Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shift. When almost a century ago, Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist, declared that sound and light would be changed in wave lengths if they proceeded from a moving source or to a moving observer,* astronomers looked through their telescopes at the far away stars and found that he was correct. They discovered that light from some stars appeared redder than normal, others appeared bluer, concluded that the red stars (the longer wave lengths) were moving away from the earth, the blue stars (shorter wave lengths) were moving toward the earth.? Last week. Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble, Mount Wilson Observatory...
Although on the face of it this is merely a means taken to correct the usual haphazard assignment of courses by an uninterested and more or less uninformed freshman adviser, it is also an indication of the difficulties encountered in assimilating the various types of students entering every year and starting them off on congenial and not too discouraging work...
...pictures of cancerous bones. Only 300 appeared at Baltimore, but events proved that the 300 needed Dr. Bloodgood's instruction. He had photograph after photograph of cancerous bones and joints thrown on a screen. The 300 were asked to write down their diagnoses. At first very few were correct. But as projections continued scores mounted until at the end most of the doctors agreed in their picture readings, could return home more confident of making proper cancer diagnoses...
...Deny interview as stated. I quoted a French philosopher on three escapes from reality, but said it is better to love intensely than lead a sterile narrow life. I did not say mix the three, but said work is the best outlet. Do what you can to correct. I said man employs three escapes, but I had abiding faith that he would find constructive rather than destructive escapes...
...justice to Mr. Sterling and also in justice to the Rural Schools of Texas we believe that you should correct this statement. A copy of 'The story of his life" is enclosed...