The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-15
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Fine Specimen Of Jade From the
Arctic Circle-News Notes.

ArCt1C C1rCle-NeWo NOte8.
The young ladies are making great prep
aration for their musicale of Friday. Mo-
vember 20. for the benefit of the football
team. These same young ladies manifest
as much college spi..- as do the young
men. They never hesitate to lend a help
ing hand TO any of the university organi-
cations and they take a just pride in the
football team. They are not backward In
their own athletic games. The first team
has been trying for month to get up .
match game of basket ball with some out
side ladies' team. but thus far have failed.
The Aletheuonean Literary Society
elected officers on Friday evening as fol-
lows: President, John Jackol. 81; vice
president, Walter 8. Wheeler. 81: secre-
tary. Aida G. Pratt. special: treasurer.
Trevor C. D. K.ncaid, '9S; sergeant-at-
ars. Mable Ward. 80.
The University of Washington is now
regularly represented in the college de-
partment of the Boston Transcript.
The museum of the University OF Wash
ington Is constantly receiving valuable adj
dit.ons. often from the most unexpected
sources. During the past week a valuable
and most interesting archaeological speci-
men was received from the Arctic circle.
IL Is a fine specimen of jade, dark green In
color and showing signs of having been
used by man first as sort of quarry from
knives and spear-points. Later one end
was ground down to an edge to permit the
stone to be used as an ak. Along the sides
of the stone are deeply cut grooves. at the
bottom of which are shattered edges show
ing where knife or a spear-point had been
cut out. 1t Is said that the natives cut
these grooves with a stick and sand. The
wood holds the particles of sand and
gr.nds away the jade, though the latter
is one of the toughest stones known. This
specimen was found on the east side of
Kotxebuc sound, north of Boring strait.
in Northern Alaska. at about 66 degrees.
30 minutes north latitude. 1t was pre-
scented to the university by the Arctic
Trading Company, of which G. l.. Webb,
of Seattle, is president. and Miner W.
Bruce. Of Alaskan fame. Is prominent
member.
This is the second one of these valuable
specimens that has been diverted into the
museum through the watchfulness OF Re
gent David Kellogg. Last year similar
block of jade was found near the mouth
of the Skag;t river In this state. in an ex-
cavation about a mile from the present
beach These relics are important. and
should be gathered now AMI placed In
safety where all students may avail them
selves of these silent witnesses OF a past
life.
The university is always pleased to re-
ceive such specimens. Full credit is al
ways given the donors. There is now am
pie room for the preservation of speci-
mems thus placed in the university mu-
scum.
r. II. Thomson, president of the Seattle
board of public works. addressed the class
In social science last week on the sewer
age system of Seattle.
Rufus Buck. graduate from Stanford
university. who has begun the profession
- al ~
ing the week to the classes OF chemistry
and geology on the mines of British Co
lumb.a. which he had recently been visit
ing. and with which he is very familiar.
Near the corner of Eleventh and Pike
streets Seattle. on November IL, William
H. Murray, jr.. killed beautiful snowy or
Arctic owl, which was promptly sent to
the university museum. Arctic owls have
been taken on Puget Sound before. but
this is probably the earliest time in the
year in which one was ever before taken
in or about Seattle.
Through the courtesy of United States
Senator Watson c. Squire, the library has
just received two valuable special bulle-
tins OF the national Museum. Oceanic
Ichthyology," by Goode and Bean, and
Life Histories of North American Birds,
by Capt Bendire.
Prof Charles Hill. of the department OF
biology. gave a short lecture before the
Aletheuonean Literary Society Friday
evening His topic was The Morphology
of the Brain" which he discussed in a
pleasant conversational way. well suited
to a general audience.
The new islands in Lake Washington
lust In front Of the university grounds.
have disappeared as quietly as they came.
During their stay muskrats had built
house on one OF them. All had been thor
oughly inspected by university students
and Others.