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Funniest sequel to the discovery was an attempt by the Japanese to annex the nova. CBS's short-wave listening station heard Tokyo announce that a Japanese amateur astronomer, Shiaki Nakihava, had first sighted the new star. The Japanese called his feat "one of the greatest events in science." Then they located the nova in the wrong constellation (Canis Major instead of Puppis...
Memorial Hall, today, is only a shell. It stands a gaunt monument to the dead of a forgotten war, meaning little to those who prepare for a vastly greater war. As a college building the theatre annex alone fills a useful function. Mem Hall, today, has lost its dignity and its meaning...
...swanky Berkshire Symphonic Festival, after much hemming and hawing, had called off its annual summer festival in the western Massachusetts hills. Gas rationing and tire conservation made bucolic concerts risky business. But Conductor Koussevitzky was in a dither-partly at the thought of discontinuing the Berkshire Music School, an annex of the festival, where students learn the arts of conducting, playing, composing and operatic technique. He decided to run the Music Center himself, to put on a symphonic festival without the Boston Symphony...
...only mission. He never ceased to warn Japan's leaders that their army must be curbed, that a clash with the U.S. would be fatal to their country. On the other hand he pleaded their cause against U.S. critics. He could see no reason why Japan should not annex Korea-"a badly governed area" smaller than the American prize of the Philippines. He believed Formosa to be "better off under Japanese control." In order to "play fair," he defended...
...Widener annex will be open to students Monday morning after the ceremonies Saturday and a reception for members of the Faculty and their wives on Sunday afternoon...