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sion of the subjects presented : Tact in teaching, 

 by Rev. Brother Noah, professor of English litera- 

 ture in Manhattan college ; Manual training, by 

 Principal S. G. Love of the Jamestown union 

 school ; The present status of entomological sci- 

 ence in the United States, by J. A. Lintner, Ph.D., 

 state entomologist ; Has the college a logical place 

 in the American system of education ? by Prof. 

 Oren Root, Ph.D., of Hamilton college, and Prof. 

 S. G. Williams, Ph.D., of Cornell; The 'natural 

 method' of teaching languages, by L. Sauveur, 

 president of the College of languages, New York 

 City, and Principal George C. Sawyer of the Utica 

 free academy; The educational uses of museums 

 of natural history, by James Hall, director of the 

 New York state museum of natural history: Sys- 

 tematic habit in education, by Principal E. H. 

 Cook of the Potsdam normal school ; Elective 

 studies in college, by President James McCosh, 

 LL.D., of the College of New Jersey ; The mutual 

 relations of the colleges and academies, by Presi- 

 dent Charles K. Adams, LL.D., of Cornell univer- 

 sity. There will also be a conference upon college 

 education in the state of New York, which will be 

 presided over by Chancellor Sims of Syracuse uni- 

 versity, who will open the discussion as to the 

 classical requirements for the degree of A.B. 

 Among those who intend to participate in the 

 conference and discussions are Presidents Dodge of 

 Madison university, Darling of Hamilton, Potter 

 of Hobart, Fairbairn of St. Stephen's, Ryan of 

 Niagara university, Webb of the College of the 

 city of New York, Adams of Cornell, Taylor of 

 Vassar, and Forsyth of the Rensselaer polytechnic 

 institute. 



— The Indiana academy of sciences held its 

 field-meeting at Brookville, May 20 and 21. The 

 days were spent in field-work, and the academy 

 held meetings at the town-hall in the evenings. 

 On the evening of May 20, the academy was wel- 

 comed by D. W. McKee, president of the Brook- 

 ville society of natural history. To this President 

 D. S. Jordan responded. Prof. J. C. Branner de- 

 livered an address on " The relations now existing 

 between geologists and the people." Friday even- 

 ing Prof. D. S. Jordan delivered an address on 

 1 Darwin,' which was discussed by Prof. D. W. 

 Dennis. Prof. Jordan then spoke concerning the 

 different methods employed in catching fish. Prof. 

 Branner gave an account of the ways in which 

 corals are procured. Prof. P. S. Baker spoke of 

 1 The progress of toxicology.' The academy will 

 hold its annual meeting at Indianapolis in Decem- 

 ber next. 



— The opening of the Carnegie laboratory a year 

 ago, and the endowment of hospitals by the Van- 



derbilt family, have been followed by the an- 

 nouncement of two new laboratories for the ad- 

 vancement of medical science, — one in Brooklyn, 

 and the other in New York. The former will be 

 known as the ' Hoagland laboratory of the Long 

 Island college hospital,' and is the gift of Dr. C. 

 N. Hoagland, a physician of Brooklyn. It will be 

 devoted to bacteriological, physiological, and path- 

 ological purposes, and will be equipped with all 

 the best modern appliances, together with a select 

 library and museum. It is intended not only as a 

 means of teaching the students of the college, but 

 also as a place where physicians and others desir- 

 ous of prosecuting original investigation can find 

 the necessary apparatus and facilities. The new 

 laboratory to be established in New York is to be 

 known as the ' Loomis laboratory,' and is to be in 

 connection with the University medical college. 

 The name of the donor is still unknown, but the 

 name it is to bear is a tribute of respect to the 

 well-known teacher, Prof. A. L. Loomis. 



— The first annual meeting of the University 

 science club, of the University of Kansas, was 

 held Friday, May 21. The programme, as arranged, 

 was as follows : E. H. S. Bailey, On the viscosity of 

 fats and oils ; L. L. Dyche, Methods of studying 

 the food-habits of birds ; J. D. McLaren, Notes on 

 Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (agricultural ants of 

 Kansas) ; Richard H. Short, A determination of 

 the force of gravity on Mount Oread ; R. L. Mc- 

 Alpine, A determination of the accuracy of the 

 solar attachment to the engineer's transit ; E. C. 

 Franklin, on a variety of orthoclase from Had- 

 dam, Conn.; L. E. Sayre, A new appliance for the 

 rapid collection of precipitates ; F. H. Snow, The 

 transitional character of the essential organs in 

 the white maple (Acer dasycarpum) ; W. S. Frank- 

 lin, A modification of Le Clanche battery; F. O. 

 Marvin and Richard Birbeck, Gauging of the Kan- 

 sas River ; V. L. Kellogg, Bird parasites ; J. D. Mc- 

 Laren, The structure of Unio laevissimus ; E. L. 

 Nichols and W. S. Franklin, On the influence of 

 magnetism upon electromotive force ; E. H. S. 

 Bailey and S. H. Wood, Note with reference to 

 the effect of boiling upon the solubility of tannin 

 in coffee ; F. H. Snow, Some results of eighteen 

 years of meteorological observations at Lawrence, 

 Kan. 



— The following comprise the latest changes in 

 the coast and geodetic survey ; Professor Davidson 

 has finished his work on astronomical latitude ob- 

 servations at Portland, Ore., and is about to re- 

 turn to San Francisco; Assistants Lawson and 

 Dickens are at work near Los Angeles, while 

 Assistant Rogers has finished the work of resur- 

 veying on the Straits of Karquines, at the mouth 



