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teriiig class. There were 326 freshmen last 

 year, against 207 the previous year. The re- 

 turns from the entrance examinations show 

 that there were Y30 candidates for admission 

 to the school against 651 a year ago, an in- 

 crease of 79. Of these there were 372 last 

 June, a gain of 36. There was a similar 

 increase in the candidates who took the pre- 

 liminary papers. The number this year was 

 358 against 315 last year, a gain of 43. 



Dr. Charles Schuchert, of the TJ. S. 

 National Museum, has been appointed pro- 

 fessor of historical geology in the Sheffield 

 Scientific School of Tale University and 

 curator of the geological collections in suc- 

 cession to the late Professor Beecher. 



Dr. Dickinson S. Miller, instructor in phi- 

 losophy in Harvard University, has been 

 elected lecturer in philosophy at Columbia 

 University. 



Recent changes in the scientific faculty of 

 the State University of Iowa are as follows : 

 The department of physics has been divided, 

 Professor A. A. Veblen retaining the chair 

 of experimental physics, while Professor A. G. 

 Smith has been transferred from the chair 

 of mechanics in the department of mathe- 

 matics to a new chair of physics and me- 

 chanics. Dr. E. T. Wells will continue to 

 act as professor in charge of electrical and 

 mechanical engineering. The chair of civil 

 engineering, made vacant by the resignation 

 of Professor A. V. Sims, will be filled before 

 the opening of the coming academic year. 

 Following the resignation of Dr. L. W. 

 Andrews from the chair of chemistry in the 

 college of liberal arts the reorganization of 

 the work of instruction in this branch for the 

 entire university has been assigned to Dr. E. 

 W. Eockwood, heretofore professor of chem- 

 istry and toxicology in the colleges of medi- 

 cine. An instructorship in metallurgy has 

 been established which is yet to be filled. 

 Additional instructors in mathematics and 

 in mechanical drawing are also to be ap- 

 pointed. 



The following additions have been made to 

 the faculty in the scientific departments of the 

 University of Kansas : H. D. Hess, of Lehigh 



University, 1896, has been elected associate 

 professor of mechanical engineering and di- 

 rector of the Fowler shops; Albert K. Hub- 

 bard, Yale, 1901, assistant professor of civil 

 engineering-; George F. Kay, Ph.D. (Chicago, 

 1904), Toronto University, 1902, assistant pro- 

 fessor of geology and mineralogy; Robert W. 

 Curtis, Ph.D. (Yale, 1904), Trinity, 1896, as- 

 sistant professor of chemistry; Wm. J. Baum- 

 gartner, Ph.D. (Chicago, 1904), University of 

 Kansas, 1900, instructor in zoology; Charles 

 G. Rogers, Ph.D. (California), instructor in 

 physiology. 



The following appointments were made in 

 the medical faculty of the Johns Hopkins 

 University: Dr. Percy M. Dawson, associate 

 professor of physiology; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, 

 associate professor of physiology; Dr. Warren 

 H. Lewis, associate professor of anatomy; Dr. 

 Arthur S. Lowenhart, associate in physiolog- 

 ical chemistry and pharmacology; Ernest G. 

 Martin, Ph.D., instructor in physiology; Dr. 

 Augustus G. Pohlman, instriictor in anatomy; 

 and Dr. George L. Streeter, instructor in an- 

 atomy. 



A fellowship is vacant in the Department 

 of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. The value of the fellowship is 

 $300 and in addition the student is exempt 

 from all fees. Applicants should apply to 

 Professor William McPherson. 



The Yale coi"poration has accepted the 

 resignation of Professor George Trumbull 

 Ladd, head of the department of mental phi- 

 losophy and metaphysics. 



Professor Des Coudres has been appointed 

 director of the newly established laboratory 

 for theoretical physics at Leipzig. 



A NEW chemical laboratory has been dedi- 

 cated at Karlsruhe which will be under the 

 direction of Professor Engler. 



Professor Krehl, of Tiibingen, has been 

 invited to the chair of medicine at Strass- 

 burg, left vacant by Professor ISTaunyn's re- 

 tirement. 



Dr. Jos. Wellsteis", professor of mathe- 

 inatics at Giessen, has been called to Strass- 

 burg. 



