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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



TEE CELEBRATIONS AT GLAS- 

 GOW AND CHICAGO. 

 Glasgow University celebrated its 

 ninth jubilee exactly at the same time 

 that the University of Chicago cele- 

 brated its first decennial. On both occa- 

 sions there were elaborate academic 

 ceremonies, and the sciences were well 

 represented. Indeed at Glasgow science 

 appears to have been predominant, the 

 four principal addresses being in cele- 

 bration of four men of science, promi- 

 nently connected with the university in 

 the past. Lord Kelvin delivered an 

 oration on James Watt, Professor 



addresses being made on different sub- 

 jects. The only two foreign delegates 

 appear to have been Professor J. H. 

 van't HoflF, the eminent physical chem- 

 ist of Berlin, and Professor Marcus 

 Dods, the theologian of Edinburgh. 

 Eleven honorary degrees were given, 

 including in the sciences, in addition 

 to Professor van't Hoff, Professor E. 

 C. Pickering, director of the Harvard 

 College Observatorv; Dr. Charles D. 

 Walcott, director of the U. S. Geologi- 

 cal Survey, and Professor E. B. Wil- 

 son, professor of zoology in Columbia 

 University. The address of most inter- 







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The Leon Mandel Assembly- Hall, the Student's Club House, the Tower and the 

 Commons of the University of Chicago. 



Smart on Adam . Smith, Professor 

 Young on William Hunter, and Sir 

 Joseph Hooker, in connection with the 

 opening of the new botanical depart- 

 ment, on his father. The LL.D. was 

 given to somewhat over one hundred 

 delegates, including, among Americans, 

 J. Mark Baldwin, professor of psychol- 

 ogy, Princeton University; William G. 

 Farlow, professor of cryptogamic bot- 

 any, Harvard University; Adolph 

 Meyer, lecturer on psychiatry, Clark 

 University; and R. Mark Wenley, pro- 

 fessor of philosophy. University of 

 Michigan. The celebration at Chicago 

 was even more elaborate, a number of 



est from a scientific point of view was 

 Dr. Walcott's on 'The Relation of the 

 National Government to Higher Edu- 

 cation and Research.' Mr. and Mrs. 

 Rockefeller were present at the exer- 

 cises, and President Harper took the 

 occasion to say that the world knows 

 what ten or twelve million dollars mil 

 do for a university, but that the time 

 is coming for the world to learn what 

 fifty million dollars can accomplish. 

 As part of the ceremonies the corner 

 stones of a number of new buildings 

 were laid, the most important group of 

 uhieh is shown in the accompanying 

 illustration. 



