, with 200 tons of coal 

 and 20 months' provisions, so we shall make as 

 quick a passage across the Cape Horn seas as 

 possible till we. get into the smooth ice water. 

 There we are all right and need not fear for the 

 safety of our deck cargo. Systematic hydrom- 

 eter observations and temperature observa- 

 tions of the surface of the sea from 30 N. 

 have been taken, and those of the River Plate 

 should prove of exceptional interest, since 

 there are most remarkable and rapid changes 

 both in density and temperature associated 

 with strong currents. We have inspected 

 and set up the meteorological station at Cape 

 Pembroke, which should be as good as any 

 in the Southern .Hemisphere. This should 

 form a very important sub- Antarctic station. 

 We have sufficient funds to enable us to do 

 this one year's work in the South. Now that 

 we are oh a solid basis it would be a great 

 pity to come home before our work is really 

 complete. A second winter, during which the 

 ship could be kept going free, as well as the 

 station, would be most valuable. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Two further anonymous gifts, respectively 

 $10,000 and $50,000, have been made to Har- 

 vard University for Emerson Hall, to be 

 erected for the department of philosophy. 

 The sum of $125,000 has now been subscribed 

 toward the $150,000 required. 



The Missouri state legislature in the session 

 just closed appropriated for the State Univer- 

 sity at Columbia $75,000 for a physics labora- 

 tory and $25,000 for an addition to the chem- 

 ical laboratory. 



According to the financial statement of the 

 University of Minnesota for the fiscal year 

 ending July 31, 1902, the 23/100 mill revenue 

 tax of the state levied annually on account 

 of the university is producing about $150,000 



