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EMINENT LECTURES 1T PRINCETON.
FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC MIN TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE NORTHUMBERLAND NEXT MONTH

THE SESQI'ICENTENNIAL NEXT MONTH.
Princeton y j.. Sept. l9.-The announcement Of
the public lectures TO be delivered a; Princeton
University in connection with the coming scsqui-
centennial celebration in October made
to-day by the committee having the celebration In
charge. The list OF lecturers includes many emf
neni names. representing six foreign universities.
Admission these lectures will be by ticket. free
Of charge. An invitation is extended 10 all pro
fessors scholars and teachers in the depart ents
OF study represented by the lecturers. to all alumni
OF Princeton to undergraduates pursuing courses
OF study related the topics Of the lectures and
TO men and women Interested. lnasmuch as all the
lectures Will be delivered during the week preceding
the sesqulcentenna celebration. visitors to Prince
ton should have difficulty In obtaining accom-
moda tions and lodging night al the hotels and
boarding houses OF the village. hut visitors living
not further than Network Philadelphia will be
enabled to come and 20 without stopping over
night as the lectures set a. convenient hours
Tickets will he reserved on written application 10
Professor Libbey, Al Princeton, II applications
reach Princeton by October 3
Joseph John Thompson. Cavendish professor OF
physics IN the University Of Cambridge England
and successor Of Lord Rayleigh in that chair Will
deliver four lectures The Discharge OF Elec-
,rcity In Gases" These lectures Will be given at 9
o'clock on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, October 10 10 i6
Felix Klein. professor Of mathematics In the
University Of G0ttngen, Germany. will deliver four
lectures on THE Mathematical Theory Of the Top
These lectures will be given ~ II o'clock each day
beginning October u and ending October Is. Pro
lessor Klein was one OF the commissioners oi me
German Government at the Columbian Exposition
where ne was a leader In the mathematical con
gress He is a frequent contributor 10 mathemati-
cal journals and the author OF several learned
treatises mathematical subjects. tie is one OF
the most eminent OF contemporary mathematical
scholars and brilliant and attractive lecturer on
his subject. Several OF the younger matheina-
ticans OF America have been his pupils among
them Professor RI. b. Fine. OF Princeton
ton and English Literature" Will be delivered by
Edward Dowden. professor OF English literature
lectures will occur at o'clock each day OF the
week October 1918. in Alexander Han Especial
craft Burke. southey. Coeridge, Wordsworth
Byron, Moore and Shelley Dowden Is well known
as the author Of the leading me OF sheley @hg
several works on Shakespeare ne Is secretary OF
the Liberal Union OF Ireland and a prominent OPP
ponent to Home Rule -
in the University Of Edinburgh. Will deliver two
lectures his subject being oTheism Ihess VII De
given Friday morning October IS. and SATURDAY
morning october H. at Il o'clock. IN Alexander
Hall. Professor Seth holds a prominent place
among the younger thinkers OF the Old World. re
is the author OF a standard work on the Scottish
philosophy HIS book on Hegelianism and person,
atty in which he takes critical attitude toward
Hegeanism. FIRST gave him place among philo-
sopnical thinkers
One lecture each will be delivered by Professor
Kari Brugmann and Professor A. A. W. Hubrecht
The former is professor Of lndo-Germanic phiology
in the University of Lelpsc. Germany, and lea-cr
I'm the new school OF comparative phiology. His
subject is The Nature and Origin OF the Noun
Ceuders In the Indo-Germanic Languages This
lecture will be delivered in German In the English
room OF Dickinson Hall. at 1870. Monday October
49, A. A. W. Hubrecht is professor OF zoology in
the University OF Utrecht. Holland He VIII lecture
on The Descent Of the Primates.' Professor HUI
hrecht Is one of the most eminent biologists OF
Holland His public Investigations have dealt
principally with embryO!ogy Since his return
from his exploring journey In the East India
Islands he has devoted his researches to the en-
bryology Of mammals and the results OF his iabors
have attracted widespread attention from zooo-
Rists