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supplement those already established. 

 The immediate aim of the new depart- 

 ment will be to occupy the ground in- 

 termediate between geology and clima- 

 tology, on the one hand, and history, 

 sociology, political economy, and biol- 

 ogy, on the other. The courses offered 

 at the outset will be those for which, 

 within this field, there is greatest de- 

 mand. 



John Paul Goode, Ph. D. , in charge of 

 the work of geography in the Wharton 

 School in the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, has accepted an assistant pro- 

 fessorship in the Department of Geog- 

 raphy, and will begin his work the 

 second term of the summer quarter 

 (July 27, 1903). No other appointment 

 will be made this year. During his first 

 year Dr Goode will be in residence dur- 

 ing the second term of the summer 

 quarter, and during the autumn and 

 spring quarters. The courses which he 

 will give during the first year will in- 

 clude courses on the economic geography 

 of (1) North America, (2) Europe, and 

 (3) tropical countries. The central 

 theme of these courses will be the influ- 

 ence of the physiography, the climate, 

 and the natural resources of these lands 

 on their settlement, development, and 

 present commercial and industrial status. 

 Research courses will also be offered for 

 advanced students. 



The geographic work of the univer- 

 sity during the coming year will include 

 the following courses, in addition to 

 those given in the Department of Geog- 

 raphy : 



I. In the Department of Geology. — 

 1, an elementary course in physiog- 

 raphy each quarter ; 2, a local field and 

 laboratory course, first term, summer 

 quarter ; 3, two field courses in geology 

 and geograph)^ about Devils Lake and 

 the Dells of the Wisconsin, in Wiscon- 

 sin, one month each, commencing June 

 iS and July 27 respectively; 4, a course 

 in advanced physiography, autumn 

 quarter ; 5, a field course (for advanced 



students) in the Wasatch Mountains of 

 Utah and vicinity. 



Other courses which, while primarily 

 geological, are fundamental to the proper 

 conception of the evolution of the present 

 geography of the continents, will also be 

 given in this department. 



II. In the Department of Zoology. — 

 Courses in zoogeography, summer and 

 spring quarters. 



III. In the Departme?it of Botany. — 

 1 , an elementary course in plant geog- 

 raphy (time not announced) ; 2, an ele- 

 mentary course in ecology, summer and 

 spring quarters ; 3, elementary and ad- 

 vanced courses in field botany, summer 

 and spring quarters; 4, advanced courses 

 in geographic botany, winter quarter ; 

 5, a course in physiographic ecology, 

 summer and spring quarters. 



IV. In the Department of Political 

 Economy. — Courses in commercial geog- 

 raphy, summer, autumn, and winter 

 quarters. 



School of Education. — In addition to 

 the foregoing, courses in geography will 

 be given by Miss Baber in the School of 

 Education (the Normal Department of 

 the University ) . These courses are 

 planned primarily with reference to the 

 needs of teachers in the grades. Miss 

 Baber will also conduct a field course of 

 one month's duration during the second 

 term of the summer quarter, beginning 

 July 27. 



THE ASCENT OF MT EVEREST 



ASERIOL T S attempt is about to be 

 made, writes Herbert C. Fyfe in 

 the Scientific American, to ascend the 

 highest mountain in the world, Mt Ev- 

 erest, which rears its stately head 29,002 

 feet above the level of the sea. 



The highest point to which man has 

 so far climbed is 23,080 feet. This is 

 the height of Aconcagua, the loftiest 

 summit of the main cordillera of the 

 Andes. Aconcagua was scaled by the 

 famous guide, Mathias Zurbrigger, and 



