THE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN.

The long delayed quarterly bulleting, dated January, 1844, has at last appeared. The official records of the corporation here published contain many interesting items. The Harris fund of $30,000, the Morgan fund of $20,000, and the Wright fund of $100,000, have been established. Appointments and resignations during the last term are duly chronicled.

The following entry occurs under date of November 12, 1883: A letter was read from Professor Josiah P. Cooke stating that he had collected subscriptions to the amount of $7,500 towards the purchase of the largest private collection of meteorites in the world, being the collection of Professor J. Lawrence Smith, who had died since the purchase was made. The money value of these meteorites was considered to be $10,000, and Professor Smith is to be counted as a contributor of $2,000. The balance of $500 needed to complete the purchase is to be paid from Professor Cook's appropriation for the current year. The Lee prize fund we learn, has been appropriated to pay the salary of "an instructor in reading." The treasurer has been authorized to cause the boathouse to be put in safe condition at the expense of the university account.

The attitude of the corporation on the subject of the medical education of women at Harvard may be learned from the following reply sent to a request for the use of the old Medical School building for such purpose:

"A part of the North Grove-street building has been assigned to the Dental School; for the rest the medical faculty may shortly have use, so that the corporation do not think it expedient, at present, to make any permanent disposition of the unoccupied portion.

"2. The University does not grant degrees in any department except to persons whom it has itself instructed.

"It is not likely, therefore, to grant medical degrees to women until it teaches medicine to women. At present the corporation do not possess, and are not offered, the means of training women in medicine."

In the list of accessions to the library many valuable and rare books are entered, particularly on p. 185, a list of scarce editions of the Bible. The bibliography of the several collections of maps in the library is continued in this number. The necrology of graduates of the college contains nine names, including that of Dr. Calvin Ellis.