Show fi i vt J f. f i r r t. t Harval d University has received d di i from Miss Maria l Whitney a gift of to be known as the Josiah Dwight Whitney Fund the income income income in- in come of which is to be applied as asa asa a scholarship of each to aid meritorious students in the study of field geology or geography in inthe inthe the summer months preferably in inthe inthe the he mountain region of the western western western west west- ern United States Any excess of the annual income may be applied 4 at the discretion of the department of geology and geography in aiding aiding aiding aid aid- ing meritorious students in making other expeditions Ohio State has an essay prize es established es es- by William Jennings Bryan The subject which Mr l Bryan has chosen to be written i about bout in this years year's contest is The Thes s Principles Underlying American Government j 3 A new technical institute was opened at Danzig by the German Emperor on October 6 It has has' been r been built by the state at a cost of over on land presented I 4 1 J Jc c h by the city of Danzig It will have sixteen faculties architecture building engineer chemistry general general general gen gen- eral science and shipbuilding A recent order at at Ann Annapolis polis forbids forbids forbids for for- bids all underclassmen to to use use tobacco to to to- to bacco Only first-class first m men men n may now use use the weed and these only under tinder the greatest restrictions There is much confusion in this country with regard to to the use of the words words' college and university university sity In England a university is isan isan isan an an aggregation of colleges while in Germany a university is an institution institution t- t tion for advanced or graduate work In the United States however how bow however ever there is not a single university university university sity that does not have its college but there are many colleges that are not connected with universities Cornell law men have decided that it is unseemly for any college student to vear wear a moustache and andare andare andare are working persistently to make their brethren shave off their early down fown At a recent meeting warning warning warning warn warn- ing was given that any man with j 1 t 1 unshaved upper lip caught after election day would be summarily dealt with and now that election n is past the discipline is to begin Corn Cornell Cornell Cor Cor- n nell students have expressed some some surprise that this movement should have arisen in the only department where there are no women The professor of politics in Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana University took his class of students to the Indiana Republican convention This gave them a splendid chance to study politics politicians and political methods at close range Dr J John aIm Grieve left to the medical faculty of the University of Glasgow which will be used to endow a lectureship in physiological physiological cal chemistry Dr Isaac Roberts the eminent astronomer has bequeathed his w residuary estate probably over to tOo the University of Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Liv Liv- and the University Colleges of North and South Wales for the purpose of founding scholarships with reference to astronomy biology biology biology ogy zoology botany chemistry electricity geology and physics The alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are collecting a fund for current current expenses expenses expenses ex ex- which now amounts to tos s to be used in the CO course of of r the next five years |