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...some places he encountered tepidity, mediocrity, downright corruption. The much-touristed monastery at Himi was particularly disenchanting: the food and water were noisome, ferocious dogs snarled (chained) in the courtyard, inestimable works of art disintegrated in the corridors, the abbot was a fool for such gadgets as bicycle bells and dry-cell batteries, all of them out of commission. But Marco Pallis did find four good & great men, to whom he dedicates his book. From one he learned the traditions and processes of Tibetan painting. With the others he debated on war, on compassion, on the relative merits of Christianity...
Henry C. Clark '11, Richard C. Floyd '11, F. Wadsworth Busk '16, Henry L. F. Kreger '16, David P. Morgan '16, Walter W. Weld '16, Alexander Winsor '16, Robert Baldwin '17, Graham B. Blaine '17, Clement K. Stodder '17, S. Abbot Smith '18, William B. Snow '18, Thomas D. Cabot '19, Francis A. Caswell '19, Henry C. Flower, Jr. '19, Francis W. Hatch '19, Frederic K. Bullard '20, Frederic C. Church, Jr. '20, Richard Saltonstall '20, Edward L. Bigelow '21, Henry H. Faxon '21, Dwight P. Robinson...
Citing the advantages of using such a machine powered by the sun's rays, Dr. Abbot pointed out the low cost of upkeep. Although at present its costs are about the same as those of a coal engine, one-half cent per horsepower hour, if the machines could be made in large quantities there would be no fuel charges...
Shifting to the topic of the weather, Abbot voiced his "pet" theory that all changes in weather are caused by fluctuations in the intensity of the sun's rays...
Experiments are also being made with ultra-violet rays, Dr. Abbot mentioned...