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...succeed Dean Smith, who has recently resigned. It was also voted to concur in electing Byron Satterlee Hurlbut, A.M., Dean of Harvard College to succeed Dean Briggs. They will assume their duties at the end of the present College year. It was also voted to concur in electing Alexander Agassiz LL.D., Director of the University Museum; in electing A. E. Kenelly, professor of electrical engineering to serve from September 1, 1902; in appointing J. B. Fletcher, A. M., assistant professor of comparative literature; C. H. C. Wright A. M., assistant professor of French; J. D. M. Ford, Ph.D., assistant professor...
...Agassiz has held the position of director of the museum of comparative zoology, from which he resigned in 1898 and was made director emeritus. He will now become active director of the University Museum...
...spring meeting of National Academy of Sciences, held in the United States National Museum in Washington, April 15 to 18, the following were among the speakers: Professor T. W. Richards on "The Atomic Weight of Caesium," and "The Significance of Changing Atomic Volume;" Professor Alexander Agassiz on "Coral Reefs;" Professor C. S. Minot on Dr. H. P. Bowditch's "The Physiological Station on Monte Rosa;" Professor E. C. Pickering on "The Distribution of the Stars and the Variability in Light of Eros...
Professor Alexander Agassiz, who has been absent from the University during the past year, arrived last Thursday in New York from Southampton, England. Professor Agassiz, with Dr. W. McM. Woodworth, his son, and H. B. Bigelow as assistants, started last October on an expedition to study the coral structure of the Maldive Islands, off the south coast of Ceylon. When the party reached England, Mr. Chamberlain gave Professor Agassiz letters to the Governor of Ceylon, and the governor, Sir West Ridgeway, gave him letters to the Sultan of the Maldives. In this way every facility possible for their investigations...
...steamer Amera, chartered from the British India Steam Navigation Company, carried the party for 1600 miles through the maze of coral islands of all sizes which compose the Maldive group. Professor Agassiz and his assistants spent over a month in studying the islands and in gathering their collections. Many new formations were discovered and some rare collections were made. The party took many deep sea soundings, studied the formation of atolls, and took a large number of valuable photographs. Professor Agassiz has shipped a valuable collection of coral formations to the University Museum. These specimens are expected to arrive soon...