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mixtures, and in 1892 with Wachter he an- 

 nounced the existence of the iodoso-compounds, 

 the study of which led to the discovery of the 

 remarkable substances known as the iodonium 

 bases. The formation and electrolysis of ethe- 

 real salts of aromatic acids occupied him from 

 1894 up to the year of his death, which took 

 place at the age of 49 on August 8, 1897. To 

 the literature of chemistry, either alone or in 

 conjunction with his pupils, he contributed over 

 300 memoirs and papers. As the director of a 

 large chemical laboratory and as a laboratory 

 teacher he worthily followed in the footsteps of 

 Bunsen. He was an admirable lecturer, clear 

 and vigorous, while as a teacher he had a 

 wonderful power of infusing enthusiasm into 

 his students. His literary ability, combined 

 with his faculty of exposition, made him an ad- 

 mirable writer of popular science articles. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Mrs. Thomas McKean has given $250,000 

 to the University of Pennsylvania towards the 

 cost of the new Law School building. 



Boston University receives $50,000 by the 

 will of O. H. Durrell, of East Cambridge, Mass. 



A HALF million dollars will be distributed by 

 Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, beginning 

 March 1st, among fourteen colleges throughout 

 the United States. Most of the donations are 

 made on condition that the colleges raise a cer- 

 tain amount, generally $50,000, or an amount 

 equal to the gift, within a given time. The 

 first college to claim its proportion of the $500- 

 000 is Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. 

 This college receives $50,000, and the gift will 

 be made March 1st. Some of the other colleges 

 to become beneficiaries of Dr. Pearson's phi- 

 lanthropy are Yankton College, South Dakota ; 

 Berea College, Berea, Ky.; Colorado College, 

 Colorado Springs, Col., and McKenzie College 

 Lebanon, 111., which will receive $50,000. 

 Each has received a former gift from Dr. Pear- 

 sons. Dr. Pearsons has already given $2,500,- 

 000 to the cause of education. 



The Baltimore Association for the Promotion 

 of the University Education of Women is pre- 

 pared to offer a foreign fellowship of the value 

 of $500 for the vear 1900-1901. Preference 



will be given in the award of this fellowship to 

 women from Maryland, or women who have 

 identified themselves with educational interests 

 in Maryland. 



A SCHOOL of forestry will be established at 

 Yale University under the Shefiield Scientific 

 School. It will occupy the house left to the 

 University by the late Professor Marsh. 



The proposed changes in the examinations 

 for the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge, 

 abolishing the order of Merit and the Senior 

 Wrangler, have been defeated in the Senate by 

 a vote of 152-139. 



Plans are being made for the establishment 

 of a school for scientific instruction and prac- 

 tical training in agriculture and horticulture, 

 to be situated at Chappaqua, 33 miles from 

 New York city. The students would attend 

 lectures and do work in the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, which is easily accessible. 



It is reported in the daily papers that Mr. 

 Alexis E. Frye, superintendent of schools in 

 Cuba, is arranging for a number of Cuban 

 teachers to attend the Harvard summer school. 



It is announced that Rear Admiral William 

 Sampson has been offered and has declined the 

 presidency of the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. 



Dr. Samuel J. Barnbtt, professor of physics 

 in Colorado College, has been appointed as- 

 sistant professor of physics in the Leland Stan- 

 ford, Jr. University. 



Dr. Edward Lewis Stevens, B.A. (La, 

 State University), Ph.D. (New York Univer- 

 sity), has been appointed president of the newly 

 established Louisiana State Industrial School. 



Dr. W. Wien, professor of physics at the 

 University of Giesen, has been called to Wiirz- 

 berg, and Dr. Ludwig Knor of Jena, has been 

 called to the professorship in chemistry in the 

 University of Freiburg, i. B. Dr. Winkler has 

 been made assistant professor of agriculture in 

 the Agricultural Station at Vienna, and Dr. F. 

 R. Kjellmann, professor of botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Upsala. Dr. Ebermeyer, professor 

 of agriculture and meteorology at Munich, has 

 retired. 



