174 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [VoL. XXXVI. 
Northwestern University, $15,000, from an anonymous donor. 
Oberlin College, $300,000, from various sources, thus securing the condi- 
tional gift of $200,000 from J. D. Rockefeller. 
Palmer (Iowa) College, $30,000, from Mr. F. A. Palmer; $20,000, from 
_ other sources. 
Princeton University, $2500 a year, for five years, from George A. Armour, 
for the classical seminary ; $15,000, from the estate of John Sayre. 
San Juan, Puerto Rico, $100,000, from Andrew Carnegie, for a public 
library. 
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, $6000, from Edward B. Page, 
to found scholarships. 
Springfield (Missouri) Public Library, $50,000, from Andrew Carnegie. 
Syracuse University, $4000, from Mr. George C. French. 
Tufts College, $50,000, and land valued at $40,000, by the will of Mrs. 
George L. Stearns. 
Tuskegee Institute, $25,000, by the will of Mrs. George L. Stearns. 
Union Christian (Indiana) College, $30,000, from Mr. A. B. Palmer of 
ew York. 
University of Pennsylvania, $25,000, from Messrs. Keasbey and Matteson ; 
$5000, from John F. Wentz ; $10,000, from the Frazer family ; $20,000, 
from Dr. George Woodward, for a fellowship in physiological chemistry. 
Vassar College, $30,000, from Miss Helen M. Gould, for scholarships ; 
$110,000, from J. D. Rockefeller, for a new dormitory ; $2000, from 
other sources. 
Washington University, $100,000, from Mrs. James F inney How. 
Wesleyan University, $125,000, from various donors for buildings. 
Williams College, $5000, by the will of Mrs. S. D. Warren. 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, $30,000, from four trustees: S. Salisbury, 
C. H. Whitcomb, C. H. Morgan, and C. G. Washburn. 
Yale University, $2500, from Mr. B. F. Barge. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
Wilhelm Arnell, lector in natural history in the University at Upsala. — 
Archibald A. Atkinson, assistant instructor in biology in the University of 
Oregon. — Dr. Georg Bitter, docent for botany in the Academy at Münster. 
— Prof. M. Büsgen, professor of botany in the school of forestry at Han- 
nover-Münden. — Dr. Carl Busz, professor of mineralogy in the Academy 
at Münster.— Dr. M. Caullery, professor of zoólogy at Aix-Marseilles. 
— H. S. Davis, instructor in vertebrate zoólogy in the Washington Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station. — Frank S. Earle, assistant curator of the col- 
lection of fungi of the New York Botanical Garden. — Dr. Géza Entz, 
professor of zoólogy in the University at Budapest. — Dr. J. M. Flint, pro- 
fessor of anatomy in the University of California. — Willy Foy, director of 
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