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dynasty ; limestone portrait statues with the original colors still 

 visible and bearing inscriptions ; coffin and mummy of the lady, 

 Mery ; an inscribed wooden head rest ; and a unique painted board 

 with figures of servants cooking for the deceased. This work of 

 collection so well begun will be prosecuted vigorously, and in 

 time the university will possess a notable Egyptian museum. In 

 one sense the Haskell Oriental Museum is the outgrowth of the 

 Department of Comparative Religion, which is under the direc- 

 tion of Prof. George S. Goodspeed. Courses are ofi'ered by Prof. 

 Goodspeed and his helpers in a considerable range. The religions 

 of China, Japan, India, ancient Persia, Greece, Rome, and north- 

 ern Europe are studied historically and in the light of modern 

 science. A unique feature connected with this department is the 

 establishment of two lectureships on the Relations of Christianity 

 to the other Religions. These lectureships were endowed by Mrs. 

 Haskell, and are known as the Haskell Lectures and the Barrows 

 Lectures. The former are given yearly at the university, the 

 latter are delivered in alternate years in cities of India. Both 

 lectureships are held by Rev. John H. Barrows, President of the 

 World's Parliament of Religions in 1893. The first course of Bar- 

 rows Lectures was given last year in India, and created a consid- 

 erable stir. 



Presented last, from the fact that much of the work is done at 

 other places than the university proper, is the Department of 

 Astronomy. A small observatory on the campus supplies oppor- 

 tunity for elementary work in practical astronomy by under- 

 graduate students. The Kenwood Observatory, situated in the 

 city about one mile north from the campus, furnishes facilities 

 for practical work by more advanced students in physical astron- 

 omy, practical astronomy, and astrophysics. Its astrophysical 

 equipment is complete. The Yerkes Observatory is just being 

 completed, and will soon be in operation. This, the gift of 

 Charles T. Yerkes, is located about seventy miles from Chicago, 

 at Williams Bay, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The site occupied 

 comprises about fifty acres of timbered land. The buildings are 

 located upon a gently sloping hill about two hundred feet above 

 the level of the lake and twelve hundred feet above the sea. The 

 place has been especially selected for freedom from dust and 

 tremors. The building is T-shaped, the great dome being at the 

 foot of the letter and the smaller domes at the other extremities, 

 the latter being for sixteen-inch and twelve-inch telescopes. The 

 greatest length of the building, which is from east to west, is 

 three hundred feet. The central body contains library and lec- 

 ture rooms, laboratories for physical, chemical, and photographic 

 work, computing rooms, and offices. The building is of the best 

 construction. The great telescope is the largest refracting tele- 



