Word: maining
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Under the charge of Dr. W. C. Farabee, of the Division of Anthropology, a scientific expedition was made to Iceland during the past summer to discover, if possible, any traces of early man on the island. The main division of the party sailed from Leith, Scotland, on July 13 and arrived at Reyjavik, the capital of Iceland, four days later. From here the start across the country was begun on the following day. Thingvellir, where the Icelandic Althing, or Parliament, assembled in the lawless days of the island's early colonization, was first visited, and from here the party proceeded...
...addition to the main party, conducted in person by Dr. Farabee, several independent trips were, made by other members of the expedition. V. Stefansson, assistant in anthropology, and J. W. Hastings 2G, made for the Peabody Museum a valuable collection of Skeletons from an early Icelandic cemetery. Hastings also made several anthropometric measurements of the natives. A. E. Hutchinson '06, E. M. Howland '06 and C. S. Waldo, Jr., '06, with B. Pallson '08, visited Thingvellir, Geysir and Hekla in a separate party, and H. G. Ferguson '05, in company with the director of the Geological Survey of Iceland, made...
...interior of the building will be finished mainly in oak. On the first floor, the east wing will be occupied by a large lecture room, with a seating capacity of 360, and the west wing by two smaller lecture rooms. In the rear, opposite the main entrance, there will be a large philosophical library, and on either side of the vestibule, seminar and department rooms. The second floor will contain the museum, library, study and lecture room of the division of ethics of the social questions, the psychological library, and two class rooms. On the third floor there will...
During the summer a gravity water elevator has been in process of construction in the main building of the Infirmary. This improvement will be completed by the end of this week...
...entrances and exits will be by the main door and by the gate on Harvard street. No graduates or undergraduates who are not members of the Union will be admitted today or on Commencement...