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...address from such a man as Dr. Winsor, was a most enviable one. It is also a pleasure to listen to one so well-known as Rev. Professor Churchill, while the honor which was accorded us by the World's Fair Committee in permitting the Columbian March of Prof. Paine's to be sung here for the first time, is a fitting tribute both to Professor Paine and to the University itself...
Last night Prof. Peabody gave an exceedingly interesting lecture in Sever II. on the Ethics of the Social Questions...
...astronomical study. A great drawback to accurate observation and the use of large apparatus at Cambridge has been the atmospheric conditions. In Peru, however, the atmospheric conditions are most extraordinarily favorable for the study the heavens; although the chief object of the recent very successful expedition to Peru by Prof. W. H. Pickering was the photographing of the planet Mars, yet the careful visual observations were made at the same time which have led to most interesting results. Another event of this visit was the construction of a meteorological station on Mount Chaehacari in Peru at the height...
...policy of the Astronomical department as outlined and carried out by Prof. Pickering has favored for many years the use of much smaller telescopes than those in use at many colleges inferior in size to Harvard. This is on account of the atmospheric conditions of the Eastern United States and of Europe, the best results cannot be obtained with the largest instruments...
With the construction of the Peruvian station however with the clearest atmosphere in the world, there is a pressing need for an instrument of the most powerful order. In consequence of this Prof. Edward C. Pickering has edited an eloquent pamphlet, calling for $200,000 for the manufacture and establishment of a suitable telescope. Money donated for such an object could not fail to bring immediate results, and it is hoped that this way now opening for Harvard may soon be clear for the earning of highest honors at the hands of her professors in the study of astronomy...