Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-15

The Alumni Association of the Nor wich Free Academy held it's annual meet ing Monday evening at Slater hall, with a large attendance ow older graduates, the guests of the occasion being the graduation class An informal reception was held previous to the business meeting, during which the Academy musical club furnished music. The reception commit ttee consisted of Mrs. Willis Austin, chairman, Miss Matilda Butts, Mrs. AL bert H. Chase, Miss Mary Clene, Miss Alice Cogswell, Miss Gladys M. Fiske, Anna Foley, Miss Emily Latham, Miss Louise B. Meech Miss Alice Muffin, Mrs. Raymond B. SLNrman, Mesrs. Frank Woodward, Robert c. Johnson. Charles V. James, Benedict c. Pullen Joseph c. Worth and Raymond B. Shermban.
 President Allyn L. Brown called the meeting to order, and after selection of songs well rendered by the Girls Gee club. the usual reports were heard and approved. The association is in pros porous condition, in matter of numbers and financial footing.
 A selection, Loin de Bal, by the Acad- emy orchestra was followed by the an- nual election of officers, whose names mittee: Frederick w. Cary, chairman were presented by the nominating com 1 Mrs. Lucius Briggs and John H. Per kins. The following were accordingly elected to serve for the ensuing years President, Edmund W. Perkins; vice Epresident, Grosvenor Ek; secretary, | Weston c. Pullen; assistant secretary W. T. Olco't; treasurer, Raymond B Congdon. Members of executive com mittee to serve four year, Miss Alec Ben
 nett, Telley E. Babcock.
 1 President Brown stated that a year l ago a committee had been named to make tentative plans for war memori- al, and Dr. J. H. Selden one of this
 committee, brought to the associntipr
 last night the suggestion to take thi matter up authoriatively. A committe
 composed of Mrs Guy Warner Eastman
 w Tyler Olcott and Edmund w. Per
 kins was chosen, who will report late
 on the plans they shall make for a fit
 ting memorial to those Academy Alumn
 who. served in tn great war.
 The chairman then introduced as tn
 speaker of the evening. an Academ
 graduate who has made a reputatio for himself in his chosen study of as tronomy. W. Tyler Olcott, of the cias
 of '92. Trinity 96. N. Y. Law Schoo
 '9S. also secretary of the American As
 sociation of Variable Star Observer
 with memebrs in all parts of the worlt
 MT. Olcott who gave most scholarl and comprehensive talk on astronomics activities told in an interes ing way. ( the country, and of personal interview . lvisits to all the great observatories with many of the most distinguishe 2 astronomers of the day. But few paopl v have any adequate conception of astro1 omerfs aim and the immensty of h : scope. There are different specialize f in the realms of the study of the star = as in any other profess on; interestir e and intricate computations as to sig i; the distance away and rapidity of nov |, ment are made every day.
 = The nautical almanac, a most ma i; velous succession of TOO pages, is anotl = CT wonderful achievement, which tel e one where to look for any planet ar day in any year. For instance, it cou correctly show the position a hundrt T. years from now of Jupiter. It gives da l. relative to every eclipse, presents pos - tions of every planet and star, and u positions of thousands of stars al exact time and date of eclipses TT , much other valuable data to mariners
 contained in these pages.
 Another device at the Naval Obser ,e atory shows how fast the comets rnoy s and whether they will ever come O 7. way again. One of the most extraordi