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President Frederick Trubee Davison of Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History financed the planetarium building by persuading RFC to take $650,000 in Planetarium Authority bonds in return for a loan, to be paid off by millions of 25? admissions. But the RFC would not advance funds for a foreign-bought instrument. That problem was solved, to Mr. Davison's surprise and delight, when he was handed a check for $150,000 by Bachelor-Banker Hayden, who had been religiously stirred by a planetarium performance in Chicago (TIME...
When the Hayden Planetarium was opened last week, Mr. Hayden was on hand to turn over the control board keys to President Davison. "I think," said Mr. Hayden, "anything is beneficial that makes men realize that there is a much greater power in the universe than the human being on Earth, and I feel that what one sees and hears in the planetarium should make him stop, look and listen...
...Davison uttered grateful words. Presently a switch clicked in the darkened room and then was heard the sound, familiar to planetarium demonstrators, of hundreds of gasps and smothered exclamations, like the far-off murmur of surf...
...Davison's now chorus is designed especially for men and women in the Graduate School of Education although its connection with Music 3 does not preclude the possibility of undergraduate members...
According to Dr. Davison, the Wednesday evening meetings throughout the year will provide practice in conducting as well as the chance for study and practice with the more famous choral music. The first meeting will take place Wednesday evening, at 7 o'clock in Sever 11. No voice trials will be held...