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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decision is made not to keep one of the groups of statuary of D. C. French, both works of art will probably be brought to Cambridge, as a result of the offer made Sunday night by Professor J. H. Sachs to preserve both the statues at Harvard if the City of Boston did not wish to keep them...
...entering as Eastern college only late in their secondary course. A lack of friends and relatives with a background of collegiate experience makes it difficult to arrive at a decision that is a matter of natural sequence of boys brought up in closer touch with University traditions. As a result, the old plan of examination is out of the question and as a matter of fact seldom employed by this class of applicant as for the new plan of entrance, the lengthy reviews necessary for the successful passing of the comprehensives often prove too much for the prospective candidate, assisted...
...discovery of the center of the nucleus of this galaxy of stars of which our solar system is a part was announced last night at Schenectady by Professor Harlan Shapley in his address before the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. This discovery is the result of many years of research by the Harvard Observatory, and rewards their work on variable stars...
...same way, the people of the world cannot solve the problem of world peace. The solution will come from the mind of some great genius who knows the whole problem and who realizes fully the destruction which would result from another...
...British soldiers accidentally discovered Dura. Word went to the late Gertrude Bell. She sent a call to Professor James Henry Breasted of the University of Chicago, who was at Luxor, Egypt, his headquarters for Egyptian research. He sped to Dura, hastily made photographs and maps. As the result of his recommendations, the General Education Board gave money to dig at Dura. Rewards: rare colored frescoes, fine sculptures, important inscriptions, and best of all-Greek, Latin and Aramaic parchments. Rarely have parchments of the period been found outside of Egypt...