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...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...
Among the more important results of the investigations of the past year is the discovery of two new variables, three stars having peculiar spectra and the presence of hydrogen lines in the spectrum of V. Andromeda. The discovery of the variability of light of Eros has added greatly to the value of the early Photographs of that body. Photographs of the spectrum of lightning were obtained last summer for the first time. It is expected that the discovery will open a new field for spectroscopic work...
...American Dialect Society held its annual business meeting on Saturday morning, when reports were made of the work of the officers during the past year. Professor C. H. Grandgent was elected a member of the auditing committee...
Professor Norton invites all students in the University, undergraduates and graduates, absent from home and remaining in Cambridge during the holidays, to give him the pleasure of their company on Christmas Eve (Tuesday) from half-past eight to ten o'clock...
...Defeat of Tammany," by William French Wilbour '96, is an interesting sketch of some features of political campaigning in New York during the past autumn. "'Soapy' Smith," by B. Wendell, Jr., and "The Hoboes' Congress," by L. M. Crosbie, are the two stories of the issue. Neither one has enough incident and movement to make it especially interesting. "A Plea for the Rush," by J. Willard Helburn, is, in effect, reply to Professor Shaler's article against the rush, which was printed by the Monthly in November...