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...century our ancestors in the universities at Oxford and Cambridge had apparently fully as varied, and as violent tastes, as the comic supplements assure us are the first characteristic of the modern college man. So England made a law which compelled students to cover their rainbow costumes with a dark robe. Oxford obeyed for a time, but forgot the archaic regulations in more lenient times; Cambridge has always kept them religiously until very recently. Within the last few months the required wearing of the gowns during certain times of the day--even to the restaurant or the theatre--has become...
Professor Edward C. Pickering has discovered through a photograph taken at the Harvard Astronomical Laboratory that the hydrogen line on the spectrum of the new star discovered by Professor Errebo at Dombaas. Norway shows dark instead of the usual bright yellow...
...this dark line continues it will form the basis of a new star theory, and perhaps upset some of the existing theories concerning the origin and composition of stars. Professor Pickering stated that "because the star had not been seen before it must not be taken that it has just been formed. It is several hundred years old beyond a doubt. The equation of light is such that it takes that long for the rays to come that distance to the earth...
...rumored that a dark horse team will appear for the scribes...
...beginning of the season the prospects for this year's hockey team were indeed bright. When the candidates came out, however, a dark cloud was visible on the horizon, for two of the most promising men were on probation and unable to represent the University in athletics. The absence of these two players, forwards, has been very noticeable all winter for there has been no one who could be regularly depended upon to take the puck down the rink as either of these two could be. There remained Huntington, Duncan and Blackall, who won the hockey insignia last year, Gardner...