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Holders of auto passes will be admitted through gates 10, 11, and 13. To those who park their cars in the public streets during the game, Superintendent John L. Gilman of the Metropolitan Park police gives notice that all cars left unlighted after sundown will be tagged...
Immediately after sundown any clear night there apppears in the southwestern sky near the horizon a star of the first magnitude and of the brilliancy of Aldebaran. This is Beta Ceti, formerly on the outermost reaches of the known stellar system, a second magnitude star of the constellation of the Whale. Eighty years ago it suddenly flared up to double its brightness, a fact that our astronomers have just learned (since Beta Ceti is 80 light-years away...
...plans for drying up the Mexican border have found their way to Washington. One is a request by the Federated Clubwomen of the Imperial Valley, Cal., that Secretary Hughes " close" the border at sundown to persons under 21 years of age, in order to protect their children. The other is a rumor from Mexico City, to the effect that the government is considering establishment of a dry belt 50 miles wide, along the border. So far it is only a rumor...
...Apted, Head Janitor, concerning the violation by students of the state and city laws and ordinances concerning the parking of automobiles on the public highways. The city ordinance forbid sparking of cars for more than twenty minutes and the state law requires that all cars must have lights after sundown, which now comes about 4.30 o'clock...
...south at sundown is Jupiter, the brightest object in its neighborhood. A short distance to the west of Jupiter is Saturn. These two planets may be distinguished from the bright star Spica, which lies below Jupiter and Saturn and a little to the eastward, by the steadiness of the light emitted,--a characteristic feature of planets as compared with the more distant stars. Jupiter and Saturn are the two largest planets of the solar system, and are well situated for observation with telescopes of moderate size...