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greenish-brown color, perhaps derived from 

 the neighboring moorland. Like other visitors 

 to the range, Dr. David attempts to define the 

 zones of vegetation met with, of which he dis- 

 tinguishes sis or seven, though the upper- 

 most four, above the zone of bamboos, all form 

 moorland of one sort or another. The Senecio 

 Johnstoni was found up to 12,800 feet. There 

 was a striking absence of flowers, and of the 

 lush dwarf vegetation characteristic of the 

 Alps. Trees ascend higher on the wall-like 

 sides and slopes of the mountains than on 

 the crests and ridges, but no distinction could 

 be traced between slopes exposed to wind, rain 

 or sun, and the reverse. The vegetation ob- 

 served on the glacier-tongues on which 3 feet 

 of new snow was lying was of interest, the 

 Senecio Johnstoni growing with its base al- 

 most in the ice, and its roots embedded in the 

 ground-moraine, which was frozen at the sur- 

 face, though of a higher temperature below. 

 Dr. David hopes to continue his researches in 

 this region. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 The daily papers state that about $300,000 

 is left to public institutions by Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Green Kelly, including $100,000 to the Univer- 

 sity of Chicago. 



The increased appropriations for Miami 

 University by the legislature of the state of 

 Ohio at its last session have rendered it pos- 

 sible to enlarge the Science Hall, given by 

 Senator Brice, '63, to about three times its 

 present capacity. The new Brice Hall will be 

 occupied by the departments of chemistry, 

 physics and biology of the Liberal Arts Col- 

 lege and by the natural history department of 

 the State Normal School. The $40,000 dor- 

 mitory for women, also authorized by the 

 legislature, is in process of construction. 



The will of Mrs. Sarah B. Potter, of Bos- 

 ton, contains public bequests aggregating over 

 $1,000,000, including $150,000 to the Boston 

 Medical Library, $100,000 to the Kindergarten 

 for the Blind, at Jamaica Plains, and $50,000 

 to Harvard University. 



A NEW building, to cost $100,000, is to be 

 built on the campus of the University of 



Southern California at Los Angeles. It will 

 be devoted to the science departments. 



G. C. Feacker, A.M. (Iowa), professor of 

 psychology at Coe College, has been granted 

 leave of absence to take the assistantship in 

 psychology at Columbia University, vacant 

 by the call of Mr. Henry A. Euger to the 

 chair of psychology at Colorado College. Mr. 

 Prank G. Bruner, assistant in psychology at 

 Columbia University, has been given leave of 

 absence until the close of the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition, where in the absence of 

 Dr. K. S. Woodworth, instructor in psychology, 

 he has charge of the Anthropometric and 

 Psychometric Laboratories. Mr. P. L. "Wells, 

 A.B. (Columbia), has been appointed acting 

 assistant for this period. 



The following appointments have been 

 made in the Albany Medical College: Dr. 

 Eichard Mills Pearce has succeeded Dr. 

 George Blumer as professor of bacteriology 

 and pathology; Dr. Spencer L. Dawes, ad- 

 junct professor of materia medica ; Dr. 

 Wilfred S. Hale, demonstrator of anatomy 

 and assistant curator of the museum; Dr. Ed- 

 win McD. Stanton, lecturer on histology ; 

 Dr. Howard E. Lomax, instructor in anatomy ; 

 Dr. Charles K. Winne, Jr., instructor in 

 bacteriology; Dr. George G. Lempe, in- 

 structor in anatomy ; Dr. Donald Boyd, 

 demonstrator in anatomy of the nervous sys- 

 tem ; Dr. Edward P. Sibley, instructor in 

 clinical microscopy, and Dr. Silas L. Filkins, 

 prosector of anatomy. 



According to the London Times Mr. Ernest 

 Shearer, M.A., B.Sc, Kirkwall, has been ap- 

 pointed lecturer on agriculture at the Pusa 

 Imperial College, Bengal. This agricultural 

 college for all India, with a fai-mof 1,300 

 acres attached, is one of the developments 

 resulting from the appointment two or three 

 years ago of another Scotsman, Mr. James 

 Mollison, as inspector-general of agriculture 

 in India. Mr. Alexander Sangster, Montrose, 

 has been appointed junior assistant with the 

 Abuldr Land Eeclamation Company, near 

 Alexandria, Egypt, and Mr. John C. Leslie, 

 B.Sc, has been appointed assistant conserva- 

 tor of Porests in Southern Nigeria. 



