Word: scientists
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...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...
...which Mr. Ellis tells will be of particular interest to undergraduates; namely, John White Webster 1811, Ewing Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University. This gentleman in his time was one of the most respected men of learning in New England. But this genial doctor, this cultured scientist, this popular society man came to an untimely end because he murdered a creditor who had hounded him too mercilessly. Whether Mr. Ellis considers him a failure because he committed the murder or because he was unable to hide his guilt, we cannot say; but it was probably for the first...