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Early in 1891 a station was established by Professor Wm. H. Pickering at Arequipa in Peru, thus furnishing means for observing and photographing the stars of the southern sky. This gave Harvard a singular advantage over other observatories, for in the wonderfully clear condition of the skies in that quarter, observations can be made nearly all the year round, and are limited only by the size and power of the instruments. Last year 1224 photographs of the southern stars were taken, and from these much valuable information was obtained. The negatives were sent to Cambridge and are now stored with...
...simplest plan the best, even though it might abolish the class chorister? If one looks at the first four lines of "Fair Harvard," one is struck by their singular fitness for this particular occasion...
...Monday is very near to the minds of us all. Shaw was one of those men whom the college can least afford to lose,-a man to whose future all his friends looked for ward with the greatest interest and the most lively expectation. Of remarkable ability, of singular courage and determination, he held a very high place in the respect and esteem of both his instructors and his contemporaries in college. His presence on the football field last year and in the boat this spring made his figure familiar to all of us, and there...
...impossible to show Dr. Abbott how fully we appreciate his kindly efforts. The only return from us which he can feel is the marvellous success which his labors have yielded. His singular gifts as a preacher and man have won the highest admiration and affection from the students whom he reaches and helps, and he has succeeded in infusing in us all some of the earnestness and courage which animate his own purposes...
...gravels, one of which, the "Cresson Hearth," is the largest ever found. Among the skeletons found in the graves along the valley several interesting implements have been discovered. Of some of these specimens there have never been any duplicates found. At the other camp is a very singular structure of burnt clay and stones. This had long been an object of interest. This is such a broad field for archaeological study that the second camp has been established here. The work of these camps has been extremely satisfactory, and the camps themselves have been training schools for those...