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5. Picture gallery of famous comets. Each contributor describes the picture he brings. (See astronomies; articles on comets listed in "Poole's Index" and in "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.")

TRAVEL CLUB.

FIRST WEEK.

1. Map Talk on the "Quarries." (See Erman's "Life in Ancient Egypt;" Moldenke's "New York Obelisk;" Warner's "My Winter on the Nile;" Rawlinson's "History of Ancient Egypt." Baedeker.)

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Roll Call. Chief events in the Reigns of the Roman Emperors through Marcus Aurelius. (See Baedeker; Milne's "Egypt under Roman Rule" Sharpe's "History of Egypt;" Mommsen's "Provinces of the Roman Empire," Part II, ch. 12; Bury's "History of the Roman Empire;" Gould's "Tragedy of the Caesars;" Hertzberg's "Imperial Rome;" Jones's "History of Rome" in Story of Nations Series; Keightley's "History of the Roman Empire.")

3. Paper. "Alexandria and the Emperors." (See references above.) 4. Story. "Invasion of Queen Candace." (See Baedeker; encyclopedias.)

5. Paper. "Egyptian Kings, Courtiers, and Officials." (See Erman; Wilkinson's "Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians;" "Egyptian Life under the Ptolemies" in Nation, August 20, 1903.)

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SECOND WEEK.

Descriptive Talk. "What People say about Elephantine." (See Erman; Herodotus; Warner; Rawlinson; Baedeker.) Roll Call. "Events in the Reigns of the Roman Emperors from Marcus Aurelius through Theodosius the Great." (See references under "Roll Call" in First Week program; Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire;" Hodgkin's "Dynasty of Theodosius.")

Paper. "The Emperors and Christianity in Egypt." (See Baedeker; Schaff's "History of the Christian Church, vol. 2: references under "Roll Call" above and in First Week program.)

4. Story. "Zenobia of Palmyra." (See encyclopedias; Ware's "Zenobia or the Fall of Palmyra.")

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Paper. "Egyptian Family Life." (See Erman; Wilkinson; Sayce's "Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotus.")

THIRD WEEK.

Composite description. "Old and New Aswan." (See Rawlinson; Moldenke: Erman; Baedeker; "Assouan Dam Completed;" Ward in Independent, Dec. 18, '02; "Egypt and the Great Dam," Living Age, Jan. 10, '03: "Great Engineering Victory," Harper, Sept. 6, 1902" New Nile Reservoir," North American. March, 1003; "Nile Dam at Assouan," Current Literature, Jan., '03; Opening of the Assouan Dam," Scientific American, Jan. 10, '03.)

Paper. The "Byzantine Period." (See Baedeker; Sharpe; Mommsen; encyclopedias.)

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A Literature Class at the Mt. Gretna, Pa., Assembly.

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Few Assembly grounds are more beautiful than those at Mt. Gretna, near Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Its
visitors have 5,000 acres to roam over when they want to "invite their souls" as a relaxation from working
their brains. The C. L. S. C. has its own building, and its activities are enthusiastically carried on by eager
readers, many of whom supplement home work by entering the vigorous classes of the Summer School.

3. Roll Call. "Egypt in the Middle Ages." (See Baedeker; "The Abd al Hakim;" Paton's "History of Egypt;" Lane-Poole "History of Egypt in the Middle Ages," vol. VI; Muir's "The Mameluke or Slave Dynasty of Egypt.")

4 Paper. "The Fatimites and the Crusades."

Duruy's "History of the Middle Ages.")

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5. Quiz on "Sacred Animals." (See "Masterpieces of Greek Literature," p. 306; Curtis's "Nile Notes of an Howadji," Warner; Moldenke; Rawlinson; “Animal Worship in Ancient Times;" Scientific American, Dec. 20, '02; "The Crocodile in Ancient Egypt," Scientific American, Feb. 21, '03; "The Mummification of Cats in Ancient Egypt," Scientific American, June 9, '00; Maspéro's "Dawn of Civilization,” ch. VI; Breasted; Baedeker; Wilkinson.)

FOURTH WEEK.

I. "Philae." Brief summaries by appointed members of references below. Illustrations. (See "Destruction of Philae," A. C. Robinson, Century, Oct., '03; "Restoration of the Foundations of the Philae Temples," Scientific American, Mar. 14, '03; Curtis; Warner; Maspéro's "Manual;" Erman; Edwards's "Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explorers;" Rawlinson; "The Sacred Island of Philae;" Art Journal, vol. 57, 1895; Baedeker; London Illustrated News, Apr. 4, 1908.)

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Paper. "The Turks in Egypt." (See Baedeker; encyclopedias; Freeman's "History and Conquests of the Saracens," and "Ottoman Power in Europe;" Knolles's "History of the Turks;" Lamartine's "History of Turkey;" Menzie's "Turkey Old and New;" Mignot's "History of the Turkish or Ottoman Em-pire.") 3. Roll Call. "Napoleon in Egypt." (See any life of Napoleon; Baedeker; Freeman's "General Sketch of History;" Morse Stephens's "Revolutionary Europe;" Fyffe's "History of Modern Europe.")

4 Paper. "Mohammed Ali and his Successors." (See Baedeker; Dicey's "Story of the Khedivate:" "France and Egypt;" National Review, vol. 27, 1896; Müller's "Political History of the Present Times.")

5. Art Gallery of Egyptian Portraiture, Sculpture, and Decorative Art with lectures by guide. (See Erman; Edwards; Encyclopedia Britannica; Rawlinson; Baedeker; Petrie's "Egyptian Decorative Art;" Capart's "Primitive Art in Egypt;" Perrot and Chipiez's "History of Art in Ancient Egypt.")

6. Reading. “Glass in Ancient Egypt," Chambers' Journal, vol. 68.

SEARCH QUESTIONS ON MAY READINGS.

1. What was a Nilometer?

1. Who was Victor Hugo? 2. What was the title of Margaret Fuller's monograph on women?

1. Who was Lord Elgin (nineteenth century)? 2. What is the meaning of "Quod non fecerunt Gothi, hoc fecerunt Scoti?" 3. Who was Théophile Gautier and what was the subject of "Loin de Paris?" 4. Who was Vitruvius? 5. In whose honor was the Erechtheion built? 6. What was the story of Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian pirates?

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