Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...said to be the deepest authentic cosmic ray recordings ever made. Mr. Wilson, believing that ordinary electrons or protons could not penetrate 1,600 feet of solid rock, came to the conclusion that the rays must be either neutrinos or X-particles, both relative unknowns. For although atomic physicists speak of neutrinos (small, uncharged particles with a mass less than that of an electron) as familiarly as a carpenter does of a tenpenny nail, they have never come to light experimentally. "X-particles," although they have turned up experimentally (TIME, Nov. 29), have yet to be explained or understood...
...debate was held for the purpose of clarifying the Student Union's official position on the Spanish situation, by placing representatives of both sides on an equal footing. Two weeks ago members heard Ralph Bates speak on Spain, and last week the policy toward the rebellion was discussed at a general meeting...
Folowing a regular meeting of the Cercle Francais at 6:30 o'clock tonight in the Lowell House Senior Common Room, P. J. F. Baldensperger, professor of Comparative Literature, will speak in Winthrop House Senior Common Room...
...first speaker of the series will be Theodore Spencer '28, assistant professor in English, who will discuss "Modern Poetic Drama." Other members of the Faculty who have consented to speak are Frederick C. Packard, Jr., '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking, Theodore Morrison '23, instructor in English, and Francis O. Matthiessen, associate professor in History and Literature...
According to Robert A. Solo '39, who is organizing the broadcasts, playwrights, directors, designers, and critics will speak later in the year. Among these is Elliot Norton, dramatic critic of the Boston "Post," who will give a talk entitled "The Critic Looks at the Theatre," on January...