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Pergamon was the subject of Dr. Tarbell's lecture delivered in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening. The city of Pergamon, said Dr. Tarbell, was situated near the seacoast in Mysia on a hill between two rivers which flow into the Aegean Sea. It was of no importance before the time of Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander the city was chosen as a place of deposit for treasure by Attalus who founded a dynasty in 241 B. C. which lasted for several hundred years. The princes of this dynasty distinguished themselves by their energy...
After describing the growth of Pergamon, Dr. Tarbell showed a number of stereopticon views based on the researches made by the society at Berlin. Among the views shown were the market place, the temple to Athena, the library, the theatre, the temples to Trajan and Julian, the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and the great altar in which sacrifices were made. Views were also shown of the sculptures on the friezes of the different buildings, which are valuable as giving an idea of the implements of warfare used at that time. The sculpture of Pergamon lacks the grace and beauty which marks...
...annual meeting of the Harvard club of Maryland, was held at the St. James hotel, Baltimore, on December 7. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: president, Judge Thomas J. Morris; vice-presidents, Dr. R. B. Morison, Professor A. M. Elliott; secretary. H. Ivah Thomsen; treasurer, J. B. Noel Wyatt; directors, Leigh Bonsal, W. H. Brune, Professor A. M. Hartwell...
...annual dinner of the Wesleyan University club recently held in New York, Judge Reynolds of Brooklyn, president of the board of trustees, announced that Dr. Daniel Avres, of Brooklyn, had paid over to the trustees the sum of $200,000 as an endowment fund for the university. This gentleman has previously shown his kind feeling toward the university by way of considerable sums, including $50,000 to establish a chair of biology. After a vote of thanks had been tendered Mr. Ayres, Bradford P. Raymond, the new president of the university, announced that the trustees had resolved...
This is the largest contribution to education that has been made during the college year, which with the sum pledged by the trustees of the college makes one of the most remarkable of recent gifts. Dr. Ayres has shown great wisdom in imposing no restrictions upon the gift which will be disposed of to the greatest good of the university...