Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...October 4, 2400 men joined the Society as compared to 2186 last year for the same period. An increase is also shown in sales. From July 1 to October 4, inclusive, the sales amounted to $66,817.12 as compared to $56,601.77 for the year before, which shows a gain of $10,215.35 for this year...
...George A. Reisner '89 delivered an interesting lecture in the Fogg Lecture Room last evening on the work of the Hearst Egyptian expedition. Dr. Reisner presented a series of slides, illustrating the work of excavation of graves and tombs from the pre-historic period to and including the fifth and sixth dynasties. These photographs show not only the precise method by which the excavating is being done, but also the contents of the graves and tombs...
...chief conclusions that have been reached in consequence of these recent excavations are that there are no essential anatomical differences between this ancient Egyptian race and the modern race, and that from the sixth dynasty to the period of the introduction of foreign elements into Egypt, no essential changes in manners and customs took place. Dr. Reisner closed with a fitting tribute to Mrs. Hearst, who has made the present expedition possible...
...Egyptian collection of great importance, one that is indeed in one respect superior to those of Paris, London and Cairo. While it does not contain such treasures of sculpture as the European collections, the history of each discovery is preserved in a complete photographic record. The work covers all periods of Egyptian history, and the discoveries from the archaie and pre historic times have been particularly rich. This is the period with which the lecture tonight will specially deal. Dr. Reisner has been spending some weeks lecturing at the University of California and is now on the eve of departure...
...Smythe told of an interesting trip in Alaska. He started from Juneau and travelled to Dawson, and thence up the Youkon river to Cape Nome. The country which he traversed was carefully examined and showed certain evidences of the glacial period...