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...Gunnlaugssaga Ormstungu" which Mr. Babbitt took up is of considerable length and he was only able to translate portions of it, and give an outline of the rest, adding explanations when necessary. The story tells how Helga, the fair, daughter of Thorstein, was beloved by two Norsmen who sought her in marriage. Being unable to settle the matter, they engaged in a duel, from the effect of which both died, whereupon Helga married another of her suitors. All of this had been foretold to her father in a wonderful dream. Mr. Babbitt read directly from the Norse, and his language...
...more care in writing notices for the CRIMSON, to make them as short as possible. Our notice column has been very much crowded of late by the number and extra length of the notices sent in for publication...
...average length of life of the presidents and professors at Yale, who have died in office or have ended their active careers with their retirement from office, is 64 years.- Yale News...
...optical parts of the telescope are three-the eye-piece, the object glass, which is twelve inches in diameter and a plain mirror of eighteen inches in diameter, set in front of the object glass. Focal length is sixteen and a half feet. The telescope tube is rested permanently upon two stone piers, one near each end, and twelve feet apart. About five feet of the length of the tube projects into the observatory building and the remainder is out of doors...
...this means an instant comparison can be secured between the pole star, as a standard, and the object of investigation, which is to be classified. The polar telescope has an aperture of five inches and a focal length of about seven feet...