—Northwestern University celebrated Founder's day on
January 28th, when the new professional school building, cost
ing over $900,000, was dedicated. President Hadley, of Yale
University, delivered the dedicatory address.
—Prof. J. Long, of Northwestern University, was elected.
President of the American Chemical Society, succeeding Presi
dent Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University.
—Mr. Carnegie has intimated to 'the provost of Greenock
that he is prepared to present to a properly constituted au
thority in the town the sum of 850,000, to defray the cost of
the erection of a memorial to James Watt.
—The Board of Trustees of Hamline University, Minne
apolis, announces that an endowment of $250,000 has been
raised for the university, principally in Minnesota. Messrs.
J. Hill and M. G. and J. S. Norton, of Winona, gave large.
sums.
—Professor Lehmann-Hohenberg has been dismissed from
his chair at the University of Kiel, Germany, ' for criticising
the courts. We do not know how far its action has been war
ranted, but it appears somewhat remarkable that the disci
plinary court should state that university professors, being
officers of the government, are not permitted to criticize the.
government.
In the Brunonian, for January, we notice an article, "The•
Second Mrs. Tanqueray," concerning Pinero's drama of that
title. The writer discusses with considerable of ability the ,
technique of the play, and Mrs. Tanqueray' s character, as
portrayed in the drama. In concluding the article he touches.
upon the moral tone of the drama and other plays of them ilk.
EXCHANGES.
E. K. MCDOWELL.