Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...elsewhere in Europe, kneeling peasants gibbered prayers. In Holland, merry celebrants hailed the vast curtains of red, orange, purple, green, blue and white light shifting and shimmering in the northern sky as a happy omen for the delivery of Princess Juliana (see p. 77). In London, which had not seen the aurora borealis since the dire night of a Zeppelin raid during the War, someone, thinking that Windsor Castle was on fire, called the Windsor Fire Department. European telephone exchanges generally were jammed by excited or fearful inquiries...
London scientists said the aurora was the most impressive in 50 years. Scientists at the University of Grenoble in France said that western Europe had not seen such a display since the year...
When we come to the large group of French drawings we are at once impressed by the length of a tradition in draughtmanship. Of its several centuries five are represented here. The accomplishment of the sixteenth can be seen in aportrait by Francois Clouet, of the seventeenth in a wash drawing of landscape by Claude. The special character of the eighteenth, in attitude as in drawing is revealed in a series of red crayon studies by Watteau and Fragonard, Boucher and Greuze...
...mentioned in his recent magazine article that President Conant might make an excellent presidential possibility some day, he may have been echoing the feelings of many people who have dealt with the present head of the University. Those who have transacted business with him in University Hall, or have seen him about the country on his various missionary expeditions, have been impressed with his personality and with the way in which he has transferred his allegiance from research in science to an administrative position which calls for sterling abilities...
Providence can only be given a very slim outside chance of taking the meet, but Babula, with 24-second 50, and 55-second 100 yard free-style races to his credit, will do his best to annex some points. He was seen here last week in the Harvard Interscholastics, and his team-mate, Gibbons, was seen here in January 19 on the Brown Freshman team. Gibbons, a short, slight youngster has shown extraordinary pluck and endurance in distance events, turning in a 5:14.9 440 against the Yardlings, after placing second in a 2:22 220 event...