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...Sumner Prize, of $100 for the best dissertation on a subject connected with the topic of universal peace and the methods by which war may be permanently superseded. This prize is open to any student of the University in any of its departments, but some knowledge of international law is essential for successful competition. Dissertations must be handed...
Professor Albrecht Penck, of the University of Vienna, delivered his second lecture on "The Alps in the Great Ice Age" yesterday afternoon, discussing as his special topic, their glacial structure. In explaining this, Professor Penck, with the help of stereopticon views, described the various topographical phenomena of these mountain regions; the broken, or hanging glaciers, the curiously shaped river troughs and the "reverse" drainage in many of the river systems. All these are the result of glacial erosion. The action of the ice is responsible for the uneven river troughs, which cause drainage in all directions; and also...
...first of the series of lectures under the Godkin Lectureship by the Right Honorable James Bryce, M. P., will be given on Monday evening at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. The general subject of the series will be "The Study of Popular Governments," and the special topic for the evening, "The Essentials of Free Governments, and the Duties of the Citizen...
...October and close the first of June, and the course will include one year's study, in which each regular student, not, in addition to the practical work, will attend two hours of recitations three times a week, will do prescribed reading, and write a thesis on some special topic for research...
...examination requires no special preparation. Each candidate will write on a topic in economics or political science, chosen by himself from a list not previously announced. The award will be made not later than June 15, and will be based on the ability and promise of the candidate without regard to his pecuniary means...