"Mid-Ocean," by Charles Herbert Woodbury, '86. From a copyrighted photograph by C. A. Lawrence, Boston.

settle, graphically, the much-vexed "culture" question. And it would be quite safe to predict as the result of such measurements a proof that real culture comes not from the subjects taught, but from the way the teachers teach and the learners learn.

EXAMPLES OF NOTABLE WORKS BY INSTITUTE MEN

MID-OCEAN," BY CHARLES HERBERT WOODBURY

Although emphasis is placed at the Institute upon the useful rather than upon the fine arts, a number of Technology men have distinguished themselves as painters and sculptors. Prominent among these is Charles Herbert Woodbury, of the class of '86, one of whose paintings is reproduced herewith.

Born in Lynn, Mass., July 14, 1864, Woodbury began to paint at the age of fourteen, exhibiting for the first time at the age of seventeen. Nevertheless, having come of a race of engineers, he decided to become an engineer himself, and entered the Institute of Technology in 1882, graduating therefrom with an excellent record in 1886.

While carrying on the work of the college, Woodbury found time to study and work at the art for which he had already shown so much talent, exhibiting from time to time, and having one of his pictures chosen for purchase by the Boston Art Club in his Junior year. After graduation he took a studio in Boston, in the following year held a successful exhibition, was married in 1890 to Miss Marcia Oakes, herself an artist, and spent the greater part of the following six years studying in Europe. He is now established at the Harcourt Studios.

He is a member of the Society of American Artists, is president of the Boston Water Color Club, and was a member of the National Jury for the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Among Mr. Woodbury's early pictures, painted while he was

still a student, is the "Lynn Marshes," which, by his courtesy and generosity, hangs in the Common Room of the Technology Club. Among the more notable of his later paintings are the "Ground Swell," bought by Mr. Andrew Carnegie; "The Green Mill," (medal, Paris, 1900); "Heavy Sea," owned by Mrs. Charles J. Paine; "On a Lee Shore," "A Rock and the Sea," "Maine Coast," etc., most of his pictures being marines, although he started as a landscape painter.

The "Mid-Ocean," produced herewith, was painted in Holland in 1894 from studies made on the Atlantic. It was exhibited first in the Salon at Paris, and afterward in all the principal exhibitions in this country. It received a prize of $400 at the Nashville Exposition, and was purchased by the Berkshire Athenæum for $2,500.

GENERAL INSTITUTE NEWS

CORPORATION NOTES

The two hundred and eighty-fourth meeting of the Corporation was held at the Institute October 10, 1900, President Pritchett assuming the chair for the first time. Memorials were presented of Mr. Augustus Lowell, by Colonel Livermore, and of Mr. John E. Hudson, by Mr. Blake, as follows:

Whereas, John Elbridge Hudson, Esquire, a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died October 1, 1900, be it

Resolved, That the Corporation hereby record their grateful appreciation of the active interest in the welfare of the Institute displayed by Mr. Hudson during his brief service as a member of this Board, and of the benefits by him conferred upon the Institute during the many years of his service as president of the American Bell Telephone Company, when he was ever ready to act most liberally in accordance with his belief that a Corporation engaged in the application of the results of scientific research to commercial use is under a perpetual obligation to promote the growth of technical schools.

Resolved, That the Secretary be, and he is hereby, requested to enter these resolutions upon the records of the Corporation, and to send a copy thereof to the widow of Mr. Hudson.

Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell was elected to succeed his father as member of the Executive Committee for five years; and Dr. Williams was re-elected Secretary. The usual committees were appointed, President Pritchett succeeding ex-President Crafts as trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Mr. Lothrop and Dr. Williams replacing Mr. Augustus Lowell and Mr. Stockton on the Committee on Nominations. Appointments of the Executive Committee were confirmed, as elsewhere reported; and the degree of Bachelor of Science was conferred on Miss Clara Isabel Durgin, Mr. Philip Roland French, Miss Alice Virginia Wilson of the class of 1900, all in the department of Chemistry.

A special meeting to authorize the sale of land was held at the Institute November 6.

The two hundred and eighty-sixth meeting of the Corporation was held at the Institute on December 12, the principa business being, as usual at the December meeting, the presentation of the reports of the President and Treasurer. Appointments by the Executive Committee were confirmed; and the degree of Bachelor of Science was awarded to Joseph Simonds Croswell in Mechanical Engineering, John Heber Larrabee in Civil Engineering, and Burt Ransom Rickards in Chemistry.

The following memorial of the late Mr. Thomas Gaffield was presented :

Our colleague, Mr. Thomas Gaffield, died Thursday, December 6, 1900, at his home on Allen Street, at an advanced age. Mr. Gaffield became a member of the Corporation in March, 1896, having been for many years before an actively interested member of the Society of Arts. Since his election to the Corporation he has served continuously as a member of the visiting committee on the departments of Chemistry and Biology, and the former department has received many evidences of his warm interest.

Mr. Gaffield presented to the department his specimens of glass representing the results of his study of the prolonged action of light upon glasses of varying composition. With these was a specimen showing oddities of various sorts in glass manufacture, as well as samples of materials and specimen tools used in a glass-house. He also presented to the Chemical Library a considerable number of books bearing upon chemical industries.

For two years or more Mr. Gaffield lectured to students of the third year of the Chemical Course on glass manufacture. His lectures were especially valua

ble for his good advice to the young men. His disposition toward the department, as evidenced at the time of his gifts, particularly in his attitude toward those from the department who came into contact with him, was most kindly and in complete accord with the traits for which he was so widely respected. It was plainly to be seen that, in parting with his glass specimens, the minerals given to the Department of Geology, and his books, he was complying with the dictates of his generous nature, at a sacrifice of his own feelings on the other side; for it was evident that, in giving them into the custody of others, he was breaking ties of association which meant much to him. There was a pathos in the earnestness with which he asked for assurance that he should have ready access to them himself for the sake of these old associations. He visited the department somewhat infrequently in late years on account of feebleness.

Resolved, That this memorial be made a part of our records, and that a copy be sent to his family.

President Pritchett's report, copies of which will be sent in due time to subscribers of the REVIEW, refers to the death of three members of the Corporation,- Mr. Lowell, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Gaffield; to the changes and developments in the work of the school in various directions, with the usual statistics of instructors, students, scholarships, etc. Extended reports from the professional departments are also included. The greatest prominence is, however, given to the imperative need of establishing at the Institute a department of physical culture in connection with the Walker Memorial, for which subscriptions have been made by the alumni of the Institute. The interest of this subject to readers of the REVIEW is such that, with the President's permission, this portion of his report is here given in full:

"The completion of the Pierce Building practically exhausted the land at present available for building purposes, that on Garrison Street being too remote. On the other hand, the removal of the tracks of the Boston & Providence Railroad offered an unequalled opportunity for securing additional land contiguous to our own. After prolonged negotiations the Executive Committee, with the approval of the Corporation, secured a tract of fifty-one thousand square feet, completing the rectangle bounded by Clarendon and Stanhope Streets, Trinity Place, and the passageway along the present Engineering Building A.' This purchase has immediate