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SEVERAL correspondents have sent us copies of a letter and circular which they have recently received inviting them to become follows of a body having the title “The International Faculty of Sciences”, with an office at 36 Gordon Square, London, W.C.I. The preliminary prospectus, issued more than a year ago, did not include the word “International” and was the subject of some severe comments in Truth of September 16, 1931. The new circular, which appears to have boon widely distributed, invites application to be made for admission “as a Fellow of the Faculty of Sciences” and states that “The application of every candidate for fellowship must be accompanied by a remittance of one guinea.” After election, “every Fellow is entitled to use after his name tho initials ‘F.F.Sc.’”. There is, of course, no relation whatever between this International Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Science of the University of London, though the similar title adopted by the new body must lead to misunderstanding in the minds of many people. The president and vice-presidents of this body are stated upon the circular to be as follows:—“President: Prof. H. W. Blood Ryan, M.A., D.Sc., LL.1X, Ph.D. Vice-Presidents: Prof. Ingo W. D. Hackh; Prof. R. F. Hunter, D.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C., A.R.C.Sc.; Prof. Nicholas Knight, A.M., Ph.D.; Prof. Cyril Krauz; Prof. Marius Rebek, Ph.D.” As the body is “International” in its title, it is perhaps not surprising that only ono of these names appears in the “Universities Year-Book” which includes members of staffs of all the \iniversities of the British Empire, namely, that of Prof. Hunter, who occupies the chair of chemistry in the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The president himself does not appear in the “Year-Book”, but wo believe he has associations with Cornell College, which is at Mount Vernon, Iowa, affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and not in any way to be confused with the great Cornell University at Ithaca, New York.
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A Self-Styled Faculty of Sciences. Nature 130, 603 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130603b0
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