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...lowest expansion ratio of any solid known. A tube of it one yard long, heated to 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit, increased but 1/50 inch in length. Platinum increases 1/3 inch when subjected to the same heat, and copper 3/5 inch. President S.W. Stratton, of M.I. T., former director of the Bureau of Standards, believes that all standards of length will now be made of fused quartz instead of platinum...
...week ago, Bryant and Stratton fell before the Worcester attack, 17 to 3. A veritable deluge of hits came from the Academy's bats, and a Freshman victory this afternoon will depend largely on the ability of Gates or Clifford to baffle the Worcester batsmen. On Wednesday, Fitchburg Normal School was shut out by Coach Delehanty's nine, 10 to 0. This impressive record augurs a hard battle for the Freshman team which will line up with its full strength on the field...
...Samauel Wesley Stratton L. D. '23, president of M. I. T., will deliver the oration, and Professor emeritus Francis Greenwood Peabody '69 of the University will deliver the poem at the Phi Beta Kappa exercises in Commencement week, according to an announcement made last night by Professor W. G. Howard '91, Secretary of the Society. The exercises will be held on Friday morning, the day after Commencement...
Jesus of the Emerald; by Gene Stratton--Porter. Garden City; Doubleday, Page...
...Jesus of the Emerald" is a poetic version by Jone Stratton--Porter of the "Lentulus Legend" concerning the personal appearance of Jesus Christ. According to the legend, the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar sends an envoy, Publius Lentulus, to Palestine to secure information concerning Jesus of Judea. Lentulus reports the power and Influence of the Christ upon the people under Pontius Pilate. The Emperor is so much troubled and impressed by the report that he sends his master craftsman to draw the likeness of Jesus. This picture when shown to Caesar in Rome is so striking that he orders it transferred...