New-York tribune., 1900-11-03
IN THE COLLEGE WORLD.
HARVARD.

Cambridge Mass Nov . speciaD-Prestdent
/ Eliot who lost his vacation last summer on ac-
count of the session of the Cuban school. has de-
| cided to leave Cambridge about the end or Novem-
| ber for few months He will probably spend
! the first part of his vacation in Bermuda
! The Harvard Graduate Club has organized Tor the
year. The primary purpose OF the cloo Is the pro-
motion of social intercourse among graduate stu
| dents at Harvard, but It aims also to be OF as
sistance to the cause of higher education by call
| ing attention to questions OF special interest 10
| graduate students. Professor Francke has oeen
engaged speak before the club at its next month
| y meeting the subject OF his recent researches
in history literature OF the German peoples
! The club has elected the following officers: Presl-
dent. J. H. Patten. Harvard. ss; vce-president r
! c Hoyt. Middlebury College. SO; secretary, X W.
| Stone Harvard. go: treasurer A. Fl. Carpenter
Western Reserve. 'ss The Harvard Graduate Club
the first to be formed among the graduate
clubs Of the country Its formation set an exam
pie which other colleges followed. In 1896 the
graduate clubs OF the country formed federation
which has since held annual meetings. This year
the convention of the clubs Will be held at Pha-
delphia December g. 2s and %.
Under the leadership OF a J. Gasceau. secretary
of the class of 81, officers OF several graduate
classes making plans change the form Of
their class reunions. The reunions planned are
begin on Monday Of commencement week and
last through the following Wednesday. On Monday
| the visiting members OF these classes Will be re-
ceived by a committee the Parker House. and
the evening will be held the usual graduates night
at Music Hall. Tuesday VIII he given up to sail
down the harbor In the evening the Boston men
as hosts, Will give informal smoker to the out
OF town men. On Wednesday will be held the usual
class day exercises and In the evening the dinners
1t is announced that the Dudeian lecture this
year will be given by the Very Rev. w. II. Free
mantle dean Of Ripon John Fiske will deliver
the Ingersoll lecture The Immortality of Man"
Assistant Professor Sabine has written pam
into the subject of architectural acoustics For
long time he has been experimenting in the prop
critics Of sound and reverberation. and he believes
that he has worked out a scientific solution by
means of which the acoustic properties OF build
ings can be determined before the work of con-
struction begins. Most Of the experiments were
tried in the Fogg Lecture Room, where the echo
l. makes easy speaking impossible, and in Sanders
Theatre 1t has been a widely known fact that the
galleries and fittings of audit oriums had eff
feet on acoustic properties, but no one had sue
ceeded in measuring sound absorption. which As
sistant Professor Sabine believes he has accom-
plished
The newly discovered planet Eros is now the
subject Of special investigation at the Harvard OBJ
servat"ry At the present time the planet is nearer
tne earth than any other heavenly body, with the
position its solar paraax n brehtness n M "a ay he
&c tSScEE[ateiy E dHtermined A photograph was taken
Arequipa, Peru. last April and the first of a long
series was obtained in Cambridge in July. An ex-
saTy to secure the picture. Plates are now being
lakeh IN the carly evening the middle of the night
calu III the carly morning, with an exposure Of
rom one To five m nutes only The plates obtained
| IN the early evening and the carly morning are
carefully compared, in order deter the exact
! position of the planet. Tests for brightness are
! also made frequently with the eight inch Draper
a geological survey of the Middlesex FelIS Park
| observation. bout miles NORTH Of Can't ridGe
| IS being made by small number OF advanced stu
gar The area OF this reservation. about twelve
| square miles has been carefully mapped topo-
| graphically by the Metropolitan Park Corn1nis-
SionerS, and their chart Is being used by the Har-
and inner geological mapping This region is an i'm
Portant subject of study 1t illustrates many
olferent rock formations. The structure of these
| formations has been carefully worked out
mani important questions in the geological history
OF Eastern Massachusetts. The results of these in
Nestlgatons will probably he published by the
| United States Geological Survey Commission The
| notebooks. theses and reports Of the men in the
| class will he kept permanent records at the
! geological laboratory.
The great Serpent Mound of Ohio which has long
! been subject Of study and research for American
lrchseologistS has been given by the Harvard Cor
poratlon 10 the Ohio State Archaeological and His
torIcal Society. The mound has been in the pos-
session or the Peabody Museum since 1856 when it
was purchased by private subscriptions amount
ing TO 5000, chiefly from citizens Of Boston The
Understanding was that the museum should take
Gharge OF the mound until local society should
difficulty In taking of the Serpent Mound
PARK and 1t has, therefore, been transferred the
Ohio society
A party of geological students from Yale in
charge of DR. H. f. Gregory. have been the guests
| OF the Harvard Geological Department A trip was
taken 10 the Blue Hills. Milton, and points of in
ttreSt there noted A Harvard party will probably
make similar visit to Yale November I6 and IL