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been renewed for another ten years these were 

 scarcely adequate, and it had been decided to 

 start a building fund, a proposal which was 

 looked upon with favor by the president, the 

 Duke of Cambridge. They had allotted £5,000 

 of the invested capital of the Institute as a 

 nucleus of the fund and further donations had 

 been received, but some £25,000 was expected 

 to be required. Many lectures and demonstra- 

 tions on sanitary science had been given to the 

 students, who, during the period over which 

 the lectures had extended, had had the free use 

 of the library and museum, and the committee 

 desired to tender hearty thanks to the lecturers. 

 Two new examinations had been established 

 during the year, one for inspectors of meat and 

 other foods, and the other in practical hygiene 

 for school teachers. There had been a steady 

 increase in the number of students brought to 

 the museum by lecturers and demonstrators, 

 showing an appreciation of the teaching value 

 of the museum. The total in 1899 was 2154, 

 against 1958 in 1898 and 1674 in 1897. A 

 comparison of the roll of the institute with that 

 of the preceding year showed an increase in the 

 number of members and associates, the total in 

 1899 being 2324, against 2130 in 1898. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Dr. D. K. Pearson, of Chicago, on April 

 14th, which was his eightieth birthday, decided 

 to add $525,000 to the $2,000,000 he has given 

 to colleges. His principal gifts, to be paid be- 

 fore January 1, 1901, will be : Mount Holyoke 

 College (Mass.), $150,000 ; Colorado College 

 (Colorado Springs), $50,000 ; Berea College 

 (Ky.), $50,000; Fairmount College (Kan.), 

 $50,000; McKenzie College (111.), $25,000; 

 Onarga College (111.), $20,000; Carleton Col- 

 lege (Minn.), $50,000; Fargo College (N. D.), 

 $50,000. 



• The will of Mrs. Eliza Chrisman, who died 

 in Topeka recently, has been filed in the Pro- 

 bate Court. She bequeaths the greater part of 

 a fortune, estimated at $250,000, for the found- 

 ing of the University of Topeka. The bequest 

 is contingent on the Methodist churches of 

 Kansas raising an equal amount within ten 



years. Mrs. Chrisman leaves $35,000 cash to 

 the Ohio Wesleyan University. 



Mr. John D. Rockefeller some time since 

 promised $100,000 to Denison University, at 

 Granville, O., if the trustees should raise $150,- 

 000 this term. President Purinton has an- 

 nounced that nearly $125,000 had been secured. 

 The establishment of a School of Commerce 

 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, was 

 unanimously decided upon by the board of re- 

 gents at their meeting on the 17th ult. Profes- 

 sor W. A. Scott is made director of the school, 

 and a professor of commerce is to be appointed. 

 At the Patrons' Day celebration of Colgate 

 University on April 20th, the annual address 

 was delivered by President Seth Low of Colum- 

 bia University, New York, who took as his sub- 

 ject, ' The College and the University.' 



It is now said that Dr. E. Benjamin An- 

 drews will probably accept the chancellorship 

 of the University of Nebraska. 



Eighteen fellowships have been awarded at 

 Columbia University, of which the following 

 are in the sciences, falling more immediately 

 within the scope of this Journal : 



Hartley Burr Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa., Phil- 

 osophy, University of Nebraska, A.B., 1897. 



Robert Henry Bradford, Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 Metallurgy, University of Utah, B S., 1895. 



William Austin Cannon, Palo Alto, Cal., Botany, 

 Stanford University, A.B., 1899. 



Robert Hey wood Fernald, Cleveland, O., Mechan- 

 ical Engineering, University of Maine, B.M.E., 1892. 

 George Irving Finlay, New York, Geology, Harvard 

 University, A.B., 1898. 



Thomas Jesse Jones, Greenfield, O., Sociology, 

 Marietta College, A.B., 1897 ; Columbia University, 

 A.M., 1899. 



Austin Flint Rogers, Lawrence, Kan., Mineralogy, 

 Kansas State University, A.B., 1899. 



Harry Beal Torrey, Berkeley, Cal., Zoology, Uni- 

 versity of California, B.S., 1895, and M.S., 1898. 



Clark Wissler, Columbus, O., Psychology, Indiana 

 University, A.B,, 1897 ; A.M., 1899. 



Dr. a. Osann, decent in geology in the Uni- 

 versity at Basle, and Dr. M. Smoluchowski von 

 Smolan, docent in theoretical physics in the 

 University at Lemberg, have been promoted to 

 assistant professorships. Dr. Fiinfstuck, docent 

 in botany in the Polytechnic Institute at Stutt- 

 gart has been made full professor. Dr. Ed. 

 Buchner, professor at the Agricultural Station 

 of Berlin, has qualified as docent in the Uni- 

 versity. 



