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inception, and a collection of photographs, 

 most of whicli can not be replaced, of people 

 who have been connected with the school. 



The work of the San Juan Section of the 

 Harvard Field School of Geology during the 

 past summer included the systematic mapping 

 of the southwest quarter of the Montrose 

 quadrangle, the examination of several mines, 

 and a two weeks' trip through the higher moun- 

 tains of the range. There were fourteen 

 students who were divided into seven teams. 

 Each team of two men was assigned special 

 areas for which the men were responsible, and 

 the work of the several parties was compiled in 

 an " office " on an office map. This was avail- 

 able for all to study, and thus see the larger 

 problems which the study of the region brought 

 out. Through this careful areal work a train- 

 ing in geologic mapping was obtained, and a 

 foundation laid for an appreciation of the phys- 

 ical history of the San Juan Mountains. The 

 expedition through the high mountains gave 

 the men an opportunity to see and appreciate 

 the remarkable physiographic features of the 

 range, and to observe hundreds of field phenom- 

 ena of geologic and physiographic significance. 

 The work was carried on under the direction of 

 Professor Wallace W. Atwood, and the party 

 included the following men: Le Baron E. 

 Briggs, Cambridge, Mass.; Norman Bradford, 

 Jr., Newport, K. I.; Edward Condon, Shinni- 

 cock Hills, L. I.; John L. Ferguson, Spokane, 

 Wash. ; W. W. Kent, Chicago, lU. ; S. E. Pea- 

 body, Boston, Mass. ; J. K. Selden, N. Andover, 

 Mass.; T. L. Storer, Waltham, Mass.; Eobert 

 S. Sturgis, Winnetka, 111.; W. J. E. Taylor, 

 Eochester, N. T.; L. Pierson Teas, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; Lucian B. Walker, Tulsa, Okla.; 

 E. U. Whitney, North Haven, Maine; E. A. 

 Terry, Chicago, 111. 



The American Museum Journal states that 

 a rare collection of archeological objects from 

 the Department of lea, Peru, was recently 

 purchased by Mr. A. D. Juilliard and presented 

 to the museum. This collection represents the 

 results of numerous expeditions during the last 

 nine years by Mr. Manuel Montero to the desert 

 regions to the south and west of lea. These 



visits to the prehistoric burial grounds were 

 his vacations, and every object in the collection 

 was excavated by him. The most notable ob- 

 jects are nine large shawl-like garments covered 

 with conventionalized figures in embroidery. 

 The beautiful color schemes seen in these tex- 

 tiles make them a joy to the artist, and they 

 will doubtless be copied eagerly by the nu- 

 merous art students who make constant use of 

 the museum collections. Besides these shawl- 

 like garments there are many smaller pieces 

 of cloth which are highly ornamented. The 

 metal work of these ancient people is repre- 

 sented by objects in silver and copper. There 

 are several pairs of large silver ear-plugs, 

 ornamented with embossed figures of birds, sil- 

 ver tweezers also ornamented with raised bird 

 figures, and a number of shawl pins with finely 

 executed figures of birds and pumas on the 

 upper ends. The other objects in the collection 

 consist principally of the women's workbaskets, 

 with spindles and various colored threads, a 

 loom with cloth in process of weaving, feather 

 ornaments, slings, musical instruments and a 

 few choice pieces of pottery. 



UNIVEBSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



The Vassar jubilee endowment fund has 

 reached $696,000, the gifts of the alumns3 

 amounting to $221,000. 



There is a probability of a merger of the 

 University of Pennsylvania medical school 

 with that of the Medieo-Chirurgical CoUege 

 of Philadelphia. If the amalgamation is con- 

 summated a great school for post-graduate 

 medical work will be established at the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. The present students 

 of the " Medioo-Chi " would be transferred to 

 the University Medical School, as well as a 

 number of members of the faculty. Some of 

 the " Medico-Chi " buildings together with 

 large additions would become the headquarters 

 for the postgraduate school. 



The work of grading the ground for the new 

 medical school building of the University of 

 Cincinnati directly opposite the Cincinnati 

 General Hospital has begun. The school will 



