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Pergamon was the subject of Dr. Tarbell's lecture delivered in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening. The city of Pergamon, said Dr. Tarbell, was situated near the seacoast in Mysia on a hill between two rivers which flow into the Aegean Sea. It was of no importance before the time of Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander the city was chosen as a place of deposit for treasure by Attalus who founded a dynasty in 241 B. C. which lasted for several hundred years. The princes of this dynasty distinguished themselves by their energy...
Even before the reign of Attalus, Alexandria had been the great seat of learning of ancient times. Pergamon followed the example of the Egyptian city. A library was established which grew rapidly until, in the time of Mark Antony it had two hundred thousand volumes. Many scholars came to Pergamon who worked in the library and contributed to the philological learning of the times. The natural sciences were also subjects of study. The princes of Pergamon adorned their capital in a sumptuous manner. This was especially the case with Eumenes whose reign ended in 157 B. C. The principal sculptural...
Several complaints of thieving at the gymnasium have recently been made, which prompt us to give a general caution. It is a humiliating fact, that, among a body of two thousand students, there are almost sure to be a few without principles of honesty. This year three overcoats with money and valuables have been lost, and numerous towels have mysteriously disappeared. The gymnasium authorities are unable to prevent this while men leave their property scattered around so carelessly as at present. The men using the lockers must understand that they do so at their own risk and so must...
GEORGE J. PIERCE, 686 Main Street.After the holiday two club tables can be accommodated with table board at J. S. Cranston's, 126 Mt. Auburn...
...sense that bile is the product of the liver. And here he said, "There will be much I say which cannot be demonstrated. However, I do think that thought can be proved as the product of the brain, which is the seat of thought. There are two elements-the manifoldness of the brain, and the unity of consciousness. Consciousness is always a unit. These two elements cannot be connected. How then, can a variety of elements produce unity of effect?" He proceeded to demonstrate this by the examples of the resultant of the action of many billiard balls upon...