Word: profs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Prof. Briggs gave an interesting talk before the Christian Association last evening on daily duty at Harvard. We do not harmonize here in our daily life as much as might be expected among college men. This is due, to a certain extent, to the elective system, a system good in itself, but abused by many men. We have no right to squander our four years away on courses that we take no interest in. The college man has more vacation than any other class, yet he idles away his time in doing fifty things besides his appointed tasks; a slight...
...Prof. Searle postponed consideration of the nebular hypothesis till the next lecture...
Mars has two satellites, the inner of which is remarkable in that it rises in the west, its motion being very rapid. Jupiter has five satellites of which one was discovered last summer by Prof. Barnard of the Lick Observatory. The velocity of light was first determined by observation of the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, Uranus has four satellites and Neptune has one which is remarkable as having a retrograde motion...
...Prof. F. W. Taussig spoke on the "Currency Situation" at the joint meeting of the seminaries in American History and institutions Monday afternoon...
...Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, of Vassar, will give a course of lectures on Domestic Service at the University of Michigan...