—Cornell University has accepted Mr. Carnegie's offer to build
a filtering plant. Such gifts furnish indirect but lasting me
morials to the generous donor.
—Mrs. John Markoe, of Philadelphia, has given $5,000 to
establish a memorial scholarship at Harvard. The scholarship is
in memory of her son, James Markoe, Class of '9B, who was killed
recently in a runaway, while trying to save the lives of others.
—ln memory of their brother, the two sisters of Herbert
Schntirz, a graduate of Harvard, have given $3,000 for the
benefit of the sick in the Harvard University Hospital.
—Prof. Francis Wayland, Dean of Yale Law School, has re
signed, after holding that position for thirty years.
—Beginning next year Cornell will pension all professors at
the age of seventy years. Their salary shall remain the same for
the first year,, and then it shall be fixed at $1,500. ' The pensioners
will continue as lecturers in the various departments.
—We observe that the western agricultural schools are
thorough in the education of their farmers ; for at the lowa State
College they are instructed in slaughtering live stock.
—The alumni of McGill University will honor the 75th anni
versary of that institution by erecting a sloo,ooo recreation build
ing.
--Chas. Richard Van Hese, professor of geology at the Wis
consin University, is named as the future president of that school.
Mr. Van Hese has been closely associated with the U. S. Geo
logical . Survey since 1888.
—The smell of fish coming from the kitchen of the , Trenton
Normal School caused one hundred of the boys to go on strike.
They marched to the town restaurant and had supper. Their
only grievance was that they had been fed too much stale fish.
—Men of Classes '59 and '63 inclusive, of Pennsylvania State
College are aiding in presenting a comprehensive biography Of
Evan Pugh, Ph. D. Mr. Pugh was the first president of the col
lege and the first instructor in chemistry.