Model of Metropolitan District.

The University has received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the topographical model of the Metropolitan District of Boston, which was exhibited at the Paris Exposition. The model will be deposited in the geological exhibition room on the third floor of the new addition to the University Museum.

The model, a solid piece of plaster thirty feet in circumference, is the largest of the kind yet produced in this country and by far the most accurate. The area represented is nearly five hundred square miles, embracing the territory within a radius of twelve miles from Boston.

The model was begun in August, 1899, under the direction of G. C. Curtis, the sculptor. The work is remarkable for the accuracy of its details, which include some 250 miles of railroad, modelled to scale, 300 miles of stream; 200,000 trees, each separate; 26,000 blocks, correctly located according to maps; 2,750 miles of streets and 157,000 buildings.