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2. At Nordhjemsund "Grod og Flode" days 

 A sturdy race In Skjaeggedal Wreck of 

 Norway's waterfalls The octroi at Issoire 

 A satire in economics Prophecy fulfilled 



3. A huge pyramid Gilbert's dare John the 

 Baptist Starting out The Bergschrund 

 Dangling ropes The greatest Alpine tragedy 



L'echelle Jordan On the crest A frightful 

 accident Victor rescues Gilbert A man 

 strong and brave Showers of stones The 

 refuge hut A frosty couch A majestic 

 outlook Another compliment Good Samar- 

 itans A letter from John the Baptist 

 First ascents of the Matterhorn Modern aids 



4. Fishes again Giinther Critic and friend 

 International Fisheries Congress A walk 

 across Kent Parslow on Darwin A good 

 master Not without honor Leon Vaillant 



lie Adam Bernhardt European labora- 

 tories Treitschke Kultur Oceanography 



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1. Destruction of Owen Hall Gathering a new 

 library On the Fish Hawk The new campus 



Marooned Key West Mangrove jungles 



A rattler overboard Bad neighbors 

 King Snake and Coral Snake The Gila 

 Monster 



2. In Havana A Cuban naturalist Amigo de 

 Don Felipe Fishes of Cuba Cruelty to ani- 

 mals Fish fauna of American river basins 

 Our work on fishes In the Southwest 



3. An undesired responsibility Installation as 

 president University's need of money The 

 member from Floyd Loyal alumni The 

 member from Dearborn The member from 

 Sullivan Sweeping changes The "major 

 professor" system A new stimulus Prom- 

 ising graduates to the faculty Search for 

 future leaders Nansen 



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