of health from the University Medical Examiner. No one whose general health and fitness are below the level where efficient work may be expected will be permitted to teach. Another new requirement which went into effect last year prohibits any student from receiving a license to teach who, because of poor scholarship or negative personal and physical characteristics, has not obtained the recommendation of the professors under whom he or she had done the larger part of college work. Gloucester, Mass., has six parentteacher associations formed within the past three years, all working to make a bond of co-operation between parents and the schools. "My idea of first class reporting is simplicity in style, perfect description of what happened and of its method, following the modern requirements of the five w's-who, what, when, where and why," said Edgar B. Piper, Portland editor, in addressing a convocation of students at the Oregon Agricultural College. "The 9th chapter of St. John is a good example of simplicity of style, a good style to follow for those wishing to pursue journalism. To be a good journalist one ought to have a human curiosity, a knowledge of history, economics, sociology, industry, a deep interest in affairs, and a steadfast desire to succeed." Among the principal anouncements in the new catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania is the division of the College into three distinct departments, viz: The Towne Scientific School, The Arts Department, and the Wharton School, each with a separate dean. Candidates for admission to the Medical School must now have successfully completed work equivalent to that required for admission to the junior class in a college or university recognized by the University of Pennsylvania, and such work must include courses in Physics, Chemistry and General Biology or Zoology, together with the necessary amount of laboratory work in these subjects, and no condition which conflicts with the medical curriculum is permitted in admission. On the official list of professors and instructors there are ninety-nine new men; the total number of the teaching staff is now 553. Exclusive of duplications, there are 5,523 students. Ali departments show substantial gains except the scientific, medical, veterinary and teachers' courses, which show slight decreases. The Wharton School enrollment was increased by 17 per cent; the College, 9 per cent; Law, 3 per cent; Graduate, 2 per cent, and Dentistry, 10 per cent. There are 211 students from foreign countries, and while the total is a few short of the total of last year, the students come from a more widely distributed territory and more foreign countries are represented than last year. This year the students have come from forty-five different foreign countries, and from practically every State in the Union. The list shows substantial gains in the number of students from most of the Southern States, North Carolina headStates, particularly from some of the ing the list with 30, or a gain of almost 37 per cent. Of the Western States, Washington leads with 25; from New York there are 351, or a gain of 22 per cent. For the first time gain of 22 per cent. in many years the University has students from Persia, Greece and Alaska. The new map which accompanies the catalogue shows the total acreage of the University grounds to be 117; this being exclusive of the sidewalks and streets; this is an increase of one acre over last year. The National Panhellenic Congress, composed of prominent college Greekletter societies, reports that it has "taken a firm stand against high-school fraternities." Carl McClain, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Oregon, has launched a campaign among the students and faculty toward having all the field work in his department done in the summer time, instead of during the regular school year. Students are handicapped in their field work under the present system, according to Mr. McClain, by the periods of intermission between their hours in the field. Also, he is of the opinion that too much time is lost going to and from their work. High school enrollment in South Carolina has risen from 4,812 to 8,902 in the past six years, and the amount paid for salaries of high school teachers has more than doubled in the same period. Sessions of the Newark, Ohio, High School are occasionally held at night, in order that the citizens may see at first hand the workings of their high school. The student publication board of the University of Nebraska has decided to pay salaries to the editors of the Daily Nebraskan, instead of giving them credit as has been done heretofore. The editor in chief will receive $100 per semester; managing editor, $50 per semester; one associate editor, $50 per semester. Henry Wessling, who, although blinded by a chemical explosion three years ago, when he was professor of chemistry at Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y., is still keeping up with his classes in the theological seminary at Woodstock College. All candidates for the Catholic priesthood must be free from physical ailment, but Mr. Wessling will make a personal appeal to the Pope to be allowed to be ordained with his class in 1915. He was born in Boston, and has been a Jesuit thirteen years. President Woodrow Wilson has been elected, along with ten other distinguished Americans, to the "Society of the Claw," which was founded last year by the class of 1894 of Princeton. All were made honorary members, the basis for which is "the rendering of exceptional service and honor Princeton." The list is: Woodrow Wil to son, alumnus, thirteenth president of Princeton and President of the United States; John G. Hibben, alumnus, and fourteenth president of Princeton; Francis L. Patton, theologian and twelfth president of Princeton; Mahlon Pitney, alumnus and jurist; Henry F. Osborn, alumnus and paleontologist; Moses T. Pyne, alumnus, trustee and benefactor; George Gray, alumnus and jurist; Henry van Dyke, alumnus, poet and preacher; Henry G. Bryant, alumnus and Arctic explorer; James R. Church, alumnus and soldier, and Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist and benefactor. Each active and honorary member receives a certificate of his election and the insignia of the society ed on silver for the active and on gold which is a genuine tiger's claw mountfor the honorary members in the form of a watch charm. The executive committee imported a thousand of these tiger claws from India for this express purpose. Blue toques distinguish all juniors on the campus at the University of Chicago. The headgear differs from that of last season in that instead of having flaps which reach under the chin, it pulls down all around. Professor Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins University was elected president of the American Oriental Society at the opening session of that organization's annual convention in Philadelphia. Professor Hanns Oertel of Yale was elected a vice president, Professor Frederick Wells Williams of Yale, treasurer, and Professor Albert T. Clay, Yale, librarian. Dr. Charles F. Thwing, president of Western Reserve University, was elected president of the Religious Education Association at the close of the annual convention, and New Haven, Conn., was selected for the 1914 convention. Other officers elected were: Henry S. Pritchett, New York, vice president; Charles Lawrence Hutchinson, Chicago, treasurer; Dr. Henry F. Cope, general secretary. Trustees of Columbia University have decided to hold a celebration in 1914 of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the School of Mines. A committee to take charge of the celebration is to be appointed by George L. Rives, chairman of the board of trustees. The School of Mines, now officially known as the School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry, was for many years a small offshoot of Columbia College, the parent school of the University. Numerically, it is now almost the largest department of the University. The committee that will have charge of the semi-centennial celebration will be composed of three trustees, three members of the faculty and three alumni. A "greater university" club has been formed in every county in Iowa. The clubs are made up of former students of the state university and is primarily for the purpose of assisting in obtaining sufficient appropriations and of interesting young people in the university. Pointed Pick-Ups Professor Marchal, the French scientist, who is coming to Boston next month to study American bugs, has thoughtfully timed his arrival with the opening of the baseball season.-Boston Transcript. A Kansas college is teaching its girl students how to be good wives. But does it guarantee them positions?-Cleveland Leader. Wisconsin legislators are investigating university fraternities. The next thing in order should be a committee on college yells.— St. Paul Pioneer Press. A Columbia professor proposes that the school teachers of the country organize in an immense union. When they do, Young America will spend his evenings praying for a strike.-New York Evening Sun. If the pai..tings of the Futurists are any indication of what the future is to be like, who would want to live forever?-Charleston News and Courier. Wellesley girls have organized a club the members of which are pledged not to marry a man unless his salary is more than $5000 a year. If they stick to it, it will enable many an unham, ered fellow to climb to the $5000 mark early in life.-Boston Herald. We can not be too thankful that the patient simplified spellers have not yet been driven to militant methods.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. We shall have to be excused if we do not celebrate with enthusiasm the tercentenary of the discovery of logarithms.-Birmingham Age-Herald. "A Philadelphia scientist is on his way to the Hawaiian Islands to spend three months studying the habits, evolution and variations of tree snails." We do not believe that a Philadelphian can complete the job in three months, but it must be admitted that he will obtain some valuable data on speed.-Boston Transcript. Would Mr. Carnegie care to establish a pension fund for ex-presidents of Mexico?Brooklyn Eagle. This Cubist idea of art isn't so new at that. Remember grandmother's bedquilts?-Cleveland Leader. The Simplified Spelling Board, under the compulsion of doing something to prove its right to exist and utilize its endowment, comes forward with a new collection of amputations urging the public not to shrink from them at first sight, but to see if by first pitying and then enduring the sight of these cripped and one-legged words it may at last be induced to embrace them. A part of the pitiful crew standing as well as they can in line for the inspection of the curious and the morbid is here: B Recent Donations and Bequests EQUESTS of some $3,000,000 to Princeton University are contained in the will of Ferris S. Thompson, who died in Paris on February 18. Mr. Thompson, who was an alumnus of Princeton of the class of 1888, gave the university a $50,000 gateway to its athletic field several years ago. He left outright to the university 1,000 shares of the stock of the Chase National Bank, which is valued at about $700,000. He also bequeathed to the university his residuary estate, which will amount to more than $2,000,000. This, however, will not take effect until the death of his wife. In the meantime the university will draw an income of $10,000 a year from the fund he established primarily for his wife's benefit. The report of the Treasurer of New York University shows gifts in the last year amounting to $104,370. This sum includes $45,000 from the Kennedy estate, $25,000 from Mrs. Helen Hartley Jenkins, $5,000 from Andrew Carnegie for the upkeep of the Carnegie Laboratory and $10,000 from an anonymous donor to establish the Hall of Fame Fund. The most recent gift to the university is the bequest of $25,000 from the estate of Mrs. M. C. Tailer to the endowment fund of the University Medical College. By the death in Wallingford, Conn., of Joseph Lyman, Yale University will receive $650,000. He held the life use of that sum which was willed to the college by his brother, Samuel Lyman, who died in 1910. A gift of $20,000 has been received for the endowment fund of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., in memory of Henry A. Morgan. The alumnæ are planning to raise $500,000 for the endowment fund, and the various Wells clubs in different sections are co-operating. Harvard College will eventually receive $50,000, to be added to the Ellen Osborn Proctor fund for the study of chronic diseases, by the will of Abel H. Proctor, who died in Salem on March 6. The Essex Institute and the Peabody Academy, both of Salem, will receive $5,000 each. The citizens of Belton, Texas, have subscribed the sum of $20,000 toward a fund of $50,000 which that place proposes to raise as a contribution to Baylor College. The desire is to raise $30,000 now and the remaining amount within three years. This is part of a fund of $300,000 that is to be raised among the Baptists of Texas for the support and enlargement of the college. Andrew W. Mellon, of Pittsburgh, has given the University of Pittsburgh $500,000 to endow a school of industrial research. In addition $150,000 is given by Richard B. Mellon for a building to house this department. Bethany College of Lindsborg, Kan., is made a beneficiary under the will of James Lawson of Roxbury, Kan., who died recently in the Old People's Home at Lindsborg. The college receives $1,000, while the home will get $6,000. J. S. Zook and wife of Van Wert, Ohio, have given the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, land valued at $30,000. The land will be sold and the money devoted to the endowment of a chair in the scientific department. The Delaware Legislature has passed the affiliated college bill for Newark, with an amendment empowering the trustees of Delaware College to borrow $120,000 on certificates of indebtedness, instead of issuing State bonds. To repay this amount with interest, $30,000 is appropriated annually for five years. This action means the establishment of a college for women at Newark for which the women of the State have been clamoring for some years. It is announced that work will soon start on the new dormitory at the Oklahoma State College for Women at Chickasha, for which an appropriation of $50,000 was made last month. The building will be ready for occupancy by September, it is expected. Contracts for the administrative building of the new Richmond College, Richmond, Va., have been awarded. The cost of the building will be $125,000. Ground was broken last month for the three new Harvard freshman dormito ries. Excavating and pile driving will take six weeks, so no materials will be put in place until some time in May. The buildings are to be finished in the summer of 1914, and the class of 1918, entering in September, 1914, will be the first to be quartered in the new dormitories. A contract was let last month for the erection of a new $15,000 building at the Lutheran College, Seward, Neb. The new building will be used for a music hall, and will be three stories in height. The Catholic University of America, at Washington, are planing for improvements to the institution that will cost upward of $1,000,000. Three new buildings are to be constructed, two laboratories and a main dining hall which will seat 1,000 persons. Plans for a bungalow to be built by the Young Women's Christian Association of the University of Oregon on a plot adjoining the campus are practically completed. The association announces that it has raised the necessary funds, and the contract will be let immediately and the building completed this spring. Owing to an Oregon law providing that no building shall be erected by any religious organization on state property, the |