Suggestions for Eclipse Day

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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

In his lecture Thursday Professor Shapely said that the next total eclipse of the sun visible in this part of the world will probably be in the year 2024. Is it not conceivable, then, that many people--Harvard students included--will think it well worth while to make a trip of 50 to 100 miles (or more) to see the coming eclipse where it is total?

But what is happening here at Harvard on January 24? According to the CRIMSON the examinations scheduled for that day have been postponed--one hour!--so that students will not be obliged to "watch the eclipse through the windows of the examination rooms." Did it not occur to the faculty that some of those who have examinations at this time might quite reasonably prefer to witness a total eclipse rather than the more common and less interesting phenomenon of a partial eclipse? Personally, I feel fortunate to be free, but I sympathize with those interested in the eclipse who are not.

It seems to me that a general holiday is justified. E. R. Stabler '26.