Word: symposium
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Buck was to have spoken as one of a number of speakers in a political symposium which is being held under the auspices of the McGill Social Problems Club. To date the club has brought to the McGill Union, Mr. Woodsworth of the C. C. F. Party, a member of the Liberal Party and Mr. Adrien Arcand, leader of the Canadian Fascist movement...
Edward V. Huntington '95, professor of Mechanics, Marshall H. Stone '22, professor of Mathematics and Garrett Birkhoff, Perkins Professor of Mathematics have accepted invitations to speak at Notre Dame University today and tomorrow in a symposium on the algebra of geometry and related subjects, organized by Professor Karl Menger of Notre Dame...
...World Association of Science-embracing at least France, Britain, the U. S. and other democracies-has been in the air. It was suggested at the Harvard Tercentenary celebration by Professor Etienne Gilson of France. A group of newspaper reporters at Cambridge, sensing a good story, promoted an unofficial symposium of celebrities who declared themselves in favor of the plan. Official encouragement came from Britain. Newspaper editorials on the subject were reprinted in science journals. Last week at Indianapolis the A. A. A. S. council officially approved the plan for some of the world's most learned men to form...
...permanent monument to swing" is RCA Victor's phrase for its latest jazz album, A Symposium of Swing. Its four twelve-inch discs contain selections by four swing bands: Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, "Fats" Waller, Bunny Berigan. Familiar to fans who have listened to the four in their native haunts, on the air or on records, the selections are characteristic but, to experts, not the top choices. Best disc: Benny Goodman's Sing, Sing, Sing, a free fantasia in swing, based on the tune Christopher Columbus, with Drummer Gene Krupa battering out an expert tympanic melody...
...Problems of the Planetary Nebulae" will be discussed at an astronomical symposium to be held at the Observatory at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. J. C. Duncan, of Wellesley College, Dr. F. L. Whipple, and Mr. Lawrence Aller will speak...