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...have been more. No calculation is possible. Did anybody at home ever see 2,000,000 people gathered in one place? It is a stupendous sight. Imagine a great oblong field almost as large as Central Park in New York, but perfectly flat and treeless except for one lone oak. "At the upper end. in three groups of three each were 150 ft. flat frames of bunting ingeniously perforated against the wind force-the national flag in the centre flanked on each side by a swastika banner. In front of these, beside the parade oak, a single bare speaker...
...With a knowledge of algebra and trigonometry the student should find this course one of the more pleasant ways of fulfilling his science requirement while those taking mathematical training will find the course of average difficulty. The work will be facilitated next year by the further development of the Oak Ridge Observatory. The only word of caution is that if Professor Bok advises you not to take notes on his quite informal lectures, don't follow his advice--the notes will be useful. Upon completion of the course one has a workable layman's knowledge that may be used...
...objected. It was a 40-by-13 ft. canvas by Gilbert White and distinctly suggestive of ladies in cheesecloth. Taking a line from Virgil's Georgics ("Happy would be the men of the fields if they knew their good fortune") as his inspiration, Artist White painted a large oak beneath which is seated Cybele (Great Mother of the Gods). At her right is Pomona (Goddess of Fruit Trees), at her left, Ceres (Mother Earth). Flora, Goddess of Flowers, dreams while Pan flutes. There are also a grandfather who explains the gods, some reapers and sheep. Thomas Gilbert White, born...
Despite his enthusiasm for the vigorous pioneer life which continually comes to the fore in descriptions such as that of Lewis as a "youthful captain. . . . . straight as a white oak. . . . . and steady of eye and trigger-finger", Mr. Wilson must have soon learned why others had not attempted to write a biography of his chosen hero. Lewis was far from being an outstanding man and except for his leadership of the Expedition of Discovery (whose success may with greater justice be attributed to William Clark, the second in command) which he received through the patronage of Thomas Jefferson...
...aiding the survey which is being made of the heavens out to the distance of one hundred million light years under the supervision of Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and director of the Observatory. This task is being carried on at the South African Observatory and the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, and was started more than ten years...