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...main excavation was carried on at the summit of the hill of Samaria, where walls of buildings of many ages were unearthed. The remains discovered were mostly Roman, in particular a large Roman altar and the torso of a figure of heroic size. At one point was found a very massive wall which seems to be certainly Hebrew, but owing to the great depth of the debris and the late date of the discovery it was not possible to dig out any considerable portion of this wall the present year. At several points on the summit the clearings reached...
...summary: ST. PAUL'S. HARVARD 1912. Sortwell, Emmons, l.e. r.e., Reeves H. Baker, l.c. r.c., Pierce Cox, Kuhn, r.c. l.c., Duncan Harman, T. Baker, r.e. l.e., Yarnall, Whidden Wall, c.p. c.p., Houston Willetts, Gross, p. p., Huntington Gardner, g. g., Grinnell...
...Smith first worked as a clerk in some iron works and was later educated as a mechanical engineer. He constructed the government sea-wall around Governor's Island and another at Tompkinsville, Staten Island. He also laid the foundation for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Mr. Smith is also well known as an artist and as an author. He has done much landscape work in water colors and has lectured on art subjects. In 1900, he was made Commander of the Order of the Osmauyeh by the Sultan of Turkey. In the following year, he was awarded...
...reading room the fifty 16 candle power Edison lamps used to light the wall cases have been replaced by eighteen Tungsten lamps of higher power. The new lights are much more agreeable to the eye, being protected by shades, and also effect a great saving in expense. On the tables in place of Edison lamps, tantalum lamps, less trying to the eye and one-half as expensive, have been substituted. Similar changes have been made over the catalogue cases in the delivery room, which give a more satisfactory illumination and effect a large financial saving...
...portrait of Governor John A. Andrew h.'61, from a lithograph by J. H. Bufford M.'02, and from a photograph by Black and Batchelder has recently been presented to the Union by B. Kline '06. It has been hung on the west wall of the Assembly Room...