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of the twenty-eigiit permanent buildings were 

 presented by citizens of Chicago, and the 

 number of donors is upwards of 3,000, most 

 of them Chicagoans, he should realize on 

 looking south toward the Chicago copy of the 

 Magdalen Tower, the beautiful edifice whence 

 soon will ring the chimes in memory of the 

 gracious first Dean of Women, Alice Freeman 

 Palmer, that a genuine appreciation of the 

 men who make the connotation for the build- 

 ings possesses the singer of the university 

 song: 



The City White hath fled the earth, 

 But where the azure waters lie, 

 A nobler city hath its birth, 

 The City Gray that ne'er shall die. 

 For decades and for centuries, 

 Its battlemented tow'rs shall rise, 

 Beneath the hope-filled western skies, 

 'Tis our dear Alma Mater. 



David A. Eobertson 

 University or Chicago. 



LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CHICAGO 

 MEETING 



To those who intend attending the fifty- 

 eighth meeting of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science at Chicago, 

 from December 30 to January 4, and have 

 never been in the Oity-of-the-Lake, it may be 

 well to mention that Chicago does not lie at the 

 southern extremity of Lake Michigan, as many 

 maps indicate, but on its western shore; and 

 that therefore to become properly oriented in 

 the city one should remember that the lake 

 lies to the east, not to the north. To those 

 who were so fortunate as to be able to visit the 

 great world's fair it will be sufficient to state 

 that the campus of the University of Chicago, 

 the meeting place, lies on the north side of 

 -the Midway Plaisance at about the center of 

 its extent. The Midway is now returned to 

 its former estate, that of a broad parkway 

 uniting Jackson Park, in which the fair was 

 held, to Washington Park, a mile to the west. 



It is the aim of the local committee of the 

 association to locate the meeting places, both 

 of the various sections of the association and 

 of the affiliating societies, as contiguous as 

 possible, in order that no time may be lost nor 

 confusion occur. To this end the university 

 has placed all its lecture halls in the various 



buildings at the disposal of the association, 

 and provision has been made whereby those 

 in attendance at the meeting may secure 

 luncheon without leaving the compus. 



While the Auditorium Annex will be the 

 headquarters of the association, it may be 

 suggested for the information of those who 

 may wish hotel accommodation near the cam- 

 pus that the Del Prado Hotel, Fifty-ninth 

 Street — Madison Avenue and the Midway 

 (60th Street Station, Illinois Central E. E.) — 

 adjoins the campus on its eastern end; the 

 Windermere Hotel (57th Street Station, Illi- 

 nois Central E. E.) is at the north end of 

 Jackson Park within easy walking distance; 

 and the Chicago Beach Hotel (50th Street 

 Station, Illinois Central E. E.), while some- 

 what farther away on the lake shore north 

 of Jackson Park, is still within fair distance 

 of the university. Those who intend locating 

 in the city itself will find hotels and rates 

 detailed on page 15 of the Preliminary An- 

 nouncement of the meeting. They will note 

 that the readiest method of reaching the meet- 

 ing place will be via the Illinois Central Sub- 

 urban Eailway from the station on the Lake 

 Front nearly opposite the Auditorium and 

 Annex Hotels, on Michigan Avenue. The 

 trains are frequent, the expresses making the 

 run south to Fifty-seventh Street in twelve 

 minutes. On arriving at this station (the 

 second stop of the express trains) the lake and 

 the Field Museum of Natural History will be 

 in view to the east and the tower of the uni- 

 versity to the west. Leave the station in the 

 direction the train continues and on reaching 

 the exit turn to the right. A 'bus may be 

 taken to the campus or the short distance 

 walked in a few minutes. The main entrance 

 to the tower arcade, directly beneath the tower 

 itself, brings the visitor immediately to the 

 registration desk, the information bureau and 

 the general headquarters of the association, 

 from which each of the halls of meeting may 

 be readily reached. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 In accordance with the desire of the Eoyal 

 Society, Lord Kelvin was buried in West- 



