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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...observations of latitude, Professor H. T. Stetson, with the assistance of Miss Margaret Olmstead, a graduate student at Radcliffe, has discovered a remarkable variation in the latitude of a place on the Earth's surface dependent on the rising and setting of the moon. This information was made known to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday...
...colleges, there is bound to be some stage talent, which if it were not for the college dramatic clubs, might never be brought forth "Many who originally participate in college plays more for the fun of it than because of the recantation that they can act, later become well known actors," the playwright went on. "The few that enter college with a dramatic career in mind have ample opportunity to develop their talents in the under graduate productions...
...variable stars have been discovered at the University Observatory in the course of recent observations, it was announced late last night by Professor Harlow-Shapley, director of the Observatory. The observations were undertaken by the Observatory staff in the effort to gather definite information regarding stars, hitherto only slightly known, and their findings have not hitherto been published anywhere. The remarkable success of the observations is largely due to the unusual visibility afforded by the Observatory's 18-foot Coude telescope...
...thought, due to the fact that these stars are all located in constellations already known and charted,--Scorpio and Orphiuchus--, that the charts of the U. S. Naval Observatory at Washington, D. C., Will be considerably changed...
...applies to but one course in a large field, is good evidence of the fact that at least one danger threatening the success of the experiment has been avoided. A year ago the college was awaiting with considerable trepidation the coming of a first Reading Period that was known to it only by official statements and formidable reading lists. The results in those courses adopting it, however, were so gratifying that converts to the plan flocked in as one non-scientific department after another took up the standard...