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SCIENCE. 



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of the university as distinct from its archi- 

 tectural effects is little harmed. The most 

 effective part of its architecture, the inner 

 arcades veith their Spanish arches and towers, 



is vsrholly undisturbed. -r\ o t 



L). fo. J, 



REPORT OF THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY ENGINEERS 



ON THE INJURIES TO THE CLASS ROOMS AND 



LABORATORIES FROM THE EARTHQUAKE 



OF APRIL 18, 1906. 



After a careful examination of the build- 

 ings used for university purposes, including 

 Eoble and Eneina Halls, we find that the dam- 

 age from the recent earthquake is much less 

 than was anticipated. 



The buildings of the inner quadrangle, the 

 one-story buildings of the outer quadrangle 

 (with one exception), the zoology building, the 

 physiology building, the assembly hall, the 

 library, the old engineering building, the ma- 

 chine shop, the foundry and the mechanical 

 laboratory are substantially intact and can be 

 used after a few minor repairs. 



The four corner two-story buildings and the 

 small one-story physics building of the outer 

 quadrangle, the forge shop, the woodworking 

 shop and the chemistry building will require 

 partial rebuilding of some of the walls. 



In Eneina Hall the south walls of the east 

 and west wings will require partial reconstruc- 

 tion, also those portions injured by the two fall- 

 ing stone chimneys. The fall of one of the 

 chimneys, which tore through the floors to the 

 basement, caused the death of one student. 

 Aside from the damage noted above the build- 

 ing as a whole is uninjured and perfectly safe. 



The damage to Eoble Hall is confined to the 

 two holes torn in the floors by the falling 

 chimneys. The remainder of the building 

 shows practically no evidence of having passed 

 through an earthquake. 



In the opinion of the committee, such of the 

 buildings mentioned above as are necessary for 

 carrying on the university work can easily be 

 made ready for occupancy and safe use in time 

 for the opening of the university on August 23. 



Our full and detailed examination of the 

 buildings from foundation to roof shows that 

 the actual damage to their stability is less 



than might be inferred from external appear- 

 ances. 



Signed by the committee : 



Charles B. Wing, structural engineer, 



William F. Durand, mechanical engineer, 



Arthur B. Clark, architect, 



Charles E. Hodges, architect, 



Charles D. Marx, civil engineer, ch'man. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 At the Washington meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Physical Society it was decided to hold 

 the next meeting in Ithaca, 'N. T., in con- 

 junction with the meeting there of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, beginning on June 29. At this time 

 also the new physical laboratory of Cornell 

 University, which has just been completed, 

 will be formally dedicated. 



The additional appropriation of $5,000 for 

 the agricultural experiment stations, provided 

 by the Adams bill, has now been paid. This 

 bill increased the present appropriation of the 

 agricultural stations under the Hatch and 

 Morrill acts by $5,000 for the year ending next 

 June, and by an additional $2,000 annually 

 above the amount of the preceding year for 

 the next five years. At the end of the five 

 years this will amoimt to an increase of 

 $15,000, bringing the total appropriation to 

 each experiment station to $30,000 annually. 

 The funds are to be applied only to paying 

 the necessary expenses of conducting original 

 researches or experiments bearing directly on 

 the agricultural industry of the United States, 

 with due regard to the varying conditions 

 and needs of the states in which tlie stations 

 are located. 



The Osservatore Romano officially an- 

 nounces that the Eev. John George Hagen, 

 director of the observatory at Georgetown 

 University, is in Eome and will be appointed 

 director of the Vatican Observatory. 



Professor Florian Cajori, dean of the En- 

 gineering School and professor of mathematics 

 in Colorado College, has recently been elected 

 a member of the Italian Mathematical Society 

 — Circolo Matematico di Palermo. Professor 

 Cajori has about finished his researches on 



