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Side of Baffin Land and will include the exploration of a stretch of 

 1,000 miles of the western shore of Baffin Land on which it is believed 

 no white man has ever set foot. It is said to he the longest strip of 

 unexplored coast in the world. Mr. MacMillan may retin-n by the cir- 

 cunmavigation of Baffin Land. 



In design and construction, the " Bowdoin" embodies all elements of 

 special ])rovisi()n for the work ahead of her, suggested by Mr. MacMil- 

 lan's previous experience as an Arctic explorer. Her hull is egg-shaped, 

 with nothing to which ice can cling. Lender sufficient pressure from 

 the ice floes, the "Bowdoin," instead of being crushed, should lift out 

 of the water and ])e carried along with the pack. 



She is of the knockabout auxiliary schooner type, equipped with a 

 45-horse-power crude oil burning engine, an installation which Mr. Mac- 

 Millan hopes will insure him a crui.sing radius virtually unlimited by the 

 use of whale oil to supi)lement the regular fuel supply. 



The staunchness of the hull is assured })y a heavy frame planked with 

 three-inch white oak to which has been added at the waterline a five- 

 foot belt of greenheart of ironwood. This armor is said to withstand 

 the grinding action of ice better than steel or any other material, as 

 the ice merely polishes its hard surface. When winter sets in, a three- 

 foot covering of snow and ice will be placed over the entire ship, with 

 snow house after the E.skimo style to cover the hatchways. 



At the re(iuest of the Commissioner of Health of New York City, 

 the New York County Chapter of The Red Cross is undertaking to im- 

 munize 25.000 children in the kindergarten and primary grades of the 

 Manhattan public .schools. The con.sent of the parents is first obtained. 

 According to Health Xews, thus far the parents of about fifty per cent 

 of the children have given their approval. The susceptibility of the 

 child to diphtheria is first determined by means of the Schick test ; toxin- 

 antitoxin is administered to those w^ho are found nonimmune. The 

 work is undertaken because ninety-five per cent of the deaths from diph- 

 theria in New York City last year occurred among children under ten 

 years of. age. Immunity induced l)y toxin-antitoxin lasts for at least 

 five years, and in some cases for life. 



\Mth the approval of President Osborn, Mr. A\'ar)jurg, Chairman of 

 the Board of Trustees of the Pension Fund, has appointed a Welfare 



