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one of comparative religion; an A.ssyrian exhibit, consisting mostlj^of 

 casts, and an Egyptian collection. The objects relating to the Japanese 

 Shinto religion should be especially mentioned, !is they are very seldom 

 seen in other museums. The greatest space is devoted to the Egyptian 

 collection, to which new material is constantly being added by the 

 Chicago Society of Egyptian Research, founded in 1897. The lighting 

 of the rooms is excellent, being more satisfactory than in the Walker 

 Museum, as the building lies with its broad sides to the east and west. 

 The remaining stories contain, temporarily, lecture rooms, seminary 

 rooms, library, and the like, but they will later be used for collections. 

 The founder established two lectureships at $20,000 for lectures on 

 the relations of Christianity to other religions, one series of which is 



Fig. 71. — University of Chicfigo. Kent Chemical Laboratory. 



delivered annually at the university, the other delivered in alternate 

 years in cities of India. In 1899 the subject for the first was Chris- 

 tianity and Buddhism in six lectures between August 6 and 22. 

 Because of the recent establishment of all the institutions of the 

 imiversity it follows that they satisfy the most modern requirements 

 and are models of their kind. The buildings are fireproof through- 

 out, but with wooden furniture and stair coverings, as well as wooden 

 door and window casings, which might as well have been avoided, at 

 least in those buildings where there is danger from fire because of the 

 kind of work carried on therein. I must confine m3\self to brief 

 notices of these several buildings, accompanied b}^ illustrations, for if 

 I were to treat them as fully as they deserve I should far exceed the 

 limits set for this report. 



