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Alumnus Frank B. Ober, a Maryland lawyer, had written to propose that "practical steps" be taken to eliminate "disloyal teachers." By their extracurricular pronouncements, said Ober, such men as Astronomer Harlow Shapley were giving "aid and comfort to Communism." The university's answer: "Harvard is not afraid of freedom . . . Teachers have rights as citizens to speak and write as men of independence . . . There will be no harassment of professors...
...award goes to the scientist making an outstanding contribution to the field of meteors, Director Harlow Shapley said...
...measures the distance of a star by studying its color, which changes as the light passes through the dust clouds of space. Shapley looks at variable stars, which grow brighter and dimmer with a regular period. This period often depends on the absolute brightness of the star; when Shapley knows the absolute brightness and the brightness as seen from the earth, he can easily determine the star's distance...
Professors Bart J. Bok and Harlow Shapley are trying to map this huge disc-shaped "island universe," which includes the earth and every star that the naked eye can see. Both of them are measuring the distance to far-away suns, to determine their relative positions in the galaxy and thus the shape of the galaxy itself...
...Harlow Shapley, director of the Observatory, and several members of the Astronomy Department will speak at the meeting, which is sponsored by the amateur Bond Astronomical Club...