ECLIPSE OF SUN HOLDS UP MID-YEARS ON JANUARY 24

The first official recognition ever accorded by the University authorities to an eclipse of the sun was announced yesterday in the report of a Faculty meeting held on Tuesday.

Rather than oblige students to watch the approaching eclipse through the windows of the examination rooms, it was decided to postpone the mid-year examinations which have been scheduled for Saturday, January 24. Instead of being held from 9 to 12, the usual hours, they will be held from 10 until 1.

This action was taken in spite of the fact that no examinations will be held on January 24 in astronomy courses. It is believed to be the first time that the machinery of the University has been slowed up by a natural phenomenon of this nature.