The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-24
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.



The autumn examinations for admission
10 the Ua4versizy OF Washington VIII be
had there on August 81 and September ].
a. follows. Monday. August 81, a. m. 70
y n. paysics, botany. chemistry. zoology,
geology. physiology. American history.
general history. Grecian and Roman his
tory; p m to .. m. mathematics and
astronomy. Tuesday. September /. a. N.
20 u n, English, eavfcs. elementary and
advanced Latin. Greek, French and Ger
man.
From the correspondents received from
prospective students there Is every indfcS-
ton that the coming year viii DO q most
successful one IN the University OF Wash
inston.
Mark Bailey. tr.. professor Of ancient
languages IN the University OF Washing
ton. who has jus. returned from Alaska.
reports that he spent a very enjoy able va
cation In the snow and ice OF the TAR north.
HE spent three or four weeks in the yieia-
lty OF Dalton glacier and Aaiaspina gia-
cler, In Disencnantmsnt bay. about 80
miles north OF SitkA These glaciers flow
from The ST. Elias mountains. The latter
glacier presents front Of sixty miles
toward the ocean. which gives some Idea
or the immensely o. the ice scenery and
work. The professor and his party made
considerable study OF TIA geological Tea
lures Of these interesting surroundings.
ally turned his attention TO q study OF tho
language and customs OF the natives or
Iakmtat bay. These natives are called the
kiinkits, sometimes spelled Tklinkits.
Without the aid OF an interpreter. BY the
aid OF signs alone. ha collected yocabu-
larry OF between 80 and go words Of their
language. The professor Will probably
publish an account OF his researches
President Mark w. Harrington, who has
returned from a two-months' trip in the
Eastern states, reports that everywhere
he was congratulated on the progress OF
the University OF Washington. and espeei-
ally on the advanced stand taken or plac-
Ing al professional degrees beyond tho
baocalauTeats degree. Hereafter a stu
dent desiring . pharmaceutical or peda-
gogicai or any other professional degree
must complete a bacealauFeate course
with an appropriate major study, and then
Postgraduate work comprising research
work ia the chosen department. This adj
vanced positsan. though adopted without
any flourish by the University OF Wash
ington. is exactly what has beea aimed AT
by many OF the older institutions of the
East: but they have been hampsred BY
conditions that had found root In the past
|. was therefore OF the nature OF sur
prise 10 many Of them that a new insttu-
ton like the University OF Washington
should be one OF the first 10 lead OF in the
battle 10 elevate the professional degree.
Joseph VI. Taylor, professor Of mathe-
mates and astronomy, has been very VI
with typhoid fever during the past month.
He Is now improving very slowly
In a few days. between August "a and
Is. il will be determined whether the
American Association for the Advance
ment OF Science win hold Its 1897 meeting
In Seattle. President Harrington, from
assurances he received in the East, Is quite
confident, as already stated In the Post
fntenlgencer, that Seattle viii secure this
prize. and that the state or Washington
will have the honor of entertaining the
greatest meeting OF scientists ever held IN
America. Australia. Canada, Great Brit
ain and the United States win be repre-
scented.