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...Martha M. Eliot '13, Director of the United States Children's Bureau, and ex-Director of the United Nations' World Health Organization; Miss Mabel W. Daniels '00, well-known composer; Mrs. Serge Gaposchkin '35, noted astronomer; Dr. Priscilla White '21, diabetes specialist and author of "Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence"; Mrs. Henry G. Doyle '40, who has been active in combatting juvenile delinquency in Washington...
Star Whirlpools. Another great mystery of space is why the galaxies often look like spinning pinwheels. Cecilia H. Payne-Gaposchkin of Harvard Observatory has no ready answer. She points out that a great many galaxies (including the earth's) are spirals, but she does not know how they got that way. It may have something to do with the turbulence and viscosity of the thin gases between the stars, or with the magnetic fields that are supposed to permeate space. Astronomers believe that the explanation of the mysterious spirals will tell them much about the history of the universe...
...Payne-Gaposchkin, lecturer on Astronomy and Phillips Astronomer, will serve as acting chairman of the Department of Astronomy during the spring term...
They are: E. Bright Wilson, Jr., chairman of the Department of Chemistry-designate, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, acting chairman of the Committee on Educational Policy appointed, and Charles L. Kuhn, member of the Committee on Educational Policy appointed...
Shapley attributes much of the Graduate School's expansion to his able assistants. These include Bart J. Bok, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy and Associate Director of the Observatory; Cecilia P. Gaposchkin, researcher in Astronomy, Donald H. Menzel, professor of Astrophysics and Associate Director for Solar Research; and Fred L. Whipple, professor of Astronomy...