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...this age of special research the college laboratory is an indispensable agent in the work of personal investigation to which modern students are devoted. This work of investigation is expensive, and it is only the richly endowed colleges that can afford to fit out proper laboratories. At such a rich college, then, as Columbia one expects to find laboratories in which some of the scientific investigation of the day is being carried on. Not even here can such good results be obtained as in Germany where investigators like Dr. Koch receive liberal subsidies from the government...
...most elaborate laboratories are those devoted to the assaying of ores. The work here consists of lectures and recitations, besides practical work. The practical work includes the testing of reagents and small samples of ore, practice on methods, and special work to familiarize the student with sampling large lots of ore, and to give practice in mill and furnace assays. To facilitate the assays of ores of the precious metals, a system of weights has been introduced, by which the weight of the silver or gold globule obtained shows at once, without calculation, the number of Troy ounces...
...Armory in question is especially well adapted for track events, there being a straightaway 75 yards course, and the regular track itself, 9 laps to the mile. The price of admission for spectators will be 50 cents, and for contestants special tickets will be provided free of cost. There will probably be a special dressing room for Harvard...
...Hollis Fanny Davenport will continue her production of Sardou's Cleopatra for this week only. A special matinee will be given on Wednesday in addition to the regular Saturday afternoon performance. On February 9th Mr. and Mrs. Kendal will begin their engagement with "The Squire." The second week will open with "All For Her," which will run until Wednesday evening, after which "The Weaker Sex" will be given for the remainder of the week...
Among the reports of the various departments of the University appended to the annual report of the president, the statement of the affairs of the library merits special attention. The library is perhaps the best managed institution in Cambridge, and most graduates and undergraduates feel a particular pride and interest in it. In spite of the absence of Mr. Justin Winsor the work performed at the library last year showed the usual advance in amount and efficiency. The accessions were larger than in any year before except in 1888; the number of users of books was larger than last year...