Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Duke Ellington was the nation's No. 1 bandleader (for the fifth time), and top soloist (for the first time), according to Down Beat magazine's annual poll. Spike Jones was again King of Corn, nosing out Guy Lombard and Vaughn Monroe.
Many stars are variable. The "novae" flash into sudden brilliance and then fade back to dimness. Others wax & wane regularly every few days. In a letter to Britain's Nature magazine, D. Stanley-Jones suggests that both types of uneasy stars may be natural versions of the man-made...
Variable stars, says Stanley-Jones, may work the same way. When the star is in ai normal quiescent condition, its heavy fissionable atoms are too far apart for a chain reaction to get started. Being heavy, they sink gradually toward the center of the star. As they sink, they approach...
In some cases, says Stanley-Jones, the explosion is powerful enough to disrupt the star, blowing a vast halo of luminous material away from its surface. Such stars would be nonrepeating novae. A milder explosion would merely cause a slight expansion and more brightness. After it is over, perhaps the...
Philip James McNiff has been ap- pointed the head librarian of Lamont. He received an S.B. in library service from Columbia in 1940 and has served on the staff of Widener since 1942. Frank N. Jones '30 was selected as assistant librarian