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Hon. T. H. Newberry, of Michigan. 

 Mr. L. L. Nunn, of Provo, Utah. 

 Mr. H. C. Perkins, of Washington, D. C. 

 Mr. George W. Perkins, of New York City. 

 Mr. Henry Phipps, of New York City. 

 Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, of New York City. 

 Hon. Elihu Root, of Washington, D. C. 

 Mr. J. C. Rosengarten, of Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, of New York City. 

 Mr. Isaac N. Seligman, of New York City. 

 Mr. 0. M. Stafford, of Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Hon. Oscar S. Straus, of New York City. 

 Mr. Isidor Straus, of New York. 

 From the contributions, the Smithsonian's 

 three fifths share of all the expenses were 

 paid; the other two fifths were paid by Col- 

 onel Eoosevelt, which covered all his personal 

 expenses and those of his son, and their pro- 

 portionate two fifths share of the total ex- 

 penses of the expedition. 



The following is the complete list of the col- 

 lections made by the expedition that have been 

 received by the institution : 



Specimens 



Mammals 5,013 



Birds 4,453 



Birds' eggs and nests 131 



Reptiles and batraehians .... 2,322 



Fish 447 



Plants 5,153 sheets 



Insects 3,500 



Shells 1 ,500 



Miscellaneous invertebrates . . 650 

 Total 23^69 



As the result of this expedition, the biolog- 

 ical collections now in the National Museum 

 from East Africa are probably the most com- 

 plete and systematic of any in the world. 



THE INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 

 OF COLUMBIA UNIVEESITY 

 New York is to have an Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences, which has been organized by 

 Columbia University, to begin operation next 

 fall. The object of the university is to offer 

 its educational advantages to a wider con- 

 stituency, including professional business men 

 and women, and people of leisure, and to 

 bring the general public into closer relation 

 with its work and purposes. To this end it 



has been decided to offer, in the late after- 

 noons and evenings, approximately from Oc- 

 tober to May, short series of lectures, of the 

 university extension type, on history, litera- 

 ture, art, music, drama, ethics, etc., addresses 

 by distinguished statesmen and educators from 

 home and abroad, illustrated lectures on 

 travel, lecture recitals on forthcoming opera, 

 orchestral programs, the histor,y of music, etc., 

 dramatic readings and recitals, and occasional 

 dramas, authors' readings, concerts and re- 

 citals by orchestras, operatic singers, and 

 other artists, and oratorios and chorus concerts 

 by the Columbia University Festival Chorus. 



The work of the institute will be distinct 

 from the regular academic work of the uni- 

 versity and will not receive academic credit 

 in any way, its aim being mainly to furnish a 

 platform for the free and unbiased discus- 

 sion of current social and economic questions, 

 and to afford a thorough program for general 

 culture, in other words, to provide a system of 

 adult education and rational recreation of an 

 educational nature for busy people. The uni- 

 versity offers at present many miscellaneous 

 public lectures which are provided for by spe- 

 cial endowment or by exchange professorships, 

 and at times the attendance has been so large 

 that thousands have been turned away. All 

 these lectures will be incorporated in the pro- 

 gram of the institute. While many of these 

 lectures and events will be held in the audi- 

 toriums on the university campus it is likely 

 that a part of the program will be offered at a 

 Harlem center and also at a down town cen- 

 ter, and, as the work grows, other centers will 

 be established. It is expected that about 300 

 lectures and entertainments will be offered 

 during the season by the best lecturers and 

 artists. 



While no definite program for the first sea- 

 son can be announced now the institute has 

 assurances of the cooperation of the Philhar- 

 monic Society Orchestra, the New York Sym- 

 phony Society Orchestra under Walter Dam- 

 rosch, the Kneisel quartet, and many other 

 organizations, while well known soloists will 

 probably be included in the list of entertain- 



