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...largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, an instrument exceeded in size by only two others in the world, will be in operation at the new South African station of the College Observatory within the next two years, it was announced today by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the observatory. The contract for this giant research instrument has just been awarded to a firm in Pittsburgh, Pa., that has made many large telescopes, including the 72-inch reflector at the Dominion Observatory, Victoria, B. C., the world's second largest...
Professor John Shapley of New York University, president of the association, stated that the plan is similar to the American foundations which have operated for some time in Rome and Athens, but the funds will be devoted to students and the books and material they will require. The students will be chosen from those who have had a year of graduate training and who wish to do original research for their theses...
Professor Shapley said that the works of art of the medieval period in Spain are buried, for the most part, in the small museums, churches, and cathedrals. Dr. Cook is the first American scholar to call attention to these hitherto unknown Spanish paintings, frescoes, and illuminated manuscripts...
Several sections of the Dark Convent have been investigated under the superintendance of Professor Harlow Shapley, Director of the Harvard Observatory; Hanover, Johannesbury, and Bloemfontein have all been found favorable for stellar observations. The last-site mentioned is on the whole the best of the three, according to the authorities, and will probably be selected...
...brayed, airplanes skipped, tanks gamboled, men in blue and men in grey marched and countermarched and the Secretary of War met the Secretary of the Navy in midfield and shook hands politely. The score was 14 to 14. Cagle of the Army finagled through 44 yards for a touchdown. Shapley of the Navy lost his temper but kept enough control to pave the way for another touchdown. Score...