Memorani 



UNABLE TO TAKE PICTURES 



Data with respeot to mathematical 

 deductions ajid comnllatlons, however, 

 were obtained by observation of th« 

 eclipse, acoorfling to Asst. Prof W. P. 

 Qerrlsb. He explained thM vllUa 

 oUmatla oondltlons are such as to make 

 IHe posBible on Venus, questions of 

 habltablllty must remain a matter of 

 speculation, due to the Inability of ob- 

 servers to obtain photographs of the 

 surface. 



Observers In Chloaffo reported that 

 Venus was invlsiblo there for nearly 16 

 minutes. While this phenomenon was 

 said by astronomer." at Terkes ob- 

 servatory at Lake Geneva, Wis., to be 

 not unusual, It rarely occurs that the 

 paths of the moon and Venus cross In 

 such a manner as to cause a darkening 

 of Venus. Within the course of a 

 month, they said, IB or 20 stars will ba 

 overrun by the moon, although this oo- 

 ourrenca is not always visible at night 



THE SUNDAY HERALD, I 



IV / 9 ^"o 



Shakespeare Lectures 



A course of five pttbllc lectures by 

 Prof. Kittredge, »t Sanders TheBtr«, 

 on "Five Tragedies of Shakespeare/' 

 will begin on Tuesday evening, Jan. 

 16, and continue on Tuesdays and 

 Fridays. A curious history lies be- 

 hind this enterprise. 



Thomas Dowse, a leather-dresser 

 in Cambrldgeport, had scarcely any 

 schooling, was apprenticed to his 

 /trade as a boy, and continued In it 

 until hll death, at the age of 84, 



