Summer Schools at Harvard.

It will probably sound strange for the graduates of Harvard, even those who have left within comparatively recent years, to hear that Class Day will not put an end to all the grinding of the college year. Five important courses are announced for the benefit of those desiring to take advantage of the opportunities offered at Harvard for study - botany, chemistry, geology, physics and physical culture. The summer school of botany will have the advantage of being connected with the Botanical Garden. This course has been given for several years, and last summer there were thirty-eight students in attendance, nearly all of whom were professors or teachers in other schools and colleges. The course in botany this year will begin on Wednesday, July 6th, and end Saturday, August 6th, and will be under the supervision of Mr. J. E. Humphrey and Prof. G. L. Goodale.

Dr. Arthur M. Comey will have charge of the courses in chemistry. This school was first opened in 1874 and since that time has been attended by over 350 persons, among whom have been teachers in the principal high schools and academies of the country. The Cambridge Tribune publishes the following:

"This summer the school will be under the same management, and will open July 11 and continue six weeks, closing August 20. Courses will be given in general chemistry, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, organic chemistry and mineralogy.

The fee for the courses is $25, payable on entering. An additional charge, which has averaged $4 to $6, is made for the material and apparatus consumed by each student. To cover this a deposit of $10 is required on entering, and whatever balance remains will be returned when the student closes his account."

The school of geology will open July 6, and until the 22nd, all the work done will take place in Cambridge. There will be lectures, laboratory work and excursions under the care of Prof. N. S. Shaler assisted by Mr. T. W. Harris. Prof. Shaler will lecture every week day in the field or laboratory on the following subjects: 1. The general principles of the application of force to the surface of the earth; 2. Erosion by rivers and by the sea; 3. Glacial phenomena; 4. Faults, veins and dikes. July 24, the expedition will be made from Cambridge to New Britain, Conn.; July 25 to 29, at or near New Britain. From there a trip will be made to the Catskill Mountains, N. Y., and from there to North Adams, Mass. It is intended to have the work finished by the 16th of August.

Applicants for membership should address Mr. T. W. Harris, Divinity Hall, Cambridge, Mass. Before their enrolment on June 15th, they will pay a tuition fee of thirty dollars ($30). Each student will bear his own expenses, but these will be reduced as much as possible by special arrangement with hotels and railroads. The cost of the session cannot be exactly reckoned beforehand, but it is estimated as follows: Six weeks' boarding and lodging, $40 to $60; travelling expenses with the school $15 to $20.

A summer school will be conducted at the Jefferson Physical Laboratory if there is sufficient demand for it, but only for the purpose of presenting to teachers or others the elementary course in experimental physics, which is recommended in preparation for Harvard College, thus giving instructors in physics the opportunity of reviewing the course required at the examinations. The school, if given, will probably begin about July 11 and continue four weeks, under the management of Dr. E. H. Hall, assisted by Mr. W. A. Stone (Harvard, 1886).

This course will be of great value to those for whom it is intended, and on account of the facilities furnished by the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, will probably draw a number of students.

This year, for the first time, Dr. Sargent will open, at the Hemenway Gymnasium, a summer course of physical training, designed to supplement the Physical Training School for Teachers, which has been so successfully carried on in Cambridge for the last five years.

The design of the school is to qualify men and women to supply the demand for competent instructors in the Sargent system of examination and physical training. The present need is for intelligent organizers and leaders rather than skilful performers - for those who can arouse enthusiasm for health and development rather than for feats and display.

Special instruction in elocution, fencing, sparring, wrestling and military drill will be given to those who desire it, by assistants prominent in their special lines.

The opportunities for out-of-door sports will be unequalled. All students will have the use of the extensive athletic grounds immediately adjoining the gymnasium, and the boat-house accommodations on the river.

Among other advantages, the university library and Museum of Comparative Zoology will be open to students attending the summer school.