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...expected the conservative French press let out one prolonged howl and showed that it intended to make full use of the proposed break by appealing to religious sentiment, 38/39 of the population of France being Catholic. The Vatican showed some surprise at what was termed an "unlocked for move," but passed the whole thing off by contending that France gains more than does the Holy See in maintaining good relations with the Pope. In this connection it was asserted that French interests are constantly 'being furthered by employment, through the Vatican, of Catholic missions in the Far and Near...
...should become only twice as great, it is estimated that the permanent polar ice cap would descend over the subarctic and upper temperate zones. Canada would, become almost uninhabitable. Climates everywhere are now upset. Drought is threatening in India and California. These changes in the solar constant appear to move in cycles of about three years. Whether they have any relation to the sun spots is not clear...
...incandescent gas on the sun's surface, whirling with a centrifugal motion. Although they are really brighter and hotter than the most powerful electric light, they are so much cooler than the 'body of the sun itself, that they appear to us as dark spots. They move in very definite cycles of eleven years and one month. Starting at the poles of the sun, the spots increase rapidly in number and they move nearer the equator. They are most numerous in parts which correspond to the temperate zones on earth. At the end of the cycle they gradually...
...head of the Physics Department, Dr. Arthur G. Webster, committed suicide after stating that his work was not appreciated, he feared dismissal. The graduating class of 1923 adopted resolutions criticising Dr. Atwood and the Washington Alumni Club and the Pacific Coast Alumni have done likewise. The next move would seem to be Dr. Atwood...
...Beacon Hill will move back a century on Monday, when the Women's Municipal League will attempt to renew the days of Old Boston in its historic fete, "Old Boston Days on Beacon Hill." Directing the affairs are the president of the Women's Municipal League, Mrs. Bowlker, sister of President Lowell, and Mrs. Ronald T. Lyman, chairman of the Executive Committee...