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TQ MEET IN NEW HAVEN,
Ten Scientifie Societies Hold Meet-
ings Here During Holidays.
The meeting of ten societies for dis-
cussion and research in various branches
of science, will be held under the aus-
pices of Yale University in New Haven,
December 27 and 28. The American
Society of Naturalists wil hold its
eighteenth annual meeting in connec-
tion with: the American Morphological
Society; the Association of American
Anatomists; the American Physiologi-
cal Society; the American Psychologi-
cal Association; the American Folk-
lore Society; the Society for Plant
Morphology and Physiology; Section
H, Anthropology, of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Scierice:
Independently of the foregoing, the
American Chemical Society and the
Archaeological Institute of America will
also meet.
_ The local committee in charge of the
arrangements consists of the following
members of the University Faculty:
Professors R. H. Chittenden, Chairman;
L. B... Mendel, Secretary: W.. H.
Brewer, C. M: Duncan; H. B. Ferris,
HW striate irs Fo Smith. Ss. I.
cith. By Th “Sheath Ay Hs Werrill.
Instructors: W. R. Coe, A. W. Evans,
and H. C. Jackson.
The program of the Society of
Naturalists includes, besides the recep-
tion to members and guests, a business
meeting, the sessions for discussions and
the annual dinner. The exercises will
include a lecture by Prof. Addison E.
Verrill on “The Geology and Natural
History of the Bermudas,” on Wednes-
day, Dec. 27; the discussion of the
subject, “The Position that Universities
should take in regard to Investigation,”
on Thursday afternoon; and the address
of the President, Professor W. G. Far-
low of Harvard University, on Thurs-
day evening. The speakers who will
take part in the discussion will be:
Professor Thomas Dwight, Harvard
Medical School; Prof. R. H. Chitten-
den, Director of the Sheffield Scientific
School; Prof. William B. Scott, Prince-
ton; and Prof. Joseph Jastrow, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. Other speakers will
be announced later.
The schedules of the societies affili-
ated with the Naturalists are of a similar
character, all terminating with the din-
ner at the New Haven House on Thurs-
day evening, though possibly some may
continue their meetings through Friday,
the 29th. The various buildings of the
University will be used for these meet-
ings, including Alumni Hall, Osborn
Hall, Sheffield Hall, North Sheffield,
the Medical School, the Peabody Mu-
seum and the Botanical, Psychological,
and Biological laboratories; and the
New Haven House.
‘The American Chemical Society will
hold its twentieth annual meeting, which
will be opened by an address of wel-
come by Prof. Samuel W. Johnson,
Professor of Agricultural Chemistry,
Emeritus, at Yale, and former presi-
dent of the society. President Edward
W. Morley will respond. The address
of the retiring president will be de-
livered in Osborn Hall, and a “smoker”
will be held afterwards in the Tontine
Hotel, where Prof. William H. Brewer,
Professor of Agriculture at Yale, will
give some reminiscences of old chem-
ists. On Thursday the morning session
will be given up to reports of officers
and committees and the announcement
of the newly-elected officers. In the
afternoon the executive council will ©
meet and the convention will close with
a banquet at the Tontine Hotel in the
evening. Through the courtesy of Pro-
fessor W. O. Atwater, of Wesleyan Uni-
versity, the laboratories and buildings of
that institution will be thrown open to
members later in the week, and the
calorimeter used for measuring the heat
energy developed. by the human body
exhibited. :
The session of the Archaeological
Institute of America will extend over
until Friday the 29th. It will be de-
voted to the reading and discussion of
archaeological papers, and will be held
in the South Gallery of the Art School
The opening address will be delivered
on Wednesday evening, December 27,
by Prof. Charles Eliot Norton of Har-
vard, honarary president of the Institu-
tion, in the absence of the president,
John Williams White of Harvard.
Papers on museums and excavations
will be read on Thursday, and on Fri-
day those treating of tne drama. The
list will include ‘“‘Recent Excavations in
the Roman Forum,” by Prof. Tracy
Peck, Professor of the Latin Language
at Yale, and of “Notes on Homeric
War,” by Prof. T. D. Sevmour of Yale.
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The College Pulpit.
Dec. 17.—Rev. Dr. Geo. A. Gordon,
of Boston, Mass.
For the first six Sundavs of the Win-
ter term the college preachers have been
announced as follows:
January 14—Rev. Dr. C. E. Jefferson,
of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York.
January 21—Rev. Dr. Henry van
Dyke, of the Brick Church, New York.
January 28—Rev. Dr. Amory H. Brad-
ford, of Montclair, N. J.
February 4—Rev. Dr. Henry A. Stim-
son, Yale 1865, of New York City.
February 11—Mr. Robert E. Speer, of
New York City.
February 18—Rev. Dr. Charles Cuth-
bert Hall,- President Union Theological
Seminary.
TUTOR WANTED
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care Alumni Weekly.
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A fire broke out about 3 o'clock last
Saturday morning in the sweep’s room
in North College, but, by the prompt
action of the students and the fire de-
partment, was subdued before any dam-
age worth speaking of was done. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Professional Schools.
YALE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
88th Annual Session, Oct. 4, 1900.
The course leading to the degree of Doctor of
Medicine in Yale University is graded, covers four
years, and consists of systematic, personal instruc-
tion in laboratory, class-room and clinic.
For announcements, send to the Dean.
HERBERT E. SmituH, New Haven, Conn.
Boston University Law School
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SAMUEL C. BENNETT, Dean.
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