Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-09
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Or the class of 1929 at Harvard, %
out of the 50 original members still sur
vive, after fifty years, and OF the cores
bonding class at Williams, out OF IS
nearly one-half in each case.
THE annual meeting OF "The Ameri-
can Social Science Association" will be
held at Saratoga, beginning September
9th and continuing four days. The
department of education has its separate
meeting September 10th. Four college
presidents are to read papers: Porter, oil
Yale; Gilman, of Johns Hopkins; An
derson Of Rochester, and Angel, oil
Michigan University.
In an address to the alumni OF Am
herst, Joshua y. Marshall, OF Lowell,
made vigorous plea for fixed currl.
culum and the traditional amount oil
classical and mathematical studies. lie
said that he had taken pains to inquire
of AZ graduates of Harvard and Yale oil
late as TO their opinion of the policy oil
decreasing the amount of these studies,
as has been done under the elective
system, and that SO OF them agreed with
him.
ONE of the tokens now rapidly accu-
mulating, OF maturing civilization and
scholarship in our country, Is the or
ganization at Boston OF 'The Archao-
logical Institute OF America, y with Prof,
C.. f. Norton, of Harvard, as President.
Its purpose is the promotion and dlrec-
ton of archaeological reserch "by the
sending out of expeditions for special
investigations, by aiding the efforts oil
Independent explorers, by publication
of reports" etc. The institute is TO
consist of life members who contribute
at one time no less than 500, and OF
annual members who contribute not
less than $40. The character OF the
men who constitute the executive COM
mittee warrants the entire confidence oil
those interested in such researches.
The latest novelty among summer
schools" is the Concord School OF Phil
osophv, which is to be held atthe house
of Mr.. Alcott, Concord, Mass, beglnn-
inc July Is and continuing five weeks.
There are to be five regular lecturers
and each will give ten lectures. The
list is as follows: Bronson Alcott,
"Christian Theism;" w. I. Harris, St
Louis, speculative Philosophy" DIR. K.
II. Jones Jacksonville, ILL.,, "Platonc
Philosophy" Mrs. Edna ID. Cheney,
Boston, "The History and Moral of Art"
and ID. A. Wason, Bradford, Mass,
POLITICAL Philosophy" Besides these,
Col. HigginsOn, Prof. Peirce, F. B. San
born and Mr.. Davidson, will each give
two lectures. Two hours will be allow
ell for each session, and the second hour
will be devoted TO general discussion.
THE twenty-eighth annual meeting OF
"The American Association for the Adj
uancement of Science" will be held at
Saratoga, beginning August % and con-
tinuing several days. Prof. o. {.
Marsh, of New Haven, will give the
presidential address. Prof. Langley, OF
Allegheny, Major Powell, OF Washing
ton, and Prof. Remsen, OF Baltimore,
are among the presidents of sub-sec-
tons 1t is designed to form a new sub
section devoted to anatomy and physl-
ology, to attract physicians and sur
geons into the association. The local
committee propose to add to the usual
proceedings and excursions up Lake
George and Lake Champlain. At
Crown Point and Ticonderoga the chief
feature will be the beds OF iron and
graphite, for the scientists will Ofcourse,
regard these places from a geologic
rather than an historic point OF view.