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tion thus obtained it is hoped that it may be 

 possible to devise measures which may check 

 the spread of the disease. 



Tjie report of progress of stream measure- 

 ments for the calendar year 1903 has been pub- 

 lished by the U. S. Geological Survey in four 

 parts, all of which are now available. During 

 1903 the nimiber of regular stations for stream 

 measurements was steadily increased, so that 

 at the close of the year systematic measure- 

 ments were being taken at 521 stations. These 

 are so distributed as to cover the needs of the 

 various states and territories. New York 

 stands at the head of the list, with 70 stations, 

 Colorado comes next with 34, California fol- 

 lows with 32, Michigan has 25, Montana 20, 

 Georgia 18, Texas and Wyoming each 17, 

 Washington 16, Kansas 15, and all the other 

 states less. Oklahoma has only 2 stations, the 

 least number in any state or territory, and 

 Indiana, ]\Iississippi and New Hampshire 

 claim only 3 apiece. This expansion of the 

 work is the result of the constantly increasing 

 demand from the general and the engineering 

 p\iblic for the stream data collected by the 

 survey. 



UXIVEK8ITY AXD EDUCATIONAL XEWH. 



It is said that the late James C. Carter, 

 the eminent New York lawyer, has bequeathed 

 $200,000 to Harvard University. 



It is reported that Mr. Andrew Carnegie has 

 offered to give $500,000 to the University of 

 Virginia on the condition that the authorities 

 of the institution raise a similar amount from 

 other sources. 



The Board of Trustees of Princeton Uni- 

 versity has appointed a committee of fifty to 

 raise an endowment fund of $2,500,000. The 

 l)Uii)Ose is to establish a tutorial system which 

 President Woodrow Wilson has advocated for 

 some time past. Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge, '79, 

 of New York, is chairman of the committee. 



CoMPTROLLKR Grout has announced that a 

 bill will be introduced at Albany incorporating 

 a University of Brooklyn. It is proposed to 

 give the university land owned by the city and 

 to make an appropriation for building and 

 equipment. The plan is to unite in the uni- 



versity the Brooklj-n Institute, the Public 

 Library, the Polytechnic Institute, Adelphi 

 College, the Packer Institute and the Long 

 Island Medical College. 



Plaxs are being drawn for the erection of 

 five new buildings for the School of Educa- 

 tion, the University High School and the Chi- 

 cago Manual Training School at the Univer- 

 sity of Chicago. The buildings will contain 

 a workshop, an assembly hall, a museum, gym- 

 nasium and a hall for recitation purposes. 

 Ground has been reserved for them in the 

 School of Education group. It is expected 

 that the total cost will reach $1,000,000. 



At the first of the winter convocations of 

 the George Washington University on Wash- 

 ington's Birthday, a gift of property, esti- 

 mated to be worth $100,000, was announced 

 for the establishment of a chair and course of 

 graduate study on the history of civilization. 

 The name of the donor is withheld for the 

 present. Various sums of money raised by 

 the trustees and alumni association, aggre- 

 gating $275,000, were also announced. 



The Mercers Company has voted a sum of 

 £1,000 for the promotion of the study of physi- 

 ology at University College, London. 



A Blue-book has been issued containing 

 reports from the fourteen colleges which par- 

 ticipated during the year ended March 31, 

 1904, in the annual grant, amounting to £27,- 

 000, made by the British Parliament for ' Uni- 

 versity Colleges in Great Britain,' and from 

 the three colleges in Wales, which receive a 

 grant of £4,000 each. 



The senate of Durham University has de- 

 cided that German may be offered as an al- 

 ternative subject for Greek in the preliminary 

 examination for the degrees of doctor in medi- 

 cine and master in surgery. 



Dr. Brachet, of Liege, has been appointed 

 professor of anatomy in the University of 

 Brussels. 



Professor N. J. Axdrussox, of the L^niver- 

 sity of Dorpat, has been appointed professor 

 of paleontology and geology at the L'^niversity 

 of Kiew. 



Dr. R. Credxer, of Greifswald, has been 

 called to Bi-eslau as professor of geography. 



