The Cairo bulletin., 1912-02-18
AID
IN GATHERING
MUCH new DATA
Antarctic Expedition Makes Many
Soundings and Determines
Depth Of Waves
STATUS OF AMERICANS BAD
Exchange Professors Have Poor
Standing in German Social
@ Circles at Berlin
STATUS OF AMERICANS BAD

Berlin, Feb. 17.--The German
Antarctic expedition, which is prob
ably starting now from the Island
OF South Georgia for the earnest
work In the frozen south, made a
number Of important scientific dis
coyeries on the way from Buenos
Aires to South Georgia, according to
reports which ave just reached here.
The scientists of the expedition
made more than a hundred sound
ings on this stretch and found,
among other things, strong sub
surface current, from $500 to p
900 yards down, which sweeps
steadily toward the south from out
the Atlantic Ocean. Especial inter-
est and doubtless great significance
are lent to this discovery by the fact
that similar current has been
found to flow north into the Arctic
Sea from the Atlantic.
New light also was thrown, by
soundings, on the depth and extent
of the Atlantics waves, on the tenn
perature of the water, its salt con-
tent, etc, and on the configuration
of the bottom of the sea. The diff
ference between the temperature by
might anA=day was found to be less
than one-half of one degree, much
less than had been generally be-
lieved.
Along with, the soundings, speei-
mems of all sorts Of dep-sea life were
obtained, and new methods were en-
ployed by which it is hoped to ascer-
tain the relative frequency of anil
NAL life in the waters sounded, as
wei as the available food supply. The
results of the work WILL 1t Is be-
lieved, assist also in clearing up dis.
puted points regarding the relation
ship of various specimens of deep
sea habitants. Important meteoro-
logical observations also were made
by means of balloons.
Court Status Worries.
The court status of the American
Exchange professors, source of not
little social heartburning in Ger
man educational circles where pro-
lessons and their wives are not
"hoffaehigp (entitled to Invitations
to courtl and cause of repeated em1
barrassment to the American Enl-
bassy In Berlin, has been authorita-
lively settled by the marshal of the
imperial court.
The American professors will
hereafter be classed with the limited
elect of the German learned and ar
tistic world, namely, the rectors of
| the German universities, the presi-
dent and the director of the Royal
iAcademy of Arts and the heads of
the several departments of the Royal
Academy of Sciences, who are EMIT.
| led to &c. to court, though their
wies are not, and>Will be privileged
as such to be- presented at the an;
nua1 drawing room or levee which
opens the winter social season at
court. This years representatives,
Professor Theobald Smith, Harvard
Exchange Professor; Paul S. Reinsch
of the University of Wisconsin,
Roosevelt Exchange professor, and
Professor Edmund J. James, of the
University Of Illinois--were presented
at the recent. court ball at the en-
press direction of the Emperor. Mrs.
Reinsch was also presented, but Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. James did not find 1t
possible to attend.
Until this year civilians who have
no uniform have been allowed to
wear ordinary evening clothes, but a
circular of the court marshal recent
lily prescribed for them white satin
kneebreeches, white stockings and
white buckled pumps. Full decol-
lete was also prescribed for the
ladies, the circular expressly barring
the square opening at the neck, to
which some women before resorted,
and requiring q gown fully barring
the arms and shoulders
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