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...have been obtained than ever before. It seems almost probable that because of the important knowledge which must be gained by a close study of these photographs, the eclipse of 1889 will be looked upon, among men devoted to the study of practical astronomy, as marking an epoch in the history of solar physics. The great thirteen-inch Boyden telescope, with a lens specially corrected for photographic work, was successfully operated in securing eight large-scale pictures of the sun's corona, and these appear certain to be the finest representations of this strange object ever obtained. Up to this...
...Epoch, an interesting New York weekly, has been put upon the list of CRIMSON exchanges...
...Jared Sparks' professorship at Harvard was epoch-making for American history rather than for historical teaching. It was understood from the outset that his chief energy was to be expended in lectures to the senior and junior classes. He himself says of his appointment: 'Mr. Quincy said it was not proposed that I should have anything to do in the way of teaching by recitation from books, occasional examinations and lectures were proposed. For anything else I am not responsible. Let the tutor drill the boys.' Every college professor of history will sympathize with Mr. Sparks' view and be glad...
...first number of the Epoch, a new weekly published in New York, has appeared. It contains a large number of interesting and well-written articles, contributed by men of no less distinction than Carl Schurz, Mr. Stedman and Prof. Boyesen. The editorials are written in a conservative spirit, and treat the great questions of the day in a sensible, moderate way. The book notices are particularly copious and well done. If the Epoch continues as it has begun, the editors may feel confident of having supplied a need that was felt in the journalistic world...
...interest. It was altogether the most scholarly, artistic, complete and interesting procession that I have ever seen. It was intended to represent, as by a living panorama, the history of the university and city for the last five hundred years; and it certainly succeeded in bringing back those past epochs with startling vividness. There came a sudden clatter of mounted police, then a snarling of antique trumpets, and Lo! the hands on the dial of time swept suddenly back, all the harsh realism of the nineteenth century vanished, and the age of romance was with us once more. The year...