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...improved the type, has depended upon the magnetic properties of the earth for its direction, and been subject to no end of disturbing forces arising from iron and steel in the construction of the ship itself. Many marine disasters have been caused by local disturbances of which the ship-master himself was not aware. The well known property of a spinning gyroscope to maintain its axis in a constant direction suggested the possibility of using such an affair as a means of locating direction...
...remained, however, for Mr. Elmer A. Sperry to so master the riddle of the spinning top that he could harness the earth till it should compell his gyroscope to swing into the meridian no matter in what direction it may have been initially, and thus make possible a non-magnetic compass. Such an instrument removes all uncertainly about the location of the north magnetic pole of the earth since it indicates always true north and depends upon the rotation of the earth as an astronomical body for its directive force. This is perhaps the latest vindication of the fact that...
...Reverend Sherrard Billings, B.D., Master at Groton School, will conduct special services in the chapel this morning in observance of Armistice day. Dr. Billings served as a chaplain with the U. S. Army during the war. As a further observance of the day, the James A. Shannon Post has voted that all ex-service men wear either American Legion or regular service buttons...
...shown by the fact that in its first six games it has scored 232 points to its opponents' 28. Chief among its victories are the 14 to 7 defeat of Dartmouth, and the decisive 28 to 8 defeat of the University of Pennsylvania team, coached by Heisman, the master of shift formations. The next three games, however, will give the Blue and White a still better chance to prove its power. Next Saturday they meet the giant Nebraska "Cornhuskers," who are considered the heaviest eleven in the country, without an exception. Lehigh follows the Westerners in an extremely arduous schedule...
...clinging type of daughter-heroine, while Mr. Slaytor did well as the landlord. One of the best pieces of acting in the entire show was done by Mr. Vivian as Ferguson, the valet. He received a liberal share of the applause, and aided in an apt characterization of his master, Devereaux, by pathetically exclaiming "You'd be such a nice man, sir, if there weren't any women in the world!" Mr. Walling as Inspector Treffy, contributes another line of truth when Mrs. Regan is found in Devereaux's room: "Its funny how often they come...