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SCIENCE. 



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The first year's "work will consist of five lec- 

 tures by Dr. Chalmers Mitchell on general 

 biology, to be followed by ten lectures on an- 

 thropology by Dr. Westermarck, and ten on 

 animal psychology by Professor Lloyd Mor- 

 gan. Among other courses will be ' Social 

 and Industrial England,' at Ealing and Erith, 

 by Dr. Holland Rose ; ' Japan and China,' by 

 Mr. Ernest Eoxwell, at Streatham and Sut- 

 ton. Professor Vivian Lewes will lecture at 

 Balham, New-cross and Eotherhithe, on ' The 

 Chemistry of Air, Fire and Water ' ; Dr. 

 Eison, on ' Great Discoveries in Science,' at 

 Gresham College; Professor Bottomley, at 

 Hammersmith, on ' Eecent Researches on 

 Bacteria in Relation to Life ' ; Mr. Alfred 

 Milnes, in ' Economics,' at the Regent Street 

 Polytechnic, the City of London College and 

 Battersea; and Mr. Chisholm and Mr. An- 

 drews, at various centers on ' The Aims and 

 Methods of Geographical Study.' Most of 

 the courses will be in the evening. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Lord Rendel, president of the University 

 College of South Wales, Aberystwith, has for 

 the fifth time forwarded a cheque for £1,000 

 to the registrar of the college, £750 being 

 assigned to the college for the increase of the 

 stipends of the staff and £250 to the county 

 schools of Cardiganshire, Merionethshire and 

 Montgomeryshire for exhibitions and bursaries. 



A DEPARTMENT of experimental psychology 

 has been established in the Western University 

 of Pennsylvania, under the charge of Edmund 

 B. Huey, A.B. (Lafayette), Ph.D. (Clark). 

 Two good-sized rooms and a dark-room are 

 being fitted up for the new department, and 

 an appropriation has been made to meet the 

 initial needs for apparatus and books. 



The registration at the University of Mich- 

 igan has reached 4,100, the largest in its his- 

 tory. 



According to the Educational Times, the 

 buildings of the Metallurgical Department 

 of the University of Birmingham have been 

 opened. They form only a small portion of 

 the scheme of building at present being under- 

 taken at Bournbrook, which will not be com- 

 pleted for two or three years ; but the cramped 



state of the present university buildings in 

 Edmund Street necessitated the pushing for- 

 ward of the Metallurgical Department, which, 

 in a large iron center like Birmingham, is one 

 of the most important connected with the 

 university. All the plant and machinery are 

 of full working size. Eor instance, there is a 

 two-ton Siemens furnace, with all the latest 

 equipment necessary for a commercial under- 

 taking, and capable, if necessary, of a large 

 weekly output of steel. It is not, however, 

 intended to produce steel for sale; the object 

 is rather to familiarize the students with the 

 various causes, chemical and other, which 

 affect the quality of steel. Another portion 

 of the department will be devoted to metals 

 other than iron and steel. 



Professor F. H. H. Calhoun, Ph.D., a 

 graduate of the University of Chicago, was 

 recently elected professor of geology and min- 

 eralogy in Clemson Agricultural College of 

 South Carolina. Dr. Calhoun has been en- 

 gaged in practical work for the United States 

 Geological Survey out west during the past 

 year or so, and since his arrival at Clemson 

 College, he has planned some important geo- 

 logical work in South Carolina. Dr. G. E. 

 Nesom has resigned the professorship of 

 veterinary science and the position of state 

 veterinarian to accept the position of assistant 

 commissioner of agriculture in the Philippine 

 Islands. Dr. Nesom has been connected with 

 the college for a nximber of years, and he has 

 done valuable work for the State of South 

 Carolina. Dr. Louis A. Klein, who is con- 

 nected with the United States Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry, was recently elected to succeed 

 Dr. ISTesom in Clemson Agricultural College. 

 Dr. Klein will report for duty on November 

 1. He is a graduate of the University of 

 Pennsylvania in the veterinary department. 



Dr. EjriL Wiechert, who recently declined 

 a call to the University of Konigsberg, has 

 been promoted to a full professorship of 

 mathematical physics in the University of 

 Gottingen. 



Dr. Erich Eaysee, district geologist at 

 Berlin, has been appointed full professor and 

 director of the Mineralogical Institute at the 

 University of Giessen. 



