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Forty assistants take part in the work of the observatory. The results obtained are published in a series of Annals, and now fill thirty quarto volumes. The preparation of these volumes occupies a large part of the force at the observatory in Cambridge. Besides this labor, a large amount of observation is done there, several instruments being kept in constant use. The largest of these are the fifteen-inch and six-inch equatorial telescopes, the eight-inch transit circle, the eleven-inch Draper photographic telescope, the eight-inch photographic telescope, and the meridian photometer...
...wages drawn from capital or from the product of the labor for which they are paid...
...Should convicts be employed in productive labor...
Will you allow me space in your columns in which to call the attention of the proper authorities to what seems to me a much-needed precaution against fire. This precaution, small in itself, and involving little labor or expense, might possibly be the means of saving one of our College buildings. In all the dormitories large notices are placed describing at length where the fire apparatus is stored, and at the very end of a confusing list of ladders, axes, etc., there is a notice telling where the fire boxes are and where the keys may be found...
...Union and the Prospect Union is being anticipated with considerable interest. The Prospect Union has chosen very representative speakers and the men from the Harvard Union have had considerable experience before in debating. There is every reason to expect a close and interesting contest. The question is: "Resolved, That labor organizations are prejudicial to the best interests of workingmen...