Word: mcgann
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Official discoverer of the new comet was Professor John Paraskevopoulos of Harvard's observatory near Bloemfontein, South Africa, who reported his find on Nov. 7. Other southern hemisphere astronomers spotted it about the same time, as did at least one nonscientific night owl. Captain Frank McGann of Panagra saw the comet from his Clipper as he flew over the Caribbean on Nov. 4, and reported it to his base in Miami...
According to Dr. Leland Cunningham, comet expert of the University of California, "McGann-Paraskevopoulos" (official name: 1948-L) is now moving away from the sun, having passed closest to it on Oct. 27. It is about 50 million miles from the earth and will not come any nearer. Its tail is more than 15° long, 30 times the breadth of the full moon, and its head is estimated to be of the second magnitude in brightness (this is brighter than all except 41 stars in the sky). The comet will fade slowly, but it will appear a little earlier...
Opening the festivities of Commencement week, Gene Krupa will bring his band here on Monday, June 16, for the gala Senior Spread, traditionally known as the Seniors' last filing at College life, it was announced last night by Thomas F. McGann '41, chairman of the Spread Committee...
Making arrangements for the affair is a seven man committee headed by McGann. Other Seniors on the committee are Lawrence E. Shulman, A. Ellis Hunt, Jr., H. Gray Hutchinsee, John B. McGann, Russell N. Fairbanks, and Robert G. Paine...
Krupa's band comes here after recent engagements at the Meadowbrook Club, Glen Island Casino, and the Hotel Pennsylvania. "The band will tend towards the smooth and sweet," commented McGann. Mrs. Roger Irving Lee of Brookline is Head Patroness, and will be assisted by Mrs. James Bryant Conant, Mrs. Delmar Leighton, Mrs. Langdon P. Narvin, and Mrs. Ralph Hornblower...