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...nine in 1882, attended by 10.500 students, and with a corps of 710 professors. Being comparatively young they have not till recently exerted a very decided influence on the world of science. Yet in the last twenty-five years wonderful strides have been made in certain branches of scientific research. For example, from 1830-60 not a single special investigation was made by a Russian university professor. From 1863-82 there were more than six hundred and fifty investigations described in scientific journals...
Professor Packard, of Brown University, has gone on a six weeks' tour to Mexico and Central America for purposes of research in regard to matters connected with his department...
...first of a series of lectures to be given under the auspices of the Harvard Philosophical Club, was delivered last evening before a crowded audience, by Prof. George S. Fullerton, of the University of Pennsylvania. His subject was, The Present Condition of Psychical Research. After a few introductory remarks, he proceeded to divide psychical phenomena into five classes. 1. Asomatous, e. g., communication between mind and mind, apart from the ordinary way of communication. Chance will not account for this class of phenomena; for too many experiments have been performed by responsible persons, Prof. Barrett of Dublin, in particular...
Harvard Philosophical Club. The Present Condition of Psychical Research. Prof. Geo. S. Fullerton, of the University of Pennsylvania. Sever...
...first lecture of the club on "The present condition of Psychical Research," by Prof. Geo. S. Fullerton, will undoubtedly attract a large audience. Prof. Fullerton of the University of Pennsylvania, occupies a unique position which gives special weight to his opinions on this subject. The professorship-which he holds was established from a fund left by a wealthy spiritualist. The purpose of the professorship was the investigation of spiritualism, and similar phenomena. It is a new and interesting field for investigation, and the wide-spread interest which the subject has aroused, has led to the establishment in England...