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espected that Mr. Hamilton Mabie will deliver 

 the address on Tuesday evening. Dr. Nicholas 

 Murray Butler of Columbia University, will 

 present the report on the organization and 

 plans of the joint college entrance board for 

 the Middle States and Maryland. This report 

 will be discussed in 10-minute speeches by 

 President J. M. Taylor of Vassar, Dean Albert 

 Leonard of Syracuse University, Dean Edward 

 E. Shaw of New York University, and others. 

 At the April meeting of the Regents of the 

 University of Nebraska, Dr. B. Benjamin An- 

 drews, for some time Superintendent of Schools 

 in Chicago, and formerly President of Brown 

 University, was elected Chancellor of the Uni- 

 versity. His acceptance has been received, 

 and he will assume his new duties August 1st, 

 until which time Dr. Charles E. Bessey will be 

 the acting chancellor. Dr. Charles A. EUwood 

 was elected instructor in sociology. An order 

 was passed authorizing the Faculty to grant 

 certificates to students who complete the courses 

 of study in the schools of agriculture, mechanic 

 arts, domestic science, and physical educa- 

 tion, these being but two or three years in 

 length, and not leading to a degree. The 

 Faculty of the College of Literature, Science 

 and the Arts recommended the adoption of 

 more flexible conditions of admission to the 

 Freshman Class, of which English (4 points). 

 Language (6 points, 4 at least in Latin), algebra 

 (2 points), geometry (3 points), and history (2 

 points) are specifically required, while the re- 

 maining eleven points are to be made up of 

 combinations selected under certain restrictions, 

 from Greek, Latin, German, French, history, 

 physical science, natural science, advanced 

 algebra, plane trigonometry, physiology, phys- 

 iography, civics, and political economy. This 

 recommendation was adopted by the Regents. 

 The Faculty of the Industrial College made 

 a similar recommendation, the specifically re- 

 quired points being English (4 points). Lan- 

 guage (4 points, French, German, Latin or 

 Greek, not more than two), algebra (3 points), 

 geometry (3 points), physical science (2 points, 

 chemistry and physics), natural science (1 

 point, botany or zoology). The remaining 

 eleven points are to be made up of combina- 

 tions, selected under certain restrictions, from 



French, German, Latin, Greek, manual train- 

 ing, history, physical science, natural science, 

 plane trigonometry, mechanical drawing, phys- 

 iology, physiography, civics, and political econ- 

 omy. This recommendation was adopted by 

 the Regents. By action of the Regents the 

 experiment will be made of having the college 

 work almost entirely elective in the College of 

 Literature, Science and the Arts, while in the 

 Industrial College it will be (as now) very 

 largely prescribed both as to subjects and se- 

 quence. The recommendations of the Faculty 

 of the Graduate School in regard to admission 

 to graduate work, and candidacy for advanced 

 degrees, were adopted. But two degrees are 

 offered, viz, Master of Arts, and Doctor of 

 Philosophy, the first requiring at least one year 

 of resident work, and the second not less than 

 three years of work ' under properly qualified 

 teachers,' the last year being in this Univer- 

 sity. 



A DEPARTMENT of marine engineering has 

 been inaugurated at New York University, 

 with Professor C. C. Thomas at its head. 



The Adam T. Bruce fellowship in biology of 

 the Johns Hopkins University has been con- 

 ferred upon Lawrence Edmonds Grifiin, Ph.B. 

 (Hamline University). Mr. Griffin will go to 

 Jamaica during the summer to pursue special 

 research work. 



Miss Maegaebt F. Washburn, Ph.D., pro- 

 fessor of philosophy in Wells College, has been 

 appointed Warden of Sage College, Cornell 

 University. 



Mr. B. Moore, M.A., professor of physiol- 

 ogy at the Medical School of Yale University, 

 and lately assistant professor of physiology at 

 University College, has been appointed lecturer 

 on physiology at the Charing Cross Hospital 

 Medical School. 



Dr. Eckstein has been appointed professor 

 of zoology in the School of Foresty at Ebers- 

 walde. Professor Ramaun, professor of agricul- 

 tural chemistry at Eberswalde, has been called 

 to the University of Munich. 



Dr. Bergt, of the Dresden Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute, has been appointed assistant professor of 

 mineralogy at the University of Greifswald. 



