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...Travellers' Club, under the auspices of which the lecture by Commander Peary was given last Friday evening, and the object of which is "the promotion of intelligent travel and exploration, especially by Harvard men," will hold three more meetings this spring. On March 27, Mr. A. Hamilton Rice, '98, will speak on "Equatorial America," describing his journey over the Andes and down the Amazon; this meeting will be open to members of the club and invited guests. On May 1, a lecture will probably be given by Professor I. C. Russell, lately of the U. S. Geological Survey...
Information regarding membership in the club, which is limited only to those who have already had some experience in distant travel, may be had on writing to the secretary, Mr. J. C. Phillips, 299 Berkeley street, Boston...
...third meeting of the Travellers' Club, recently organized here, "to promote intelligent travel and exploration, especially by Harvard men," will be the occasion of an illustrated lecture in the Fogg Lecture Room on February 27, by Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., on "Field Work of the Peary Arctic Club." The lecturer will give a summary of the geographical results obtained during his last expedition to the Arctic regions. Admission to the lecture will be by ticket until 7.55 p. m., when the doors will be opened to the public. A limited number of tickets for non-members...
...gift of about 450 volumes from Mr. and Mrs. Ira Atkinson of Wakefield. The books comprise the library of their son. Roger Trowbridge Atkinson '94, who died last fall, and are given in his memory. They are for the most part well selected works of English and French literature, travel, and natural history, and cover a wide field of learning. The books given the Union are chiefly duplicates and works of French literature. A few volumes also have been given to the Natural History Society...
Brewer, O H, Will travel abroad. Afterwards library work...