. Spring Hill Review Jan - June 1907. ce velocities, accord-ing to a well known law in Meteorology, increase with thesteepness of the gradients, we are not astonished to find thatthe government anemometers recorded the following velo-cities within the area of the cyclonic vortex: Mobile, 55miles an hour; New Orleans, 36 miles an hour; Montgomery,30 miles an hour; Jacksonville, 20 miles an hour; Galveston,18 miles an hour; Tampa, 18 miles an hour; Shreveport,14 miles an hour; and Memphis, 12 miles an hour. The map shows the direction of the winds then prevalentat the above stations. As is evide
. Spring Hill Review Jan - June 1907. ce velocities, accord-ing to a well known law in Meteorology, increase with thesteepness of the gradients, we are not astonished to find thatthe government anemometers recorded the following velo-cities within the area of the cyclonic vortex: Mobile, 55miles an hour; New Orleans, 36 miles an hour; Montgomery,30 miles an hour; Jacksonville, 20 miles an hour; Galveston,18 miles an hour; Tampa, 18 miles an hour; Shreveport,14 miles an hour; and Memphis, 12 miles an hour. The map shows the direction of the winds then prevalentat the above stations. As is evident from the arrows thatfly with the wind, the air currents flowed in a west-erly direction at Augusta, Montgomery, Chattanooga andShreveport; while at San Antonio and Galveston they movedsouthward, and at Tampa, Jacksonville and Savannah theypoured in from the southeast. And now that we have followed a West Indian hurri-cane through all its phases we have but one more remark tomake. Storms, like revolutions, develop from small begin-. FATHER BUTLER THE SPRING HILL REVIEW 37 nings, have their period of violence, and then die a naturaldeath. On the morning of September 30th, the equilibriumof the atmosphere was almost entirely re-established alongthe Gulf Coast. A broken vein of clouds ejected from the topof the seething crater of the great moving volcano, was allthat was left to tell the story of the great disturbance. • J. OLEARY, 07,Asst Vol. Observer, S. H. C. FATHER BUTLERS DIAMOND JUBILEE On Tuesday, September 25th, Rev. Fr. Theobald W. Butlercelebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his entrance into the So-ciety of Jesus. Sixty years of unwearied toil in the service ofthe Master! A rare thing it is for a son of Loyola to see theday when the crown of diamond years rests on his reverendhead. Hence it is that the jubilee day of the venerable Fatherwas celebrated with every mark of reverence and affection. Fewpriests in the Southern section of our great Republic have doneso much fo
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