Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...received and is now being set up in the eastern part of the Observatory grounds, near Bond street. The telescope was made in 1888 by the late A. A. Common, and set up at Ealing, England. On account of the great weight of the instrument, about 19 tons, a peculiar mounting has been necessary. A new tube 21 feet long with a 60-inch aperture is being made and much of the old clock work and appliances will be changed for new ones operated by electricity. The reflecting lens is about 6 inches thick and weighs, with its cell, about...
...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE. A Peculiar Moraine in Wisconsin (15 m.). Mr. H. E. Simpson. Note on the Late Professor Fouquet (10 m.). Mr. M. Allorge. The Copper Deposits of Vermont (20 m.). Professor H. L. Smyth and Mr. P. S. Smith. Geological Lecture Room...
...laughter in the many amusing situations that arise. D. P. Cook '05, who wrote the book, is fascinating as the gay grass widow and his excellent singing leaves little to be desired. W. W. Fisher '04, as the rollicking farmer, Caleb Sweet, is life-like on account of his peculiar nasal twang. An entirely different part, the hustling showman, is effectively carried by C. P. Whorf '05, as are also the parts of "Ikklehopper" by F. E. Shirk '06 and the city lawyer by H. R. Pratt...
...practically unknown man, became mayor of Brooklyn twice, although the city was normally of the opposite political party. After describing the course of politics there until its consolidation with Greater New York in 1897, the speaker described Mr. Low's three candidacies for mayor of New York, and the peculiar circumstances which caused Mr. Low's defeat last fall in spite of the fact that he had given New York the best administration it has ever...
...somewhat different type of religious meeting is the occasional address by a distinguished clergyman or layman on the peculiar problems of college men. Among the speakers during the past year were Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Dr. Lyman Abbott and Professor F. G. Peabody...