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...some mysterious attraction in Chicago to necessitate such a gesture. No, said the McCormicks, there was nothing mysterious at all; no illness, marriage, divorce, or other sensation. It was a private matter. Of course the newspapers found out in the end. They usually do. Mrs. Cyrus Jr.-ardent Christian Scientist-had wanted to reach Chicago for an international convention of Christian Scientists. No, objected Christian Scientists, that was not it. Mrs. Cyrus Jr. had wanted to, and did, attend the annual meeting of a body called the Bicknell Young* Students' Association. "Oh, well," thought the public? "What...
...California from his post at the government volcano observatory at Hilo, Hawaii (TIME, May 3). It was an earthquake annunciator, a simplified seismograph for installation in the cellars of private dwellings, with an indicator to be read upstairs. It would, he said-and his high standing as a scientist removed all doubt from the assertion-record earth shocks from the slightest tremble to rocking imperceptible to the unaided senses. Scientists hailed it as one of the notable geologic advances of the decade...
...location offers an unequalled opportunity for the study of international relations. Among the members of the General Committee of the School, are General Tasker H. Bliss, Glen Frank, President of Wisconsin University and former editor of the Century Magazine, Stephen P. Duggan, and Walter Lippman, noted political scientist and author...
...while he was studying at Iowa State College that William Hornaday, a vigorous, tar-haired Hoosier, came upon the works of Naturalist John J. Audubon and determined thenceforth to devote himself, not to natural history in a scientist's closet, but to discovering and teaching popularly the wonders of the animal kingdom. He studied zoology and the keeping of museums in Europe. He obtained a post as taxidermist at the U. S. National Museum in Washington. In 1886 it suddenly drawned on him that the buffalo-hide hunters had nearly completed their task of exterminating the once-thunderous bison herds...
...world is no less religious than it ever was. The difference, if any, is one of terms. The scientist can in his way be as religious as the Baptist Fundamentalist with a flair for fancy. Yet the scientist has enough respect for his profession to contain himself and keep within the bounds of propriety...