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...first Union lecture of the year will be delivered by Professor A. Lawrence Rotch h.'91 on "Aerial Navigation," in the Living Room this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be illustrated and will be open only to members of the Union...
Professor Rotch is professor of Meteorology in the University, a position which he has held since 1906. He was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1884, and in the following year founded, and has since maintained, the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, famous for its investigations of the clouds and for employing kites to obtain meteorological data. In 1889 he was a member of the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition, and was then made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He has also received a number of Prussian orders, in recognition of his efforts to advance...
This evening an opportunity will be given to members of the Union to hear about man's triumph over the air from Professor Rotch, whose work in establishing and maintaining the Blue Hill Observatory has contributed much to our knowledge of atmospheric conditions. He is an authority on the subject whose lecture will be instructive and entertaining...
October 12.--Professor A. L. Rotch h.'91, on "Aerial Navigation." Illustrated...
...William Rotch Severance '09, of New Bedford, three, prepared for College at Milton Academy. He rowed five on his Freshman crew, and for the last two years has rowed five and three respectively on the University crew. He is 22 years old, weighs 180 pounds, and is 6 feet, 1 inch in height...