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geon, Joseph J. Curry, U. S. A., has been ap- 

 pointed to meet at one of the general hospitals 

 in or near Manila, for the purpose of studying 

 tropical diseases in the Philippine Islands. 



Db. E. R. Hodge, pathologist at the United 

 States Army Medical Museum, Washington, 

 D.C., has left for Manila for the purpose of se- 

 curing for that institution such pathological 

 specimens as may result from active hostilities 

 and the occupation of a tropical country. 



We learn from the Botanical Gazette that the 

 city of Philadelphia has acquired the dwelling 

 and part of the grounds which belonged to 

 James Logan (1674-1751), with Penn one of the 

 founders of Pennsylvania, and a botanist of 

 note, after whom Logania, the type of the 

 Loganiacese, [was named by Robert Brown. 

 The property will be known as Stenton Park, 

 the original name of the Logan estate, as there 

 is already a Logan Square in the city. 



Plans have now been submitted for the new 

 building of the American Geographical Society, 

 New York City, to be erected on West 81st 

 street, opposite the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. The estimated cost of the build- 

 ing is $100,000. The fagades will be of brick, 

 granite, and terra cotta. An ornamental bal- 

 cony of carved stone will have a place over the 

 central entrance, with pilasters on either side. 

 Two lamp-posts supporting globes will be put 

 up at the entrance. Beneath the top tier of 

 windows will be blocks of stone with the names 

 of Columbus, Marco Polo, and Magellan. The 

 first floor will contain the lecture hall, while 

 the library will take up the second story. 



At the first meeting of the Paris Academy 

 of Medicine for the present year, the prizes to 

 be awarded in 1900, 1901 and 1902 were an- 

 nounced. The prizes for the present year num- 

 ber 36, and vary in value from 300 to 6000 

 francs. They are, with a few exceptions, open 

 to foreigners, but the manuscripts or printed 

 works must be written in French or Latin. 

 They must be presented not later than Febru- 

 ary 1st of each year. 



The fiftieth anniversary of the foundation 

 of the Paris Society of Biology was celebrated 

 on December 24:th. As part of the ceremonies , 

 a commemorative tablet in honor of Claude 



Bernard, one of the founders of the Society 

 and its second president, was unveiled in his 

 old laboratory in the College de France. An 

 address in honor of Bernard was made by M. 

 d'Arsonval, his successor in the chair of medi- 

 cine. Addresses commemorating the anniver- 

 sary of the Society were made by the Presi- 

 dent, Professor Bouchard, and by the General 

 Secretary, M. Gley. M. Leygues, the minister 

 of public instruction, named as officers of the 

 legion of honor. Professor Mathias Duval, M. 

 Grehaut, the chemist, and M. Capitan, secre- 

 tary of the Society. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



A MEMORIAL has been presented to the Mary- 

 land House of Representatives asking for a 

 continuation of the appropriation of $50,000 

 per annum for the Johns Hopkins University. 



Peesident Tuckeb, speaking before the 

 Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, is 

 reported to have said, that during the year six 

 professors, six assistant professors and three 

 instructors had been added to the faculty of 

 Dartmouth College, and that the number of 

 students had been increased by 50. The Wilder 

 physical laboratory completed during the year 

 was said to be the best equipped in New Eng- 

 land. Gifts amounting to $150,000 had been re- 

 ceived during the year in addition to $300,000 

 given by Amos Tuck. President Tucker wishes 

 to collect $1,000,000 to celebrate the 100th anni- 

 versary of the gradtjation of Daniel Webster 

 from Dartmouth College. 



A COMMITTEE has been appointed to enquire 

 into the question of establishing a university 

 college for North Staffordshire, England, and 

 report in favor of trying to collect £20,000 for 

 a building. 



It is reported that President Ayres of the 

 University of Cincinnati will recommend the 

 discharge of the entire faculty of that institu- 

 tion at the end of the present college year, as a 

 remedy for the troubles that have existed for a 

 long time. 



Professor F. A. C. Pberine has resigned 

 from the chair of electrical engineering in 

 Stanford University. 



