Word: objections
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Department of Geology and Geography, Dr. Daly will give a new half course, Geology 112, on the subject of Oceanography. The object of the lectures will be to give a comprehensive view of what is known regarding the larger problems of the ocean. Geology 172 will again be offered, and will cover a somewhat broader field. The lectures on experimental and dynamic geology will be illustrated by experiments. Other courses which were omitted this year but will be offered during 1900-01, are Geology 271 and 11. Geology 72 and 21 are bracketed. In Half-course A1, Dr. Daly will...
...series of courses in natural history will be given by Harvard men during July at Bayville, Lineken Bay, Maine. The object of the work will be to teach the elements of natural history by observation in the field and laboratory under trained observers, and to furnish opportunity for more extended work...
Tomorrow morning at 10.30 o'clock, there will be a conference of socialist students from New England colleges at 45 Elliot street, Boston. The object of the meeting is to consider plans for the formation of an intercollegiate socialistic league and to take steps towards securing representation in the international organization which will be formed this summer in Paris. Students who wish to join the league should send their names at once to the Secretary of the American Commission, Thayer...
...monographs, by C. R. Fish, is on "The Origin of the Spoils System." It deals with the beginning and development of this system under President Jackson and his successors, and describes at length the efforts made by the Senate, in 1864, to check the power of the president. The object of the book is to give a clear idea of the position in which civil service stands today, as shown by its past history. Mr. Fish has compiled a set of tables, showing in detail the removals from office under various presidents of the United States. The last pamphlet...
...Observatory has nearly completed its arrangements for observing the total eclipse of the sun on May 28. The object of this observation is to discover whether a body exists between Mercury and the sun. For the observation a photographic instrument has been constructed which will take pictures of stars of the eighth magnitude at the time of eclipse. Three weeks ago this instrument was sent to Washington, Georgia, the site selected for observing the eclipse, and it is now being mounted there. On Monday Professor Pickering will start South to complete the preparations. He will be accompanied...