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...American Unitarian Association will eventually receive large sums from her estate, which is estimated to be worth several hundred thousand dollars. In the original will there are no public bequests, but after leaving $40,000 to each of her children she provides that, if her issue becomes extinct within 20 years, Harvard College shall receive $100,000 for the establishment of a professorship in philosophy, to be known as the Philip H. Sears professorship. The will further provides that the residue of the estate shall be divided in halves, one of which shall be divided between Radcliffe College, the Museum...
...shore. The ride on the top of an in-rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano in the world, with a crater many miles in diameter, is one of the many wonders of the island. Back from the coast are miles and miles of green sugar plantations...
...revival of undergraduate debating by the reanimation of one of the recently extinct clubs is a project which should find many supporters. It should especially commend itself to those who are taking courses in argumentation and in public speaking, for such a club will provide the opportunities for informal debating which a College course cannot afford...
...LECTURE. "Volcanoes, Active and Extinct." (Illuctrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor D. W. Johnson. Geological Lecture Room, Univ...
...fifth and last of the series of illustrated scientific lectures in the University Museum, open to the public, will be given tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, by Professor Douglas Wilson Johnson, on the subject of "Volcanoes, Active and Extinct." This replaces the lecture previously announced on "Quartz" on account of the temporary disability of Professor Palache. Professor Johnson will describe certain volcanoes which are now active, other which have been active in recent geological time, but which now appear to be extinct, and still others which have been extinct so long that they have been more or less completely...