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since 1895. He entered the Department of Phi- 

 losophy October 23, 1895, electing his major in as- 

 tronomy, his minors in mathematics and philosophy. 

 He was admitted to candidacy for the degree of Doc- 

 tor of Philosophy October 1, 1897. He has completed 

 twenty-seven standard courses. He has satisfactorily 

 passed written examinations in astronomy with Pro- 

 fessor Doolittle on May 4 and 11, 1901 ; in mathe- 

 matics with Assistant Professors Fisher and Schwatt 

 on March 7, 1901 ; in philosophy with Dr. Singer on 

 March 25, 1901. He has presented a thesis entitled 

 ' The Right Ascensions of One Hundred and Eighty 

 Latitude Stars,' and has deposited with the Dean a 

 copy of the manuscript and the money necessary to 

 print it. The scope of this thesis may be described 

 as follows : 



The determination of the latitude of any single 

 point of the earth's surface, by the zenith telescope 

 method, depends ultimately on the positions of the 

 stars observed for that purpose. The object of this 

 thesis is the determination from all available data of 

 definitive values of the right ascensions of one hundred 

 and eighty stars. This material is needed for the 

 determination of the variations of latitude at the 

 Sayre Observatory of Lehigh University and at the 

 Flower Observatory of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. A definitive investigation of the right ascen- 

 sions has not been undertaken before this. The 

 necessary data were found in the star catalogues 

 heretofore published, from 1755 to date. Altogether 

 positions of these stars were^taken from about one 

 hundred such sources. The observed positions were 

 then combined by the method of least squares, and 

 the definitive values of the right ascensions of the 

 one hundred and eighty stars in question for 1875.0 

 were thus determined. 



Mr. Evans is unanimously recommended to the 

 Faculty of Philosophy by Group Committee XII. for 

 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 



Professor Fattest, Fresentor. 

 John Paul Goode was born at High Forest, Minn. , 

 November 21, 1862. He received his early education 

 in the public schools of Olmstead County, Minn., and 

 in the Eochester Seminary, Eochester, Minn. He 

 entered the University of Minnesota as a freshman in 

 1885, and received the degree of Bachelor of Science 

 in 1889. From 1889 to 1898 he was professor of the 

 natural sciences in the State Normal School, Moor- 

 head, Minn. He spent the summer of 1894 in the 

 Summer School of Harvard University, that of 1895 

 as a graduate student in geology at the University of 

 Chicago, that of 1896 as instructor in geology in the 

 Summer School of the University of Minnesota. Dur- 

 ing the autumn and winter quarters of the year 



1897-98 he was fellow in geology at the University 

 of Chicago, being absent on leave from his professor- 

 ship. During the four summers, 1897, '98, '99 and 

 1900, he was instructor in physiography and meteor- 

 ology at the University of Chicago. In the year 

 1898-99 he spent the autumn, winter and spring 

 quarters as a graduate student of geology and eco- 

 nomics at the University of Chicago. In 1899 he was 

 appointed to the professorship of the physical sciences 

 and geography in the Eastern Illinois State Normal 

 School, Charleston, 111., which position he still holds, 

 having been absent on leave during the past academic 

 year. 



He entered the Department of Philosophy of the 

 University of Pennsylvania October 1, 1900, and re- 

 mained in residence until April 5, 1901. On March 

 8, 1901, the Executive Committee decided to consider 

 this period of residence as satisfying the rule requir- 

 ing one year of residence. Mr. Goode elected his 

 major in economics, his minors in geology and 

 sociology. He completed in the University of Chicago 

 fifteen standard courses in geology, two in miner- 

 alogy, and eight in economics. In this University 

 he has completed in economics nine standard courses, 

 making a total of thirty-four. He has satisfactorily 

 passed written examinations on November 16, 1900, 

 in physiography with Assistant Professor Brown ; on 

 March 30 and April 4, 1901, in economics with Pro- 

 fessor Patten and Assistant Professor Seager ; on 

 March 23, 1901, in economic geology with Assistant 

 Professor Brown, and on April 1 and 3, 1901, in 

 sociology with Assistant Professor Lindsay. He has 

 presented a thesis entitled ' The Influence of Phys- 

 iographic Factors upon the Occupations and the Eco- 

 nomic Development of the United States.' He has 

 deposited with the Dean a letter from Mr. E. M. 

 Lehnerts, guaranteeing the publication of the thesis 

 in the BuUetin of the American Bureau of Geography- 

 The scope of the thesis may be briefly described as 

 follows : 



1. A study of the geographic location of the United 

 States, showing its relation to other lands and the 

 effects that this position has on its climate. 



2. A sketch of the geographical development of 

 North America, and its effects on the distribution of 

 mineral wealth, drainage and the formation of soils. 



3. A detailed study of the physiographic provinces 

 of the United States, showing how the relief of the 

 land facilitates or obstructs settlement and trade. 

 With this is given a classification of harbors and 

 many illustrations of how they are formed and im- 

 proved or destroyed. 



4. A study of climate, of ocean currents and of the 

 distribution of the rainfall. 



5. The influence of forests on man ; his debt to 



