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...closely the Ptolemaic system of astronomy. There are seven heavens: the first seven are represented by the "seven planets of Ptolemy"; the eighth heaven by the fixed stars or milky way; the ninth heaven by a crystalline sphere; and the tenth by the Empyrion, which is the furthest from earth. In this structural system, Dante shows that the further we are from God the less capable we are of entering into His Spirit, and that as the Empyrion is the centre of the heavens, yet embracing them all so God is both centre and circumference...
...Widener Memorial Library, the first sod being turned by George D. Widener, of Philadelphia, the brother of Harry Elkins Widener '07, in whose memory the Library is being built. Mrs. George D. Widener, who is giving the building, was unable to be present to lift the first spadeful of earth herself. The ceremony was of the simplest sort, with no formal address of any kind. Guests included the Library staff, the Visiting Committee, and a few others. After Mr. Widener had broken the ground, spadefuls were turned up successively by President Lowell, Mr. W. C. Lane '87, the Librarian, Professor...
...George D. Widener, of Philadelphia, donor of the Widener Memorial Library will break ground for the new building today, turning up the first spade-full of earth at 12.30 o'clock. The ceremony will be very simple with no address; and only a few invited persons will be admitted...
...Harvard's Duty" seems to the essayist to be the development of gentlemen politicians"; but from rather an illogical premise that "politics should be a career and not a business", the writer quickly comes to earth and emphasizes the paucity of political discussion in the University. We have, as he says, the Taft Club and the La Follette Club, but neither organization takes the trouble to discuss in open debate with the other the merits of its particular candidate; much less to meet the members of the Democratic Clubs or the Socialist Club. In the light of such conditions...
...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...