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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11087, 1 October 1907, Page 2

Columbia University, to .which Professor R. C. Maclaurin, of Victoria College, Wellington, has just been appointed, is noted for its size and" status. It has 5000 students and nearly 400 professors and lecturers. The mathematical department, to which Professor Maclaurm is going^ i? staffed with 13 professors and 8 as-' sistants, and 23 lecturers and instructors The appointment of Professor Maclaurin to Columbia was not of his own seeking He was approached directly by the University authorities, and the offer made was of such a favorable character that, much as he had wished, and, indeed, as he had intended, he could not refuse it. The secretary of the Royal Society (London) was asked by the American authorities to recommend a man of eminence in the scientific world for the appointment, and Professor Maclaurin's name was at once selected.. Professor Maclaurin will take the chair which has been specially created to encourage postgraduate research in mathematical physics, and that work Professor Maclaurin will do exclusively, having nothing to do with the ordinary teaching oF under-graduates. •']