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August 1st to 9th, at or near Catskill, in charge of Professor Davis. This week will be given to the examination of the Silurian and Devonian formations exposed in the foothills of the Catskill mountains, with collection of the characteristic fossils, study of structure in its relation to topography, and construction of geological maps and sections. A day or more may be given to the ascent of the Catskill mountain front, returning by the Kaaterskill clove...
...information which the circular calls for relates to the topographical and meteorological conditions, and incidentally the geographical situation of places in the southern hemisphere deemed to be eligible. It is suggested that books of travel giving intelligent description of mountain regions, guide ooks and photographs will be of value as suggestions to the director of the observatory...
Four students passed their holidays at the Eagle Mountain House, Jackson, N. H. and explored Tuckerman's Ravine and Kearsarge Mountain. As the thermometer indicated 15 degrees below zero while they were there it seemed rather a good preparation for Artic exploration...
...spite of the fact that the Crimson, in a recent editorial, condemned the formation of "proselyting" State Clubs at Yale, yet during the past year four such clubs have been started at Harvard, namely: The Rocky Mountain Club of Colorado and Wyoming, with 30 members, also the Clubs of Louisville, Omaha and Indiana, with 30, 22, and 25 members, respectively...
...Index," is the Chicago Club, founded in 1857, with a present membership of about one hundred and fifty. Six new clubs are-added to this year's list, although two of them were not founded during the last year. These are the St. Louis, Maryland, Omaha, Rocky Mountain, Louisville, and Indiana Clubs. The full list at present contains seventeen clubs...