Word: smithsonian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Solar Prophet. Studying the sun as a variable star, Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot of the Smithsonian Institution has found a number of cyclic variations in the amount of sunshine bathing the earth which affect its weather. Last week he announced finding a new short cycle of 16 days. This is closely correlated with wide temperature swings on earth - swings of 15 and even 25°. The pattern of temperature change following the 16-day cycle varies from place to place and from month to month, but Dr. Abbot believes that the value of 16-day temperature prediction to industry...
...Frank Lloyd Wright has suggested the handle of "Usonian." I think that's a decided improvement if a new adjective is to be sought, as I believe it should be. "Misonian" is likely to be confused with "Minnesotan" or "Smithsonian." ... I advance "Usamian" from United States of America, pronounced with a short...
Since text books are the primary need of the universities, the plan is to make a collection of old standard works to be sent free of charge through the Smithsonian Institute which is organizing the drive throughout the country. The center of collection will be the east side door of Widener, but the committee of House representatives appointed by Phillips Brooks House will also aid collecting...
Living in isolated Indian villages from British Columbia to Panama, intrepid Investigator Densmore has collected some 2,500 Indian songs and written 20 books about them. Most of the books have been published by Washington's august Smithsonian Institution. Last week the latest of them, a monograph entitled Nootka and Quileute Music, started rolling through the Institution's presses...
...started making her records in the rear of a music store at Detroit Lakes, Minn. The following year the Smithsonian became so interested in her finds that it decided to back her in a series of expeditions. She traveled alone, making her headquarters in Indian agents' offices, jails, woodsheds and even tribal bake-ovens...