October 16, 1896.] 



SCIENCE. 



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nearly all organs. The substance of the brain 

 is particularly well preserved, areas of soften- 

 ing, hemorrhages, and pus in the pia mater be- 

 ing very well demonstrated. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The fourth annual report of President Schur- 

 man, of Cornell University, has been presented 

 to the trustees at an early date. The report 

 extends to 79 pages with appendices of about 

 the same length and gives a full account of the 

 recent progress and present condition of the 

 University. We have already noted the new 

 appointments and other enlargements such as 

 the establishment of the State Veterinary Col- 

 lege. The total number of students in the 

 university last year was 1,702. The absolute 

 and relative increase in those taking scientific 

 courses is shown to be as follows: 



1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 



Arts 142 141 138 133 146 



Philosophy.. 100 110 121 136 153 



Science 82 89 89 115 144 



Letters 94 82 85 65 50 



There has, however, been a decrease in the 

 number of students attending the technical 

 courses, owing to the fact that the require- 

 ments for admission were advanced in 1894. 



In view of the destruction of the main build- 

 ing of Mt. Holyoke College by fire, the trustees 

 are considering the removal of the College from 

 South Hadley. Springfield and Worcester have 

 been mentioned as possible locations for the 

 College. 



The councils of University College and King's 

 College, London, have inaugurated a series of 

 lectures and demonstrations of university char- 

 acter for the benefit of students unable to at- 

 tend in the day time. The program for the 

 present session includes courses on mechanical 

 engineering, on electrical engineering and on 

 practical chemistry by the professors at Univer- 

 sity College, and courses on civil engineering, 

 on architecture, on experimental and practical 

 physics and on pure mathematics by the pro- 

 fessors at King's College. 



The Woman's College of Baltimore has re- 

 cently received, as a gift from the Rev. George 

 C. Stull, of Butte, Montana, a collection of 



about 200 Montana ores and minerals. The 

 specimens are carefully determined, labeled and 

 catalogued, and are accompanied by chemical 

 analysis. Gold, silver, copper and antimony 

 are well represented, and the whole collection 

 makes a nearly complete series of the ores and 

 useful minerals from Montana. 



The Enoch Pratt Free Library, of Baltimore, 

 has just completed the building of its sixth, 

 branch library. It is situated near the Wom- 

 an's College, and will be largely used by the 

 students. The librarian, Dr. Steiner, has re- 

 quested lists of desired books from the professors 

 of the College. Lists of scientific books have 

 been sent by Dr. Metcalf and Miss Bunting, of 

 the biological department. 



Bishop J. J. Keane, rector of the Catholic 

 University of America, in Washington, has re- 

 signed at the request of Pope Leo XIII. 



William S. Eichelberger, Ph. D. , for the 

 past four years instructor in mathematics and 

 astronomy at Wesleyan University, has re- 

 signed, to accept a position in the Nautical Al- 

 manac Ofl&ce in the Naval Department at 

 Washington, D. C. 



At the New York University Dr. T. W. Ed- 

 mondson has been appointed associate professor 

 of physics, and Mr. J. H. MacCracken instructor 

 in philosophy. Prof. W. M. Warren has been 

 promoted to a full professorship of philosophy 

 in Boston University. At Williams College 

 Dr. H. M. Knower has been appointed instruc- 

 tor in biology and Mr. J. R. Congdon assistant 

 in physics. 



DISCUSSION AND COBBESPONDENCE. 

 THE GEOLOGY OF BLOCK ISLAND. 



An article with the above title by Prof. O. C. 

 Marsh, in the American Journal of Science for 

 October, 1896 (pp. 295-298), is chiefly remarka- 

 ble for the manner in which the work of previ- 

 ous observers is ignored and the ingenuous way 

 in which well-known facts are stated as if they 

 were original discoveries by the author. The 

 structure of the Island was described by both 

 Upham* and Merrill,! and the parallelism be- 



* Am. Journ. Sci., xviii. (1879), p. 92. 



t IVans. N. Y. Acad. Set., xv. (1895), pp. 16-19. 



