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...have been received through Henry M. Spelman to found the George William Sawin Fund. $10,000 from the estate of William Brawn Spooner is an unrestricted bequest to the Divinity School. Subscriptions paid to Aug. 1st, '91, towards a fund to be called the Joseph Lovering Fund for Physical Research, in recognition of Prof. Lovering's life-long devotion to Physical Science, amounted to $7,720. The income is to be spent for the promotion of physical research at the Jefferson Laboratory. Additional subscriptions to raise the standard of Medical Education, paid to Aug. 1st, '91, amount...
During the past year courses in scientific research under the direction of Edward C. Pickering, L. L. D., have been carried on with encouraging results. This is the primary object of the institution and elementary instruction is not given. At present there are about forty assistants engaged in the work, and excellent facilities are offered for study in nearly all branches of astronomy. The observatory is especially fortunate in its opportunities for photographing the stars, the arrangements being superior to those of any other institution...
...southern hemisphere has never been examined through a very powerful instrument. The cost of an instrument fitted for such work is estimated at about $50,000, and until this sum is donated, the work in this quarter must be limited. The results of these years of experiment and research are stored in a wooden building, liable at any time to be destroyed by fire. The need of a fire-proof building to insure the preservation of the valuable collection is very urgent, and as over $7,000 has already been subscribed it is hoped that a suitable structure...
Beyond the mere translation, Mr. Latham has given a mass of notes and comments on the letters and allusions which is clear and comprehensive, showing a vast amount of deep research. It forms in reality a treatise on Italian life of the 13th and 14th centuries...
...fact that Professor Emerton is to deliver the Dudleian lecture tonight insures its interest. He has long been interested in church history, and from careful study and research is well qualified to speak on "The Romish Church." The lecture gains in interest from the fact that it was not given last year owing to the strong opinion which many members of the Faculty held against continuing such a manifestly sectarian lecture. When in 1750 Judge Dudley left the sum of money which provides for the lectures he prescribed four subjects to be taken up in turn. The lecture which...