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...Huntington gave a continuation of his lectures with magic lantern views of different place in Europe. His subject was Switzerland. The hall was entirely filled with people who thoroughly enjoyed the lecture. In the course of the lecture, Mr. Huntington described an ascent which he made of Monte Rosa, a mountain nearly as high as Mont Blane. The mountain is a very difficult one to ascend, so difficult that it is impossible to carry a camera along, so that no views of the ascent itself could be given. Views, however, illustrating the various difficulties in the ascent of a snow...
...MONDAY.Photographic Illustrations with the Magic Lantern. Normandy. Mr. O. W. Huntington. Boylston Hall...
...MONDAY.Photographic Illustrations with the Magic Lantern. Cambridge University. Mr. O. W. Huntington. Boylston Hall...
About twenty years ago petrography or lithology, the study of the structure of rocks, was added to our list of sciences. Harvard, almost alone among American colleges, has paid attention to this science. As if by magic, one versed in this wonderful science can look through solid rock and tell what lies hidden far within. The tool of the petrographist is a polarizing microscope, that is, an ordinary compound microscope in which two Nicol's prisms of Iceland spar are placed at a certain distance apart...
...ideas" implies what we have always thought, that a Yale man, with Yale ideas, was suit generous. Yes, it is a rarity in the line of professional trainers, and Yale deserves to be congratulated on her good luck. Don't be selfish, dear friends. If there really is some magic charm in these Yale ideas, do tell us what it is, so that we too may labor to possess it. We have our own idea of what Yale ideas are, but we should really like to hear them defined by some of those who are brought up and nourished under...