Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Military Affairs Committee, of which he became Chairman. He pushed the Selective Draft Bill ; he introduced a bill, early in 1918, for a War Cabinet and criticized the War Department freely. This brought him into contest with Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, and drew the wrath of Woodrow Wilson upon his head...
...Mount Wilson Observatory announced that it had completed measurement of the variable star Mira and found it to be, by angular measurement, .06 of a second of arc - about 25% larger than Betelgeuse. It is believed to be about 165 light years distant, which makes its diameter about 250,000,000 miles. Only one larger star, Antares, has been measured.* Therefore, if the centre of Mira were where the center of our Sun is, the orbit of the Earth would be some 25,000,000 miles inside the surface of Mira...
...Brown '25, who plays the part of the hero, Derrick Breen, is admirably fitted by his experience as a soloist of the Glee Club, to sing in the duets which fall to his part. Myrtle a diminutive stenographer, is played by W. S. Wilson '27. The somewhat ungrammatical mother, Mrs. Grady, will be taken by C. T. B. Lyon...
...late Woedrow Wilson, speaking of President Eliot's resignation, gave him a tribute which still remains true. He said, "No man has ever made a deeper impression upon the educational system of a country than President Eliot has upon the educational system of America...
...coach has decided to make the change from the machine to the shells by having his proteges row in gigs for the present at least. The first Freshman crew is lining up as follows: Stroke, Stratford: 7, Langhorne; 6, Schaub; 5, Alexander; 4, Larse; 3. Wood; 2, Wilson; bow, Spruance; cox., Nevins