Sights and Insights . €f)c . For a number of days we had watched the narrowcrescenl grow into a full mien, so when we saw the round moon rise mi Friday evening wefelt sure that we would lie able to see the eclipse on Saturday morning. We were all awakened at four oclock, ami after slight preparation hurried to theroof of the .Main Building. We made a group of thirty-live queer-looking figures, wrapped inblankets of various checks ami stripes. The morning was beautiful and the moon was in total eclipse. The disk was bronze-red,instead of black, and near its center were two dark spots. The red c
Sights and Insights . €f)c . For a number of days we had watched the narrowcrescenl grow into a full mien, so when we saw the round moon rise mi Friday evening wefelt sure that we would lie able to see the eclipse on Saturday morning. We were all awakened at four oclock, ami after slight preparation hurried to theroof of the .Main Building. We made a group of thirty-live queer-looking figures, wrapped inblankets of various checks ami stripes. The morning was beautiful and the moon was in total eclipse. The disk was bronze-red,instead of black, and near its center were two dark spots. The red color reminded us of thequotation fri m Joel, who said: The moon shall he turned into blood. The color of the moon, during the eclipse, depends upon the amount of sunlight, refractedby the earths atmosphere, upon the face of the moon. The stars were very bright and
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