TO KNOW THE STARRY HEAVENS 



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Good Words for the Observatory. 



I greatly rejoice that you intend put- 

 ting up a new observatory in a place so 

 Avell calculated for the study of heavenly 

 phenomena. — J. S. Ricard, University of 

 Santa Clara, Santa Clara. California. 



I think your plan to establish an ob- 

 servatory a good one. No instruction 

 is given in astronomy in any of the 

 schools under my charge as far as I 

 know. I hope that some instruction will 

 be given in the High School. — Edwin C. 

 Andrews, Superintendent The Public 

 Schools, Greenwich, Connecticut. 

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I sincerely hope that you will succeed 

 in your endeavor to establish an observ- 

 atory. A man who has been so success- 

 ful in popularizing astronomy ought to 

 "have his facilities for such service in- 

 creased. — Herbert A. Howe, Director 

 The Chamberlin Observatory, University 

 of Denver, University Park, Colorado. 



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I am very glad to express my cordial 

 approval, and hope that you may be suc- 

 cessful in raising the money needed. I 

 welcome every effort that is made to give 

 the "man in the street" a glimpse of the 

 wonders of the heavens. — Anne Sewill 

 Young, John Payson Williston Observa- 

 tory, Mount Holyoke College, South 

 Hadley, Massachusetts. 



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I sympathize heartily with your pur- 

 pose in wanting an astronomical observ- 

 atory. I know of nothing which appeals 

 to the imagination in a more helpful way 

 than a study of the stars, and through 

 the imagination to the sense of wonder 

 that does so much to refresh the minds of 

 people wdiose grooves of life are neces- 

 sarily narrow. — Arthur A. Carey, Fel- 

 lowship Plouse, Waltham, Massachusetts. 



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I am glad to learn that you are under- 

 taking the campaign for the estal:)lish- 

 ment of a public observatory at Sound 

 Beach. As you know, we have had con- 

 siderable experience in this matter at the 

 Allegheny Observatory, with highly 

 gratifying results. I can hardly imagine 

 any other way in popular education in 

 which larger results can be obtained for 

 a small outlay of money, than by giving 

 the public access to a good telescope un- 

 der the charge of a well-informed and 



enthusiastic attendant. Your project de- 

 serves immediate success, and I should 

 be glad to assist in it in any way that I 

 can. — Frank Schlesinger, Director Alle- 

 gheny Observatory of the University of 

 Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. 

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Your effort to get the observatory de- 

 serves the hearty approval of every one 

 interested in astronomy and the general 

 culture of people. I feel that it must suc- 

 ceed, and I wish that some person of 

 large means may be found to establish 

 it. Probably but few astronomers can 

 give material aid, because most of them 

 find the financial end the handicap in 

 their own work. — Tilton C. H. Bouton, 

 Hudson, New Hampshire. 



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The plan to establish an observatory 

 at ArcAdiA, Sound Beach, by Edward 

 F. Bigelow, is a project which should be 

 heartily supported by residents through- 

 out this entire section. ]\Iost of us are 

 interested in astronomy. It is generally 

 admitted that it has great value from 

 the utility point of view to navigators and 

 others, but it is astronomy freed from 

 any physical needs that ]\Ir. Bigelow has 

 in mind. The telescope that he proposes 

 to erect in Sound Beach will cost about 

 $800, and already nearly one-half that 

 amount has been subscribed. The ear- 

 nestness of Mr. Bigelow is to be com- 

 mended, and he is receiving the sup- 

 port of many noted astronomers in this 

 country. — "Greenwich News and Gra- 

 phic." 



Your wish to establish an astronomical 

 observatory for popular use in the town 

 of Greenwich is admirable. Every town 

 needs such an observatory. It seems es- 

 pecially neglectful that so large, well- 

 populated, and very prosperous a section 

 of the country should not have such an 

 institution. A six-inch telescope would 

 be the most useful. A glass of that size 

 shows well the objects of general in- 

 terest and can be turned quickly from 

 one part of the sky to another. I sincere- 

 ly hope }'ou will be successful in estab- 

 lishing such an observatory "for the gen- 

 eral dift'usion of knowledge." In regard 

 to the possibility of securing a large ob- 

 servatory for research work, it is the be- 

 lief of most astronomers that more can 

 he accomplished by gifts to the existing 

 observatories than bv establishing new 



