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...before the sun. Careful measurements show that this difference in fine is about four minutes. The motions of the sun and stars differ in direction as well as in speed. The sun apparently moves in a great circle, a circle at the centre of which the observer seems to stand. While the courses of the stars are small circles. This great circle which the sun describes is called the ecliptic...
...year seemed to be shut off irrevocably. Our future relations. even, seemed to be threatened. However, before taking any radical step Harvard wrote to Princeton to see if her decision was final. A few letters followed and the result of the correspondence is that Princeton has receded from the stand she first took. Far be it from us to exult in the position she now finds herself. What the causes were we do not pretend to say, but it is certain that Princeton was placed in an embarrassing position when she found herself called upon to make a final decision...
...find the zenith of the sky. A single point however does not help us, and another must be obtained. Looking to the north we can find stars forming circles, and as we go farther north we find the circles growing gradually smaller, till at last they seem almost to stand still. We arrive at the north star but this is not at the pole, for by means of the helioscope one may see many stars nearer to the pole. Farthest north the circles appear to be concentric. We now have the pole and the zenith, and the points...
Rowing can stand, probably, more scientific study than any other sport. It is open to constant improvement. based on the experiences which are gained from year to year. Yet Harvard cannot be said to have progressed much in this line. We seem to be as far off as ever from knowing the cause of our repeated defeats on the water. At least if we do happen to know them, there is no one who is so thoroughly a master of the situation that he can lay down definitely the best methods to follow. Tradition, as Professor Trowbridge says...
...agnosticism. The spirit of the age is constantly changing and it is more than probable that at no time is it headed in exactly the right direction. There are a good many men who sneer at religion because not much of it can be strictly proved. Such men stand much higher in their own estimation than they do in that of others. We cannot prove that prayer is directly answered, or that there is a life after death, but in faith, unquestioning and sincere, lies the real essence of all religion. This is a fact that is especially hard...