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...Summer School of Geology begins its first course this year in Cambridge, July 7, and ends at Catskill, N. Y., August 15. Twelve students must constitute the school, and the fee for tuition is $25. A matron will accompany the school for the benefit of lady students. For information address Mr. W. M. Davis, Jr., 15 Sumner Street, Cambridge. Professor N. S. Shaler will direct the second course, which will give field-training to men in connection with the Kentucky Geological Survey. The fee is the same as above, and the term is from June 15 to September 15. Address...
...JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL will return, this summer, to America on leave of absence. He has just passed his fiftieth year...
SOME changes have been made in the Elective Pamphlet for next year. The following is a brief outline of the most important ones: History is no longer required in the Sophomore year, nor Philosophy in the Junior year, but Sophomores will in future have to take twelve hours of electives, and Juniors fourteen. To supply the place of this required work three introductory courses in History are introduced, and three in Philosophy. The Philosophy courses will be conducted by Professors Bowen and Palmer, and by Dr. James, who will give a two-hour course on "The Doctrine of Evolution." These...
Political Economy is put by itself, instead of coming under the head of Philosophy. The course which corresponds to Philosophy 6 this year will probably be conducted by Professor Dunbar alone. Besides this and the advanced course, there will also be a more elementary course of two hours a week, to be conducted by an instructor, with lectures by Professor Dunbar...
...ground and do well at the bat. Although the prospect for the future is much brighter than it was, we can safely say that unless the men in college who have ever played ball before come to the front and lend their assistance, Harvard will not win, this year, the college championship which she has held with so much glory for the past three years; and '79 will have the misfortune of seeing Harvard humiliated in base-ball, as she has been in foot-ball...