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...Shapley has never before taught an undergraduate class at Harvard. When he does the student body will get the chance to meet a man who is not alone a distinguished scientist, but an outstand-humanitarian as well. He will teach an upper level General Education course called Cosmography, the science which teaches the relation of the whole order of nature...
...invitation of Pandit Nehru. Shapley went to India early in 1947 for the general inspection and report on astronomical observatories and other scientific institutions throughout India. This involved travels to all the large cities of India, and since that time Shapley has acted as informal advisor on scientific problems to India. He has also brought four Indian astronomers to the University...
Late in 1946 at the invitation of President Avilla Comache and President-elect Miguel Alomin. Shapley visited Mexico to receive the honors of the government for aiding scientific developments in that country since...
...Shapley were to be given one chance to show what he has done for the Observatory, he would point to the representatives of seventeen different nations that were on his staff at one time...
Throughout his term, Shapley has found it difficult to raise the necessary funds for his Department. Although he has managed to raise endowments from $1,000,000 to $2,250,000 together with gifts of about $50,000 annually, Shapley still tells one story about his past difficulties...