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SCIENCE. 



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francs; unipolar induction of Weber, 800 

 francs. In natural sciences, the Cambrian 

 rocks of Stavelot (Belgium), 800 francs; 

 modiiications produced in minerals by pres- 

 sure, 600 francs; development of Amphioxus 



(see Bulletin, 1904, No. 4, for corrected an- 

 nouncement), 1,000 francs; effects of osmotic 

 pressure in animal life, and Devonian flora of 

 Belgium, each 600 francs; hetercecism of para- 

 sitic fungi, 800 francs; and physiological 

 action of histones, 1,000 francs. All memoirs 

 to be written in French or Flemish, and sent 

 in before August 1, 1904. For 1905, in mathe- 

 matics and physics, combinations of halogens, 

 1,000 francs; physical phenomena accompany- 

 ing mutual dissociation of liquids, 800 francs ; 

 linear complexes of the third order, 600 francs ; 

 principal terms in the periodic deviations of 

 the vertical, 600 francs. In natural science 

 for the same year, effect of albuminoids in 

 nutrition, reproduction of Dicyemidse, forma- 

 tions intermediate between the Bruxellian 

 and Tongrian in Brabant, geological age of 

 certain Oligocene deposits in Belgium, sexual- 

 ity of the individuals resulting from division 

 of a single ovum in certain dioecious plants; 

 prizes, 1,000 francs for each of these five sub- 

 jects; silicates of Belgian rocks, etc., 800 

 francs. In addition to these ordinary prizes 

 the academy will award the following: June 

 30, 1905, a Charles Lemaire prize relating to 

 public works; June 30, 1904, a Louis Melsens 

 prize for applied chemistry or physics; De- 

 cember 31, 1904, a Charles Lagrange prize for 

 terrestrial physics; on May 1, 1906, a Selys 

 Longchamps prize for researches on the Bel- 

 gian fauna ; on December 31, 1904, a Theophile 

 Gluge prize for physiology; and in 1906 a 

 Frangois Deruyts prize for higher sjrnthetic 

 or analytic geometry. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The Board of Aldermen, New York City, 

 has appropriated $5,000,000 for the erection 

 of new school buildings, and $316,000 for 

 recreation centers, vacation schools and play- 

 grounds. 



The Company of Goldsmiths has given 

 £5,000 to the University of London for poly- 



technic work at the Institute at New Cross 

 recently given by the company to the uni- 

 versity. 



We learn from the London Times that the 

 negotiations between the hebdomadal council 

 of the University of Oxford, the council *of 

 the senate of the University of Cambridge, 

 and the senate of the University of London, 

 with a view to the establishment of a system 

 of mutual recognition of entrance examina- 

 tions and certificates which exempt from en- 

 trance examinations, have resulted in a report 

 by a committee of representatives appointed 

 by the three bodies. On the report the Lon- 

 don senate, who have adopted a resolution 

 expressing their general approval of the sug- 

 gested scheme, and their willingness to make 

 an arrangement with the Universities of Ox- 

 ford and Cambridge, or either of them, upon 

 the basis of the proposal contained therein. 

 The council of the senate of the University of 

 Cambridge have already expressed their readi- 

 ness to recommend that university to adopt 

 the scheme. The matter is still under the 

 consideration of the hebdomadal council of the 

 University of Oxford. 



BuRTis Burr Breese, Ph.D. (Columbia), 

 now of the University of Tennessee, has been 

 appointed professor of psychology at the Uni- 

 versity of Cincinnati. 



At Johns Hopkins University, Dr. C. K. 

 Swartz has been appointed instructor in geol- 

 ogy and paleontology, and Dr. James Barnes 

 assistant in physics. 



At a recent meeting of the board of trustees 

 of Lehigh University the following were pro- 

 moted to assistant professorships: In chem- 

 istry. Dr. W. B. Schober; in biology. Dr. R. 

 W. Hall; in English, Dr. Chas. H. Whitman; 

 in civil engineering, Mr. W. L. Wilson. 



Dr. Louis G. Heyn has been appointed as- 

 sistant to the chair of chemistry in Miami 

 Medical College, Cincinnati. 



Dr. Wm. Litterer has been elected professor 

 of histology, pathology and bacteriology in the 

 medical department of Vanderbilt University, 

 to succeed Dr. Louis Leroy, resigned. 



M. Mangin, of the Lycee Louis le Grand, 

 has been appointed professor of botany in the 

 Paris Museum of Natural History. 



