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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...
...Thomas Hill, former president of Harvard, is visiting in Cambridge...
...proud. We thank Mr. Hooper for his success in refuting the slander which has been set loose upon us. In justice to Harvard his letter ought to reach the public as well as the students. The newspapers are certainly too apt to make a mountain out of a mole hill when they think they find an opportunity to bring discredit upon any college...
Charles R. Lanman, Professor, in charge of the Sansrkit Library. John Williams White, Professor, in charge of the Greek Library. Morris H. Morgan, Tutor, in charge of the Latin Library. Adams S. Hill, Professor. in charge of the English Library. Kuno Francke, Assistant Professor, in charge of the German Library. Adolphe Cohn, Assistant Professor, in charge of the French Library. Francis G. Peabody, Professor, in charge of the Social Questions Library. Frank W. Taussig, Assistant Professor, in charge of the Political Economy Library. Albert D. Hart, Assistant Professor, in charge of the United States History Library. William E. Byerly Professor...
Someone interested in Princeton athletics, who does not wish his name to be known, has given a large sum of money for the improvement of the athletic grounds there, and they have accordingly been enlarged to nearly double the size of last year. The hill on the west side of the old field has been taken away and the clay carted to the south side, where it has been used to fill up an old hollow. The hollow corner at the northeast has also been filled in, and space sufficient for three or four new football fields has thus been...