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Down from overcast skies in the Panama Canal Zone fell an envelope attached to a wire and a weight. Where it landed, men in uniform gathered excitedly, discussed its exact location, took the letter to more important men in uniform whose faces were grave...
...distant earthquake was recorded at the Harvard Seismorgraph Station beginning at 1.18 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Its intensity was only sufficient to carry the main phases of the motion to Cambridge, so an exact determination of the distance could not be made. The character of the phases recorded indicates a distance of about 10,000 kilometers, or about 6200 miles, one quarter of the way around the globe...
...point that the facts and statistics, gained through the questionnaires returned, would make possible a more definite conclusion on the problems of social stratification than has ever been made before. The research was started last fall and Professor Taussig estimates that it will be several months before the exact conclusions will be known due to the diverse nature of the replies received from business men. It is possible that tardy returns of questionnaires may swell the total considerably beyond its present sum. Professor Taussig and Mr. Joslyn have been aided in the present survey by an advisory board composed...
...arranged so as to disrupt the area entirely as an entity the undergraduate plea will be answered. If the idea behind the whole House plan prevents a symmetrical arrangement and a harmonious architecture, there is no definite reason why one unit should stare placidly across a vista at its exact reproduction. As long as the site favor a development which lacks the crowded discord of mushroom growth, anything short of futuristic pattern for the buildings and their relation to each other might be employed...
Edward S. Harkness will give to the University a total of $11,392,000 for the purpose of carrying out its plan for subdividing the undergraduate body into small residential groups, it was announced yesterday from University Hall. The official statement revealed for the first time the exact sum necessary for the ultimate completion of the House Plan and was the first authoritative announcement that Mr. Harkness is the donor...