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...many working buildings of the University, to the two dining halls, and is free from noise and dust. The committee is not prepared to recommend finally any situation, but is inclined to favor the present one in the southeast corner of the College Yard, as it is probably nearer the centre of College population and makes the Library almost the first building seen by visitors coming from Boston...
...programme for the Vesper Service this afternoon in Appleton Chapel is as follows: Chorus from Stainer's "Crucifiction"; Chorus from Gounod's "Redemption"; "Nearer My God to Thee," Adams...
...annual report of the Astronomical Observatory, recently issued by Professor Pickering, reviews in detail the work of the department for the past year. It states that three important astronomical events have occurred since the last report: the opposition of the planet Eros, which brought the planet nearer to the earth than it will be again for many years; the appearance of the New Star in Perseus, the brightest object of its class which has been seen for three hundred years; and the total eclipse of the sun in Sumatra...
...land on Holmes Field is better adapted for a rink than that nearer the river, as the water will not drain off so quickly, and the surrounding buildings protect the field from exposure...
Computations have been made at the Observatory on a new asteroid discovered last summer at Arequipa, Peru. These computations prove that its daily motion around the sun is very large, showing it to be nearer the sun than any asteroid previously studied. It has been found to have a greater ellipticity than any other similar body...