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...program as to the relative differences in time. At intervals, the sisters indulge in telepathic conversation over the 3000 miles that divide them by the simple expedient of speaking out of the window while clasping a red rose. A somewhat ghastly touch is added by an old obscure scientist, Dr. Noah Petch, whose fearful revelations to Pearl about the partition of her soul are the means of her deliberately meeting death through exposure in order that her sister may receive the full benefits of a united soul on the evening of her first concert...
...with his records and instruments, the world cannot indulge in laughter as it used to do. The explorer of today receives his just reward. The Union offers a rare treat in the opportunity to hear Mr. Stefansson, who is recognized in his true worth as the world's greatest scientist-explorer...
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, foremost scientist-explorer of the world, will talk on the subject of "My Five Years in the Arctic" in the Living Room of the Union next Monday evening, December 20, at 8 o'clock. He will be introduced by Mr. W. W. Atwood, President of Clark University and former Professor of Physiography here. This will be the sixth of the Union's main lecture series and will be open to all members of the Union...
Following the completion of his studies at the University in 1905, Mr. Stefansson visited Ireland on an archaeological trip with an American scientist. The next year his career as an explorer began when he joined the Leffingwell-Mickelson Anglo-American Polar Expedition as an anthropologist. This expedition and exploration of Alaska was financed by the University in conjunction with Toronto University...
...better than a man in a boat on the surface of the water below could get that it is hard to imagine that a person really interested in hydrography would do better to choose to spend his time alone in a boat. But it will not take a real scientist long to make the discovery, and when he does, sooner or later, he is sure to wreck those bridges, though he may have to resort to sabotage to do it. MERRITT Y. HUGHES...