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...nature of the atmosphere of the sun. The experiment was performed by Professor Trowbridge and consisted in a careful study of the effect of powerful discharges of electricity on the spectra of various gases. Although great care was taken in drying and pur fying these gases, it was found that hydrogen, nitrogen and rarefied air gave substantially the same spectrum under the same conditions and as a result of the powerful electrical discharges the aqueous vapor was released from the walls of the spectrum tubes. From this investigation it was concluded that oxygen does exist in the atmosphere...
...Junior year, but specialize moderately; what percentage do considerable amounts of rationally connected work without specializing in any strict sense of the work. The Dean adds a table to show what percentage of the students who graduated with distinction each category contains, and this table will be found to be one of the most interesting of the series. It proves conclusively that many of the strongest students of the College abandon the Classics and mathematics for studies which seem to them more likely to be serviceable in the actual activities of modern society. These tables, as the Dean points...
...American colleges seem to be gradually learning how to conduct amateur sports in a reputable manner. Harvard University has had its full share of difficulties during the past thirty years; but it has at last found its way to a satisfactory constitution for a committee to regulate athletic sports. This committee has been imitated in other institutions; and its work has gradually found acceptance among both the undergraduates and the graduates of Harvard University, and among the students and graduates of other institutions. Thus the rules governing eligibility which were worked out by the Harvard committee have proved acceptable...
...refreshing variety of humorous stories, somewhat marred in effect by a few carelessly drawn pictures, are to be found in the latest Lampoon. The drawings, with exception of the picture on the centre page, besides being carelessly executed, have a monotony of style which may be attributable to the fact that all the work in this department has been done by a small number of men. The literary department the paper, in contrast to most of its previous issues, is decidedly better than the pictorial. "The Woman Hater," told in natural slang, is a new and enjoyable illustration...
Appleton Chapel, 7.30 p. m. Professor George H. Palmer, of Cambridge. Rev George Hodges, D. D., will conduct morning prayers from January 28 to February 1. He may be found at Wadsworth House 1 daily from 9 till...