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...Theories of Hearing" and "Public Address System" will be main topics of discussion at the fourteenth annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in the Jefferson Physics Laboratory today and tomorrow...
...fire broke out at Jefferson Physics laboratory yesterday, when a beaker of wax ignited, but the blaze war soon quenched...
...commander of the Revolutionary forces in Orange County he had distinguished himself for soldierly competence. After the Revolution he had practiced law in New York, become embroiled in a dubious land deal, survived it to go to the U. S. Senate and receive as many votes as Thomas Jefferson for President, only to be kicked downstairs into the Vice-Presidency by vote of the House of Representatives. Cast out by both parties for killing Alexander Hamilton, he nevertheless had impeccably executed one of the final duties of his office, that of presiding at the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice...
...conqueror of yellow fever, with 57 votes. Economist Henry George scored 56, Suffragist Susan B. Anthony 55, Author Henry David Thoreau 54. Louisa May Alcott with 28 showed her heels to Herman Melville with 24. Far down the list were William Holmes McGuffey (McGuffey's Readers), 17, and Jefferson Davis...
...Hall of Fame is heavily weighted in favor of men of letters. Of the 13 statesmen already installed, eight are U. S. Presidents : Washington, the two Adamses, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln. The other five are equally familiar: Franklin, Hamilton, Henry, Webster, Clay. It was not until 1930, after running five times, that James Monroe slipped in. But there are 16 authors, five preachers and theologians, five educators. There are seven women, of whom Harriet Beecher Stowe is the only household name. Only businessman is George Peabody, who entered under the colors of a philanthropist. The Electors include few businessmen...