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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grant from Hansel's institute, Entomologist Dale Norris of the University of Wisconsin recently discovered a subtle chemical reaction that occurs when beetles attack elms. It is the quinol compounds in elm bark, he found, that make the tree delectable to beetles. Paradoxically, when the insects begin to munch, oxidation changes the tasty quinols into quinones that repel the beetles. By this time, unfortunately, the beetles have already infected the tree with deadly fungus. To ward off the beetles, Norris is now working to synthesize a quinone-like, nontoxic repellent that can be injected into the tree or sprayed...
...figures of paint both suggested and dissolved by a network of strokes. But the viewer of the vast rooms of abstraction feels the constant stares of the paintings reaching beyond their frames, asking the thought of the mind to comprehend their nature. Standing before the particularly bright ones, you begin to feel as though you are the subject matter and whatever occurs in your mind must complete the action of the painting...
...Harvard Moratorium Committee announced yesterday that it will begin its planned fast for peace at 1 p.m. tomorrow with a Dedication Ceremony in Memorial Church...
William E. Schroeder '60, lecturer on Education and one of the builders of the yurt, plans to begin holding office hours in the yurt after Christmas, and to teach a seminar there next term. "It's sort of our feeling that a proper space for informal meetings doesn't exist in the University," he said...
...power play, however, and Leif Rosenberger added another goal 23 seconds later to rescue the Crimson from immediate danger. But not until there were four minutes remaining in the period, when Harvard unleashed an incredible barrage upon Blue goalie Larry Smith, did the tide begin to turn...