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SCIENCE. 



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part of this course will be devoted to the 

 study of somatology or physical anthro- 

 opology; the second part to ethnology, with 

 special reference to the origin and develop- 

 ment of primitive arts and culture; and 

 and the third part to archeology and eth- 

 nography, in which man will be considered 

 in relation to his distribution over the earth 

 from geologic to the present time, and his 

 division into groups. Each group or vari- 

 ety of man will be studied separately, special 

 attention being given to American groups. 

 These subjects will all be studied with the 

 aid of work in the laboratory and museum. 

 A second course is announced, entitled Be- 

 search Course, which will be conducted un- 

 der the immediate supervision of Professor 

 Putnam and will require three years for its 

 completion. This course will be carried on 

 by work in the laboratory and museum, lec- 

 tures, field work and explorations, and in 

 the third year by some special research. 



This course is in the first place intended 

 for graduate students who are candidates 

 for the degree of Ph. D., but it is also open 

 to students who have taken Course I., or 

 its equivalent, and who may be competent 

 to undertake it. 



The facilities at Harvard University for 

 the study of anthropology are particularly 

 favorable. The collections of American 

 archseology in the Museum are unsurpassed. 

 The osteological collection contains over 

 3000 human crania and several hundred 

 skeletons for the comparative study of the 

 different races. In addition to the large 

 library of the University, the library of the 

 Peabody Museum contains 1400 volumes 

 and 1700 pamphlets, covering the whole 

 field of anthropologj', and includes the 

 principal anthropological journals, proceed- 

 ings and reports of societies of the United 

 States and of Europe. 



In addition to the scholarships annually 

 awarded on the nomination of the Faculty 

 of Arts and Sciences, there are three schol- 



arships which are awarded only to students 

 in anthropolog}'. The Hemenway Fellow- 

 ship of $500, to be held by a student of Har- 

 vard University pursuing the study of Amer- 

 ican archseology and ethnology, is awarded 

 annually by the Trustees of the Peabody 

 Museum to a student in the Gradiiate School. 

 The Than Fellowship (the annual income 

 of which is $1050), for work and research 

 relating to the Indian race of America, or 

 other ethnological and archaeological inves- 

 tigations, is now payable, under certain con- 

 ditions, by the terms of the gift, to a special 

 student in connection with the Peabody 

 Museum, nominated by the founder. And 

 the Winthrop Scholarship, to be held by a 

 student of American archeeology and eth- 

 nology, is awarded annually by the corpora- 

 tion. The annual value of this scholarship 

 will probably be $200. 



UNION" COLLEGE. 



The recent centennial celebration of 

 Union College calls attention to the fact 

 that it was the first American college that 

 was not founded under the auspices of a 

 special religious denomination. It is said 

 also to have been the first college to make 

 scientific courses and modern languages 

 parts of its curriculum. In the course of 

 the exercises of the centennial celebration 

 addresses were made by representatives of 

 the Episcopal, Dutch Reformed, Methodist, 

 Baptist, Presbyterian and Eoman Catholic 

 Churches, and greetings were received from 

 representatives of the faculties of Harvard, 

 Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Brown, 

 Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, 

 Washington and Lee, Eutgers, Hamilton 

 and Vassar. Among the speakers were 

 Bishops Doane and Potter and Presidents 

 Oilman, Hall, Scott, General Andrews and 

 Taylor. 



GovEENOB Hastings has signed the bills 

 passed by the_ Legislature of the State of 

 Pennsylvania appropriating $200,000 to the 



