TO KNOW THE STARRY HEAVENS 



Contributions to the Observatory. 



Sound Beach : ]\Ir. E. B. Lockwood, 

 $i.oo; Mrs. Robert McGinnis, $10.00. 

 A Friend, $1.00; A Friend, $2.00. Total. 

 $14.00. 



Greenwich : Mr. A. W. W. Marshall, 

 $2.00; Mr. E. C. Converse, $100.00; Mr. 

 Arthur S. 'Todd, $1.00; Mr. R. M. Wil- 

 cox, $1.00; Mr. P. W. Hatheway, $1.00; 

 Mr. A. F. Rippel, $1.00; ^Ir. R. L. 

 Chamberlain, $1.00; Air. William S. 

 Meany, $2.00; ]\Ir. Walter B. Todd, 

 $10.00; Mr. Francis Clark, $1.00; Mr. 

 Frederick C. Manvel, $5.00. Total 

 $125.00 



Stamford: A Friend, $3.00; Mv. Ed- 

 ward A. Myrick, $1.00; ]\lr. O. E. Stone, 

 $1.00: Mr. T. H. Kirk, $1.00; Mr. Wil- 

 liam R. INIichaels, $1.00; Air. George R. 

 Close, $1.00; Air. B. F. Whitford, $i.oo; 

 Voska & Otto, $2.00 ; Air. Edmund Rvan, 

 $1.00: Air. C. O. Aliller, $5.00; Air. R. H. 

 G. Cunningham, $10.00; Air. George 

 Breman, $5.00; Mrs. Fitch A. Hoyt, 

 $5.00; Air. Fitch A. Hoyt, $25.00; Airs. 

 Belden B. Brown, $3.00; Dr. J. D. 

 Hertz, $2.00. Total, 

 Elsewhere : Aliss 

 $5.00; Air. Arthur A. 

 setts, $50.00; Air. H. 

 sylvania, $io.oo; Air. William Tyler 

 Olcott, Connecticut, $1.00; A Prominent 

 Astronomer, $25.00; Airs. Charles E. H. 

 Phillips, Connecticut, $5.00 ; Dr. Robert 

 T. A'lorris, New York, $5.00; Mr. H. E. 

 Deats, New Jersey, $5.00; Air. Chas. A. 

 Bruun. Alissouri, $10.00. Total, $116. 

 Grand Total, S322.00. 



$67.00. 

 Hills, Oklahoma, 

 Carey, Alassachu- 



L. Cassard, Penn- 



E. C. Converse Gives $100. 



After Reading Press Editorial He 



Sends Check to Help Buy 



Telescope for ArcAdiA. 



Alay 10, 191 5. 

 Greenwich Press, 



Greenwich, Conn. 

 Gentlemen : — 



Enclosed find check for $100 to the 



order of Dr. E. F. Bigelow, for use to- 

 ward the purchase of a telescope. I was 

 interested in your article on this subject, 

 and am desirous of helping Dr. Bigelow 

 accomplish his laudable purpose. 

 Very truly yours, 



E. C. Converse. 



In response to the editorial which ap- 

 peared in this newspaper last week, ask- 

 ing people to help Dr. E. F. Bigelow 

 establish an astronomical observatory at 

 ArcAdiA, in Sound Beach, E. C. Con- 

 verse sent to The Press to-day the above 

 letter, enclosing a check for One Hun- 

 dred Dollars as a donation. 



This is only one of the many public- 

 spirited things that the steel 'magnate 

 has done to help along the growth and 

 welfare of Greenwich. The Press ex- 

 tends its thanks to Air. Converse, in the 

 name of the people of Greenwich. — "The 

 (jreenwich Press." 



Greenwich: What Is in the Name? 



Director Schlesinger of the observa- 

 tory of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in a re- 

 cent conversation made this appropriate 

 suggestion : 



"Establish an observatory in the town 

 of Greenwich? Why, of course you 

 should. It is the most fitting thing that 

 could be done. It is a wonder that sncli 

 an observatory was not long ago estab- 

 lished there, merely for the carrying out 

 of the associations suggested by the 

 name." 



The world over, the word "Greenwich'' 

 is a synonym for astronomy and astro- 

 nomical investigation. Everyone knows 

 that the longitude of a place on the earth 

 is the_ angle at the pole made by the 

 meridian passing through the observer's 

 place. The place from which most na- 

 tions have agreed to count their time is 

 Greenwich, England. Some of them have 

 their own time for their own pur- 

 poses, but for general purposes, as, 

 for instance, events occurring in the 

 sky, all refer to Greenwich time : that is, 



