Suess's Theory of Horsts. Professor DAVIS. Cambrian Slates at Braintree. Mr. W. S. TOWER. Geology of the Deserts of Southern Nevada. Professor Jaggar. A Biographic Sketch of the Late Professor C. E. Beecher. Professor Glacial Spillways and Abandoned Water-falls of the Northern Adirondacks. Professor J. B. WOODWORTH. The Principal of Regional Geography. Professor DAVIS. The Copper Deposits of Vermont. Professor H. L. SMYTH and Mr. P. S. SMITH. The Blue Hill Nephoscope. Professor WARD. A Reconnaissance for the Platinum Metals among the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. Mr. H. W. Du Bois. Summer Excursion in Colorado with Students in the Mining Course. Mr. P. S. SMITH. Geological Observations in the Petroleum Field of New Brunswick. Mr. H. C. BOYNTON. Tilted Water Planes in the Sudbury Valley. Mr. J. W. GOLDTHWAIT. Geology of Peabody, Mass. Mr. W. R. WADE. Some new German Weather Maps for School Use. Professor WARD. At the meetings of the various Societies and Clubs the following are some of the subjects that were presented: At the Harvard Philosophical Club: The Influence of Idealistic Philosophy on Religious Teaching. Professor E. C. MOORE. At the Harvard Social Service Committee: - The Industrial Conditions of Public Happiness. President CHARLES W. ELIOT. At La Sociedad Española: Conferencia sobre Armando Palacio Valdés. Señor FREDERICO W. MORRISON. Readings from Campoamor. Mr. ANDREW P. RAGGIO. At the Zoological Club: The Organ and Sense of Taste in Fishes. Professor C. J. HERRICK. The Bermuda Biological Station for Research in the Summer of 1903. Professor E. L. MARK. The Baleen Whales of Newfoundland. Mr. G. M. ALLEN. A Study of Heredity in Guinea-pigs. Professor W. E. CASTLE. The Senses and Habits of Tortoises. Dr. R. M. YERKES. Reactions to Changes in Temperature in Spirillum, Hydra, and Fresh Water Planaria. Mr. S. O. MAST. The Regeneration of Nerve. Mr. P. E. Sargent. The Zoological Meeting at Philadelphia. Professor G. H. PARKER. A New Principle in Heredity. Dr. A. PETRUNKÉVITCH. The Behavior of Epidermis in Regeneration with Special Reference to the Earthworm. Dr. H. W. RAND. Methods in Preparing Material and in Museum Technique. Professor R. T. JACKSON. The Rod Visual Cells of Vertebrates. Mr. A. D. HOWARD. Sea Bottom Deposits of the Bermuda and Challenger Banks. Mr. H. B. BIGELOW. The Vertebrate Fauna of Bermuda. Mr. T. BARBOUR. The Origin of the Hypophysis in Amia calva. Mr. S. O. MAST. Inhibition and Reinforcement of Reaction in the Frog. Dr. R. M. YERKES. Southern Mexico and its Natural History. Dr. HANS GADOW, F. R. S., of Cambridge University, England. The Reactions of Stentor Coeruleus to Light. Mr. S. O. MAST. On the Eyes of Certain Gastropods. Mr. G. SMITH. The Development of the Oculomotor Nerve and the Ciliary Ganglion. Mr. F. W. CARPENTER. At the Graduate Club: A Day's Work. President CHARLES W. ELIOT. Robert Louis Stevenson. Professor HENRY VAN DYKE. At the Harvard Engineering Society: The Baltimore Fire. Mr. FRANK B. GILBRETH. At the Harvard Anthropological Society : Recent Archaeological Work in the Southwestern United States. Professor STEWART CULIN. What Civilization owes to the American Indian. Professor A. F. CHAMBERLAIN. At the Harvard Political Club: The Administration of the Navy. Hon. W. H. MOODY, Secretary of the Navy. Opportunities for College Men in the Government Scientific Depart- At the Harvard Travellers Club : Mountaineering. Professor C. E. FAY. Game Preserves. Mr. ALDEN SAMPSON. Determination of Latitude and Longitude. Professor R. W. WILLSON. Care of Health in Travel. Dr. ALLAN CLEGHORN. Camping. Dr. A. HAMILTON RICE. Savage Tribes. Dr. R. B. DIXON. A Summer in Turkestan. Professor W. M. DAVIS. Travels in the Borderland of China and Thibet. Mr. W. W. ROCKHILL. At the Harvard Natural History Society: Geology of Gay Head, N. J. Mr. L. W. CLARK, Jr. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania Birds. Mr. W. H. Cook. Salmon Fishing. Woods Hole Biological Station: 1. Summer School of the Marine Biological Laboratory. Messrs. W. M. BARROWS and R. G. HALL. 2. Laboratory of the Bureau of Fisheries (U. S. Fish Commission). Dr. H. W. RAND and Messrs. A. P. LARRABEE and I. A. FIELD. Bermuda Biological Station for Research in 1903: Its General Features, Mr. F. W. CARPENTER; Its Mollusks, Mr. O. BRYANT; Its Summer Birds, Mr. H. BOWDITCH; Its Reptiles and Fishes, Mr. T. Barbour; Zoological Collecting, Mr. L. J. COLE. Heredity in Guinea-pigs. Professor W. E. CASTLE. Some Observations on Ants. Mr. I. A. FIELD. Amateur Bird Photography. Mr. A. C. COMEY. Some Notes on Illinois Birds. Mr. A. D. Howard. Some Relations of Civilization and Our Native Flora. Mr. M. L. FERNALD. Poisonous Spiders. Dr. A. PETRUNKÉVITCH. Birds of Kansas. Mr. M. C. CLAPP. Notes on Birds of the Southern Catskills. Mr. F. W. CARPENTER. Modern Methods and Views of Field Natural History. Mr. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. Science and Story in Natural History. Dr. R. M. YERKES. The Call-notes of Spiders. Mr. F. H. LAHEE. Notes on the American Woodcock. Mr. R. N. BALDdwin. The Manufacture of Lenses. Mr. M. D. MILLER. Lecture on Egypt. Mr. W. C. LANE. At the Japan Club of Harvard: — The War in the Far East. Baron KENTARO KANEKO. At the Harvard Christian Association : A series of lectures treating the Bible from various points of view and with particular reference to its practical side. Dr. LYMAN ABBOTT and Dr. FRANCIS G. PEABODY. The Relation of Creed to Modern Religious Thought. Professor E. C. Moore. The Apostle Paul. Professor JAMES HARDY ROPES. The Bible in Every-day Life. Dr. FLOYD W. TOMKINS. Professor G. SANTAYANA. COLLECTIONS, LABORATORIES, PUBLICATIONS, CLUBS. LIBRARIES. Besides the general Library in Gore Hall, which is for the use of the whole University, the following special libraries are open to advanced students engaged in work of research in the several departments of study :SEMITIC STUDIES: Semitic Museum; 1300 books. Professor Toy. SANSKRIT: Warren House; 942 books. Professor Lanman. CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY: 3 Harvard Hall; 3908 books. Dr. E. K. Rand. CHILD MEMORIAL LIBRARY (English): Warren House; 4571 books. Asst. Professor Gardiner. Asst. Professor Bierwirth. LOWELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Romance Literature): Warren House; AMERICAN HISTORY: Harvard Hall; 889 books. Professor Peabody. ECONOMICS: Harvard Hall; 1274 books. Asst. Professor Bullock. EDUCATION (Works on Pedagogy, and Text-books): Lawrence Hall; 4937 books. Mr. A. O. Norton. ARCHITECTURE: Nelson Robinson Jr. Hall; 985 books. Professor H. L. Warren. MUSIC: Holden Chapel; 416 books. Professor Paine. MATHEMATICS: 22 Sever Hall; 618 books. Asst. Professor Bouton. ASTRONOMY: The Phillips Library of the Astronomical Observatory; 11,141 books. Professor E. C. Pickering. ENGINEERING: Pierce Hall; 6776 books. Professor Hollis. PHYSICS: Jefferson Physical Laboratory; 400 books. Professor Trowbridge. |