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...Harvard photographs have proved to be the most prolific source for the discovery of variable stars, and also of the spectacular objects known as new stars or novae. Thus, 70 percent of the 7000 stars known to vary in brightness, and 67 percent of the 52 new stars which have flashed out since 1885, have been discovered at Harvard from observations of these photographs. And before 1885 few objects of either kind were known...
...year 1902-1903, which are not included in the 25 year survey, show even more clearly the growth of the Society, which is now in its forty-sixth year of business. The total sales as recorded that year were $170,477, with the dividends paid at a 6 percent rate totaling...
...days before Christmas the writer was looking over a large stock of cards which he wanted to send to friends and less than ten percent of these cards featured anything that had to do with the Christian tradition. This, The Coming of Christ, is by far and away the single event of greatest importance that has ever happened during all time...
...which gives a marked advantage to the larger states. For example, the 1920 population of North Carolina is 2,559,123 and of Vermont 352,428. Under the Method of Equal Proportions, North Carolina receives 10 and Vermont 2 representatives, and the "disparity" betwen the two states is 45 percent. Under the Method of Major Fractions, North Carolina receives 11 and Vermont 1 representatives, and the "disparity" is increased to 51 percent. The Method of Major Fractions is obviously unfair to Vermont...
Crew and basketball number 99 men each, tying for third place. The only sport which presents a noticeable decrease in popularity from last year is crew, while basketball has almost 30 percent more men this year than last. Men taking special corrective exercise number 94, a decided decrease from last year...