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Professor Vladimir Kavapetoff world famous scientist and expert musician will speak at a meeting to which all members of the University are invited in Pierce 202 at 10 o'clock today. His subject will be "Engineering...
...books of Bertrand Russell are a modern substitute for the Bible. One of the high priests of our day (a scientist, a No. i mathematician), his writing "is not addressed to highbrows, or to those who regard a practical problem merely as something to be talked about." Few deny the high morality of his lucid logic, which makes even his rational counsels of perfection sound like simplest common sense, but few could put these counsels of perfection into practice. At least his simplifications should be an antidote to confusion...
...valley city of Bristol, England, last fortnight, 3,000 scientists from 20 countries attended the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. They had much to accomplish in their week together. Next year the "British Ass" celebrates its centenary at London. Elaborate plans were made for the entertainment and enlightenment of the thousands who will attend. General Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African statesman, was elected president for the centenary meeting, the first man from the Dominions to hold the office. Another important matter planned for the 1931 meeting was the proper celebration of Michael Faraday...
...Barnes started the work 50 years ago by chasing butterflies in the Rockies on his vacations. Soon his hobby became famed. Friends, collectors, strangers sent him specimens. At an auction sale in a French town, he bought the collection of Dr. Oberthur, French scientist, discovered in it insects brought to Europe in 1829 by English explorers looking for a northwest passage to India. Three other of his valuable butterflies, now extinct, came from the swamp which was drained to build San Francisco. He paid $10,000 per year to collectors who went to Baffin Bay, Labrador, the tropics to find...
When a dog starts to run wildly, most people at once assume that he is rabid. But more likely he has running fits, a canine disease harmless to humans. Last year The Sportsman (monthly) asked for money to pay a scientist to find out why dogs have such fits. Many a dog lover responded generously. Dr. L. Raymond Morrison of Harvard Medical School was engaged to do the work. Because at the end of the year's research the investigation is not completed, The Sportsman is making another appeal this month for $4,000 to continue Dr. Morrison...