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is prepared to offer a fellowship of the value 

 of $500 for the year 1905-1906. This fellow- 

 ship will be available for work at either an 

 American or a foreign university, and prefer- 

 ence will be given to women from Maryland 

 and the south. Application should be pre- 

 sented before April 12. Blank forms for ap- 

 plication may be obtained from Miss McLane, 

 No. 1101 North Charles Street, Baltimore. 



The president of the British board of edu- 

 cation has appointed the Right Hon. R. B. 

 ITaldane, K.C., M.P., to be chairman of a de- 

 partmental committee " To inquire into the 

 present working of the Royal College of Sci- 

 ence, including the School of Mines ; to con- 

 sider in what manner the staff, together with 

 the buildings and appliances now in occupa- 

 tion or in course of construction, may be 

 utilized to the fullest extent for the promo- 

 tion of higher scientific studies in connection 

 with the work of existing or projected institu- 

 tions for instruction of the same character in 

 the metropolis or elsewhere; and to report on 

 any changes which may be desirable in order 

 to carry out such recommendations as they 

 may make." 



We noted last week that the regents of the 

 University of Michigan, had refused to accept 

 President Angell's resignation. Dr. Angell's 

 communication to the board of regents was 

 as follows : 



To tlif ]'>()ar(l of Regents: 



I beg to tender you my resignation of the presi- 

 dency of the university, to take effect Oct. 1, next. 

 Altliough I liave been graciously favored in the 

 preservation of my health and strength, I am im- 

 pressed with the belief that it will be advan- 

 tageous to the university if you call a younger 

 man to take my place. 



I desire to express my sincere thanks to you 

 and to your predecessors on the board for the 

 kind consideration with which I have been treated 

 by you and by them during my long term of 

 service. 



Should you so desire, I should be willing to con- 

 tinue to give instruction in international law. 



Yours very respectfully, 



James B. Angell. 



The following resolution was immediately 

 drawn uj) and unanimously adoi)ted by the 



regents. Instead of being marked ' passed ' 

 as is customary with routine resolutions, it 

 was submitted to each member and received 

 his signature: 



solved, That the Board of Regents respect- 

 fully decline to consider Dr. Angell's resignation 

 of the presidency of this university. The mem- 

 bers of this board are imanimous in the conviction 

 that no other person, young or old, can take Presi- 

 dent Angell's place either in value of service to 

 the university and to the state, or in the love of 

 the people. 



If at any time in the judgment of President 

 Angell, he should need assistance in his work, 

 the Board of Regents will most cheerfully furnish 

 such assistance in such form as he may wish. 



Mr. Louis Rouillion, adjunct professor of 

 manual training in Teachers College, Colum- 

 bia University, and director of the night 

 schools of the Mechanics' Institute, has been 

 given leave of absence in order to enable him 

 to accept the appointment of chief inspector 

 of technical education for Ireland. 



At the recent meeting of the board of trus- 

 tees of the Iowa State College, Professor S. A. 

 Beach, horticulturist to the New York Ex- 

 periment Station, was elected professor of 

 horticulture, and horticulturist to the Iowa 

 Experiment Station. This position has been 

 vacant during the past year, due to the resig- 

 nation of Professor H. C. Price, who resigned 

 to become dean of the College of Agriculture 

 of the Ohio State University. Professor 

 Beach is an alumnus of the Iowa Institution 

 and has been connected with the New York 

 station for a number of years. He is now 

 engaged in the publication of an important 

 work on the pomology of New York for which 

 the legislatui'e made a special appropriation 

 of $20,000. At the same meeting of the board 

 Mr. A. T. Erwin, an assistant in the depart- 

 ment, who has been the acting head during 

 the past .year, was elected associate professor 

 of horticulture. 



Mr. Thomas Case, Waynflete professor of 

 moral and metaphysical philosophy, Oxford, 

 and fellow of Magdalen, has been elected 

 l)resident of Corpus Christi College, in suc- 

 cession to the late Dr. Fowler. 



