Word: scientists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fool at one end of a string and a worm at the other. . . ." The president, elected to preside over the 95th annual meeting of this hoary and distinguished assemblage, had chosen to quip facetiously and without precedent. The president's audience, numbering some 1,500 distinguished scientists, twittered and tittered with ap- preciation-for the president was Edward of Wales. His speech, though about nothing* in particular, was so much more amusing than that delivered in 1859 by the last royal president of the B. A. A. S. -"Dear Albert,"† Prince Consort of Queen Victoria! After all, mused...
Engaged. Irene Curie, daughter of Mme. Curie; to Dr. Frederick Joliot, also a radium scientist. Romance began with experiments in the Curie laboratories...
...some mysterious attraction in Chicago to necessitate such a gesture. No, said the McCormicks, there was nothing mysterious at all; no illness, marriage, divorce, or other sensation. It was a private matter. Of course the newspapers found out in the end. They usually do. Mrs. Cyrus Jr.-ardent Christian Scientist-had wanted to reach Chicago for an international convention of Christian Scientists. No, objected Christian Scientists, that was not it. Mrs. Cyrus Jr. had wanted to, and did, attend the annual meeting of a body called the Bicknell Young* Students' Association. "Oh, well," thought the public? "What...
...California from his post at the government volcano observatory at Hilo, Hawaii (TIME, May 3). It was an earthquake annunciator, a simplified seismograph for installation in the cellars of private dwellings, with an indicator to be read upstairs. It would, he said-and his high standing as a scientist removed all doubt from the assertion-record earth shocks from the slightest tremble to rocking imperceptible to the unaided senses. Scientists hailed it as one of the notable geologic advances of the decade...
...location offers an unequalled opportunity for the study of international relations. Among the members of the General Committee of the School, are General Tasker H. Bliss, Glen Frank, President of Wisconsin University and former editor of the Century Magazine, Stephen P. Duggan, and Walter Lippman, noted political scientist and author...