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The annual report of President Eliot, covering the academic year 1902-1903, which is made public today, is as usual a highly interesting collection of facts and suggestions in regard to the conduct and improvement of the University. Perhaps the most important subject discussed is the need of a new...
The Germanic Museum, at the suggestion of the German government, has consented to transfer as a loan to the St. Louis Exposition, the collection of copies of the best work of Nuremberg and Augsberg goldsmiths, which has just been received from a committee of German artists and scientists interested in...
The report goes on to describe the acquisitions during the year. Although many of these have been received from Boston museums, valuable gifts have come also from private individuals. Perhaps the most important accession has been the Niven collection of human crania, pottery, and stone implements from Mexico presented by...
A collection of small ivory pieces representing certain phases of life among the Eskimos of Northern Labrador, has recently been purchased by the Peabody Museum. The collection was made by Dr. Grenfell, who has charge of the Deep Sea Mission along the coast of Alaska and who is greatly interested...
Mr. L. J. Cole 2G., Austin Teaching Fellow, will leave Cambridge today in order to carry on some explorations, for the benefit of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, among the ruins of the Maya Indians at Chichen--Itza, Yucatan. Mr. Cole intends to join Mr. E. H. Thompson, who is...