Word: various
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wyoming and several destroyers, as well as various liners, were speeding to the rescue over hundreds of miles. But, 25 miles away, the steamer Montoso, from Porto Rico bound to Boston, kept serenely to her course. She had no radio, did not learn of disaster until she docked...
...masculine names for female writers were once conventional necessities, they are now both unnecessary and undeceptive. They add, however, to what is known as feminine mystery, and for this reason women use them whenever possible. One woman, in fact, has no fewer than three aliases which she uses on various occasions, though always for the same reason. She is Mrs. Lily Moresby Beck, who writes fictional biography as E. Barrington; oriental philosophy as L. Adams Beck; and magazine articles as L . Moresby. Herewith reviews of two of her books and of some by other women...
...observatories in the country in several instances, according to the article which will appear in the sixth issue of the University Guide next spring. It is stated that Harvard owns the largest university astronomical library in America, and the largest collection by far of glass plates, pictures of the various stars and other objects in the heavens...
...number increases yearly. Building C, adjacent to the main Observatory building, contains the famous photographic collection of some 350,000 glass plates--a collection probably ten times as large as the next in size. The photographs were made partly at the Cambridge station, and partly at the various southern stations maintained by the Harvard Observatory during the past 45 years. All of these plates are in current use in the study of the motions, magnitudes, and variations of the stars and other celestial objects; they are studied not only by the Observatory staff, but also by frequent visitors from observatories...
Among the members of the Opera company is Vladimir Rosing who will in all probability address the meeting. Rosing, last year, gave an amusing account of various unusual experiences with opera companies. Musical selections will accompany the talk, which will be open to all members of the University...