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Those who knew him well detected in it a hidden sweetness; but against the stranger it burned and glared, and guarded all avenues of approach. Startled it was like the eye of a wild animal, and penetrating. "peering through the portals of the brain like the brass cannon." Over it crouched bushy brows, and all around the great head bristled white hair, on forehead, cheeks, and lips, so that little flesh remained visible, and the life was settled in two fiery spots. This concentration of expression in the few elementary features of shape, hair, and eyes made the head...
Among the distinguished physiologists who will be present at the Congress are, in addition to Krogh, Professor Pavlov of Leningrad and Professor Leon Fredriq. The President of the Congress is Dr. William H. Howell of Johns Hopkins University. The local committee in charge of arrangements consists of Cannon, chairman, and Doctors E. J. Cohn and A. C. Redfield '13 of the Medical School, secretaries...
...second of a series of "Open Nights" at the Harvard College Observatory, 60 Garden St., will be held tonight at 7.45 o'clock under the auspices of the Bond Astronomical Club. A short lecture, entitled "The Stars", will be given by Dr. Annie J. Cannon. This will be followed by telescopic observations of celestial objects. Exhibits showing the work of the observatory will also be explained. Tickets of admission may be had upon application at the observatory...
...Monday evening Dr. A. J. Cannon will continue the series with a lecture on "The Stars." Miss H. B. Sawyer, speaking next Thursday, will have "The Planets" as her topic; while as the conclusion of the "Open Nights," on April 30, C. B. Andrews '25 will discuss...
...glorify, who twists and turns on a rope; and Goliath, the sea elephant, who has gained exactly one ton since last seen by his adoring public. This year there are many new acts, not the least astounding of which is that in which a man is shot from a cannon into a net more than 200 ft. away. He is Ugo Zacchini. He and his brother served in the Italian artillery during the War. They wondered then whether a man could be hurled as a projectile. There was no time to find out. Back on their farm in north...