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Professor Newcomb took the degree of S. B. at the Lawrence Scientific School n 1858. For many years he was at the head of the United States naval observatory at Washington, and takes rank as one of the foremost astronomers of our time. His writings have been chiefly upon astronomy, but he has also published a well known book on "The Principles of Political Economy," and has written articles in periodicals on economic subjects...
Professor Newcomb took the degree of S.B. at the Lawrence Scientific School in 1858. For many years he was at the head of the United States Naval Observatory at Washington, and takes rank as one of the foremost astronomers of our time. His writings have been chiefly upon astronomy, but he has also published a well known book on "The Principles of Political Economy," and has written articles in periodicals on economic subjects...
Hurdling in the open field and hurdling through the line the committee decided to prohibit, and no player will be allowed to jump through the line with his knees or feet foremost, unless he does so at a point at least five yards from the point where the ball was put in play. Holding was also forbidden; the only allowable use of the arms being in blocking an opponent with the arms close to the body. A player running with the ball, however, will be allowed to ward off an opponent with his hands. The penalty for holding was fixed...
...collection of about 125 Syriac manuscripts. Although some are modern copies on paper, others are old manuscripts on parchment and vellum. These manuscripts go back to the twelfth century and even to the Bible. The collection was made by Professor J. Rendel Harris of England, one of the foremost scholars in Syriac studies...
...Hugh Black, D.D., of Edinburgh, Scotland, will conduct the service in Appleton Chapel tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Mr. Black, who is a distinguished preacher and author, is associated with one of the foremost Presbyterian churches in Scotland, and is now on leave of absence to act as professor in the Union Theological Seminary of New York...