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...Geological Conference met last night in the Geological Museum, and Dr. T. A. Jaggar, who was in Martinique and St. Vincent after the recent eruption, read a paper on "The Preservation of Human Life in Volcanic Lands." He divided his subject into two considerations--how to preserve life when danger is imminent, and how to warn people of probable explosions. In most volcanic outbursts, persons are killed by a steam blast, falling hot material, a sea wave, or a wind high enough to overset masonry. Some theory of protection against these forces may be found by inquiring into the cases...
...warn people of impending explosions is a much more difficult question. Dr. Jaggar read several extracts from St. Pierre papers, showing that the French scientists again and again concluded that Mt. Pelee was no longer dangerous, only to be terribly deceived. The intervals and character of the eruptions of Mt. Pelee give a basis for a calculation that the French disregarded. The first explosion was on May 3, and explosions of increasing violence came on May 8, May 20, June 6, July 9, and August 30--that is, at intervals of five, twelve, seventeen, thirty-three and fifty- two days...
...talk, Dr. Jaggar answered several questions asked from the floor, and explained more particularly the Orange Hill case. Owing to lack of time, Mr. Bowman's paper on the recent Springfield Excursion was omitted. He will read it, however, at the next meeting of the conference, November...
...School Bible class, which last year, under the leadership of Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham '86, studied the teachings of Christ in their relation to personal and social questions of today, has been reorganized for the year 1902-03. Mr. Frothingham will again lead the course, which will read and discuss freely the Gospels and other New Testament writings. The first meeting will be tonight at 7 o'clock in the Brooks House Parlor...
Harper's Bazar -- "What Should Girls Read," by W. D. Howells...