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...fists a little closer into the pockets of his Chesterfield and tried to think of the "Transmission of Heat." Professor Black transmits heat, he thought; but this night is air-cooled. One really should give Professor Black a break, though perhaps it would be better to wait for "Heaviside Calculus." Yes, "Heaviside Calculus" would be a much more fanciful subject than "Transmission of Heat," lectures being what they are, and there would be no temptation to introduce Bundling, and then "Let's Turn Out the Lights and Go to Sleep." But once in his retreat, the Vagabond reached again...
Higher institutions of learning might probably consider an extension into the realm of maternity. When "Bacchanalian Arts 1a, 1b, 1d," grace dull course indexes, Universities may find a way to fill the cup of learning. "Fat rats, thin rats, scrawny rats" will throng after the elusive flute. "Heaviside Calculus" and "Molecular Forces" possess a soporific charm all their own, but who can foretell the rush of "black rats, white rats, and brown rats," to worship at the feet of a seer who could outline the indefinable incompatibility of champagne and muligataway...
...Heaviside Calculus," Professor Chaffee, Cruft Lecture Room...
...Heaviside Calculus," Professor Chaffee, Cruft Lecture Room...
Died. Sir Patrick Geddes, 78, biologist, sociologist, philosopher, pioneer city planner; in Montpellier, France. Trained in biology under Thomas Huxley, he quickly achieved fame in his subject, then focused this knowledge on sociology. For the solution of social problems he labored to find a calculus as Leibnitz and Newton had found one to solve mathematical problems. Led by his environmental interpretation of evolution to college and town planning, he designed the Hebrew University building in Jerusalem, reconstructed the slums of Edinburgh, laid out Rabindranath Tagore's university in Bengal. Correlator of the arts and sciences, he wrote Evolution...